This week is children’s mental health week which aims to highlight the importance of mental health among children and young people. The theme of this year (2023) is ‘Let’s Connect’ to encourage people to connect with others in healthy, rewarding, and meaningful ways. Following the pandemic when children were unable to attend school, clubs or…

Sport is amazing. There is nothing else quite like it as brings whole nations together, lifts people up in times of crisis and improves physical and mental wellbeing. The recent Covid-19 pandemic has only highlighted the importance of being active as the country only left their houses for daily exercise – this was the highlight…

You may have heard me mention Fundamental Movement Skills several times before, but do you know what they are and why they are so important that EVERY game and activity in our sessions are based on these skills? We want our children to be happy, healthy and confident, now and in their future but unless…

Did you guess? We both wear a yellow kit of course! But why is wearing a team kit so important and something we want to encourage when you come to our classes? There are the more obvious reasons – Identity, the most fundamental feature so you can distinguish between competing teams and players during a…

Recently, I received a message via Facebook and one sentence jumped out to me: I can’t see much information on your page. This got me thinking and so I had a look at my facebook page and I think we could do much better. There are posts about sport, things happening in classes, awards we have been nominated…

If you read January’s newsletter (and if not, why not?!? – see below why you should be subscribed and how to sign up) You will know that I’d been thinking for a while about how well the free trials that we offer work. Since we began we have offered a free trial for everyone, so…

Happy New Year to you all – I hope 2019 is a great one for you and your family. So is it broken yet? What I’m referring to is the new years resolutions that we make every January. The top resolutions are of course to lose weight, exercise more and save money but it is…

This week is Parents in Sport week which is a week to focus on the role of a parent in helping their children reach their potential in sport. (When I talk about parents, I am referring to any parent, guardian, aunt, uncle, grandad, nana etc who brings a child to one of our sessions!) From our perspective,…