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Humpty Squads

The Humpty Squads is a quality multi-sports program that provides a range of activities for children of all abilities. The program is specifically for children 2½ - 5 years. Sports and activities include

• Tennis, football, basketball, soccer, t-ball, hockey, cricket
• Relays, obstacle course, and balance and sports stations
• Locomotor skills: running, hopping, galloping, jumping, skipping, sliding
• Throwing and catching skills

Classes are divided into age groups suitable to each child's physical, emotional and social development. This enables them to learn, develop and excel in a fun and safe environment and encourages a positive attitude to sport and physical activity that will last a lifetime.

Aims

• To increase each child's self-esteem through educational movement and sporting activities
• To lay the foundations of skills, concepts and attitudes so that children can confidently and competently move onto more specific skill levels
• To challenge children to participate in a wide variety of balance, ball, racquet, midline, spatial awareness, and agility skills - to name just a few!!!
• Programming is based on placing children in non-competitive situations where they are successful, while challenging them to improve in their abilities

Programs

Children are generally divided up into the following groups, however these will vary depending on the physical, psychological and social development of each child:

Koala Group: 2½– 3¼ years (variety of skills/movements)		Wombat Group: 3¼ - 4 years (variety of skills/movements)
Echidna Group: 4 - 5 years (variety of skills/intro to team play)		Kookaburra Group: 4½ - 5 years (variety of skills, team play)

Joeys Tennis

Joeys is an after school program designed to be an introduction to tennis. It is the next step up from the Humpty Squads program. The classes aim to instil a love of tennis and exercise through tennis drills and games designed to be fun and enjoyable.

Joeys 1 (5-7 years)

Children learn on a half court with low compression balls designed specifically to increase accuracy and confidence.

Joeys 2 (6-8 years)

Children learn the grips and basic strokes for half to full court play. At this level they begin to learn the scoring system, and continue to develop their gross motor skills, self-esteem and social interaction.

Joeys All Sports

This is a multi-sport program for children between the ages of 5 and 8 years. The classes are the next step up from the Humpty Squads program, and involve a range of sporting activities including:

• Tennis
• Soccer
• Rugby
• AFL
• Basketball
• T-Ball
• Hockey
• Cricket

Basic skills, techniques, training games and match play sessions are designed to be fun and increase participation and enjoyment of sport and exercise.

Classes, Times & venues