6 Yrs Specialist Sport Skills
Our coaching techniques are aimed at catering for a growth in maturity, self confidence and skill level.
- Children start to learn to work in pairs and in teams e.g. passing and catching with each other
- Games that are basic and structured are introduced
- Coaches help develop the chore elements that makes working in a team effective eg running in to spaces to receive a pass, anticipating the next move, planning the next stage in the game etc.
- Learning to communicate with each other during an activity
- Helping others during a game or activity
- Learning and understanding the basic rules of an activity/sport
- Coaches are alert to helping children develop and maintain self confidence
This Programme covers the skills of 8 different sports used to advance the following skills:
- Eye tracking – using smaller balls and working in pairs and teams
- Catching – with various degrees of difficulty and whilst moving
- Throwing – sometimes whilst off balance
- Movement and agility – coaching of running technique becomes important at this stage as it affects the future involvement of each child’s participation in sport
- Jumping – used in many of our activities but specifically Netball, Basketball, AFL and Movement
- Balance – activities using our balance beams have a greater degree of difficulty
- Fine and gross motor skill development becomes more advanced as the children have a greater experience in using use our unique gross motor skills matts
Kicking and striking balls in real game time situations involving 8 different sports
