The Germiston City Sports Club hosted the Little Kickers event on Saturday.
Little Kickers is a football skills coaching programme for children aged between 18 months and seven years.
The 25th was only the launch, as it will be an ongoing development programme.
The focus is on fun, which was the order of the day.
Children came out in numbers to take part in the fun-filled event and their parents came along to support them.
Little Kickers is a national network of informal, yet professionally run, training classes, where enthusiastic boys and girls are given a helping hand to stand on their own two feet.
A head start in sport is a fantastic investment in the children’s future.
The real goal of Little Kickers is to use football as a fun forum to instil young football players with a little extra confidence, co-ordination, control and sense of camaraderie; which will see them go on to greater glory in the golden game.
“We strongly believe that children learn best when put in age appropriate groups.
“Every game we play can be adapted to meet the developmental needs and ability of any class,” said one of the organisers, Cristina Paul.
Little Kickers classes help children discover the rewards of regular structured physical exercise, laying the foundation for fit, active and healthy lives.
The programmes introduce real football skills through exciting group play activities.
Valuable concepts like sharing; taking turns, teamwork and listening to instructions are incorporated in the activities.
The classes also enable children to develop co-ordination, agility and balance and early learning concepts such as colours and numbers are gently introduced through football.
The football equipment used is realistic and child-friendly.
Parents are encouraged to book their children for the free session so that they can experience the awesomeness of Little Kickers.
