Our football classes for toddlers hold huge benefits for your child. It is well documented that physical activity and exercise is good for us all and the benefits that it holds for children are huge. On the most basic level it will improve your child’s physical health but regular exercise offers so much more.
Within this article, we will be diving into the benefits of exercise for your child and how our football classes for toddlers will be the perfect way to bring exercise into your child’s life.
How Physical Activity Will Benefit Your Child
Physical activity holds many benefits for your child. Consistent, regular exercise will help your child to:
- Improve their fitness
- Increase concentration
- Improve academic performance
- Improve self esteem
- Build a stronger heart, bones and muscles
- Improve posture and balance
- Lower stress
- Have positive effect on mental health
- Aid a good night’s sleep
- Provide an opportunity for them to socialise and make friends
It is safe to say that physical activity is highly beneficial, benefiting much more than physical health alone.
Why Our Football Classes For Toddlers Are The Perfect Exercise
Physical activity holds huge benefits for us but, sadly, due to the rise in technology use, more and more children (and adults!) lead much less active lives. Research shows that inactive children are more likely to become inactive adults which can lead to them experiencing bad physical or mental health.
When it comes to getting a child to do exercise, it is really important that you find something that they enjoy. This is where our football classes for toddlers are the perfect solution.
Here’s why!
We Will Keep It Fun!
A big part of encouraging children to partake in exercise and physical activity is to make it fun! And trust us, at Socatots this is exactly what we do.
Each session starts with Free Play, where we will have music on whilst the coach greets you, gets the equipment set up for the session and hands out footballs. As the session progresses, the fun stays with more songs, games and sequences that are fun but are also helping your child develop many skills. And at the end, everyone gets a sticker and a round of applause.
Our football classes for toddlers are designed to help each and every child develop a variety of skills but also to help them develop a love of being active. Making sure it’s fun is a big part of that.
Your Child Will Develop Many Different Skills
As your child works through each phase of our football classes for toddlers, they will steadily develop many different skills.
In Phase 1 – Building Foundations, which is designed for 6 month to 1 year old children, the focus will be on building a strong foundation for your child by helping them develop their motor skills and cognitive skills. The activities are aimed at developing coordination, leg movement, communication skills, counting basics and physical development.
In Phase 2 – Improving Balance, which is designed for children aged 1 to 3 years old, the sessions are designed to improve the skills that have already begun to develop. Your child will work on coordination, balance and learn how to move with greater speed and ease. They will work on ball control that will give them a great foundation for football skills as they grow older.
Along with all of this, your child will also learn social skills as they interact with you, the coach and the other children. This will help to build confidence and, as they move along to Phase 3 of our classes, how to work as part of a team.
You Will Play An Active Role
In our football classes for toddlers, each parent or carer will play an active role in your child’s development and success.
You will act as individual coaches to your child, encouraging them, demonstrating and helping them to take part in our unique activities and games. All under the guidance of one of our qualified coaches.
This is a really important part of our football classes for toddlers because it will help your child to build confidence and self-esteem. Along with this, it is a wonderful way to further develop the strong emotional bond you have with your child.
Your Child Will Enter School Confident And Healthy
Having developed good social skills and self esteem through attending our football classes for toddlers, your child will enter school feeling confident.
It is also highly likely that they will be the star of their PE classes. We have had many happy parents tell us that, through the help of our classes, their children are ahead of the pack within their PE lessons.
This is because their children have been enrolled within our football classes from being a toddler, developing important physical skills and mastering football skills, all alongside growing their confidence, social skills and ability to play a vital role within a team. This is setting them up for success in school and further on into adult life.
Our Football Classes For Toddlers Will Benefit Your Child
There are so many benefits to encouraging your child to do physical activity and exercise but it is really important that it is fun, along with being beneficial to them. Our football classes for toddlers are the perfect mix of both of these things. Each of our sessions is filled with fun but they will come away having developed their motor skills, their cognitive skills and their social skills.
Your child will grow up to have confidence, self-esteem and a love of physical activity and exercise. Give your child a great start in life with our football classes for toddlers.
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