Football for toddlers

[HollieES]

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of football groups for toddlers? My son is almost 18 months old and my other half is keen to get his 'football career' underway...ahem. I'm indulging him purely on the basis that my son will probably find it fun, but primarily, that I will get an hour or so to myself on a Saturday morning.

I've just been looking at Little Kickers, but they only seem to do classes for the older groups in Dulwich, or weekdays for little ones in Balham. Ideally I'm looking for a class on a Saturday/Sunday morning, preferably within a 10 mile radius of ED.

If anyone can recommend anything suitable, that would be smashing.

[AlexLove]

Little kickers is really good. Google their website. There is a class in ED, but children can only start from 2 years old, so your other half may have to wait for a bit.. :)

[Pugwash]

Little Kickers meet Saturday mornings at the east Dulwich Community Centre

[nylonmeals]

Think that there is Baby Booters at Jags on a Saturday morning too http://www.jagssportsclub.co.uk/sports-hall-dulwich.asp

[Saila]

dont go too young to L.K.

our son was useless - took more interest in the cat that occassionally makes an appearance, than kicking a ball.

we gave up in the end

[amydown]

Salia, I wonder if our toddler was in the same class as your son. The kids used to get hugely distracted by the cat! Big fan of Coach Sophie and Denzal though. We gave up too in the end and now go to JAG every now and then. Agreed that LK can be a bit too structures for little ones.

[One Sweet World]

Our toddler often goes to Baby Booters. Seems to go best if she's with her daddy rather than me; always comes back with great reports. ?3 drop-in session on Saturdays and Sundays.

[Saila]

amydown Wrote:

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> Salia, I wonder if our toddler was in the same

> class as your son. The kids used to get hugely

> distracted by the cat! Big can of Coach Sophie and

> Denzal though. We gave up too in the end and now

> go to JAG every now and then. Agreed that LK can

> be a bit too structures for little ones.

He he! Yes you probably were with us. The coaches were both fantastic.

We were just too young for it... It was exhasuting and draining for us!

[nunheadmum]

What age is baby booters for and is it girl friendly - albeit not a very girly girl? My almost 4 year old used to do LK for a while but we dropped it due to timing issues and the level of repetition. But now she keeps getting her top out and saying she wants to go back. Just wondering if Baby Booters may work better, if it isn't as focused and is drop in rather than signing up.

[jollymummy]

Baby Booters covers a huge age range and has loads of little girls and boys happily kicking balls and following Coach Danny about.

My son went to Little Kickers and enjoyed it but he was a little young and more often than not, would want to jump off the stage rather than listen to instructions. He's now almost 4 and we feel that BB is not structured enough for him and its very repetative and can, at times, have huge volumes of kids in the class. Its great as a drop-in class as you don't lose money if you don't attend which worked for us last year as we seemed to be away most Saturdays.

We are thinking of sending our son back to LK as he isn't really developing his ball skills and feel like he's probably old enough to listen and carry out instructions in a more structured setting. Coach Danny is fabulous with the kids and my son adores him so that will be our big regret if we do stop attending.

[scareyt]

We just started going to baby booters at Jags with our just turned 2 year old and he loves it. it's very jolly and informal. They start from 18 months although most kids seem to be a bit older.

[HollieES]

Thanks. Anyone know if baby boosters is on today?

[haynes1]

Millwall community scheme is really good my son loves it there. Much better than little kickers and cheaper too. They always run holiday schemes too.