It is well known that regular exercise is beneficial for a child’s physical development. What may come as a surprise, though, is learning just how useful team sports can be when it comes to developing important social skills.
Working as a Team
Playing football will help your child recognise the importance of working as a team and interacting not only with other children, but also with their coaches. They learn about leadership, team building and communication, all of which are important life skills that will help them in school, their future career and personal relationships.
Bringing People Together
Team sports bring together kids from various religious and cultural backgrounds, which will undoubtedly provide a valuable experience. Teammates must understand how to adapt to and accept each other’s cultures so they can work together. Learning how to get along with people with different personalities and of different cultures is a skill that will be needed throughout life.
Coping with Wins and Losses
Developing a child's competitiveness while teaching them to both win and lose gracefully can help them learn how to tackle obstacles and accept the setbacks that life will naturally throw at them. Playing football will demonstrate the fundamental lessons of winning and losing which are important for a child’s development.
Learning to Get Along
We all have to spend time with people we aren’t particularly fond of. Team sports teach children how to get along with teammates they might not necessarily like as they learn how to overlook an annoying teammate or a bad attitude – an important life skill.
New Friendships
Team sports build a child’s confidence and regular classes allow new friendships to blossom. It's a good idea to encourage your child to get to know their new friends with out-of-class play dates or days out.
At Kiddikicks, we focus on developing skills and encouraging everyone to participate together. Rather than pressuring young children about perfect technique, we teach them about teamwork so they can learn about the fun of playing with their friends and being active.
Kiddikicks School and Nursery service can come to your educational setting to coach the Kiddikicks tried and tested #RealSkillsRealFun football programme and help boost cognitive performance in your little ones.
The programme and related equipment is designed for indoor or outdoor use and is suitable for nursery and all Key Stage 1 children.
We would like to help you achieve your sporting goals so please contact us on 020 7937 7965 or email sarah@kiddikicks.co.uk to get the ball rolling.