Little Kickers Gold Coast

Learning through play.

We give your children a positive introduction to sport by teaching high quality soccer (soccer) skills in a friendly, pressure-free environment.

There are four different classes tailored specifically to the needs of children between 18 months and 8th birthday.

It’s the perfect way to ignite an enthusiasm for sport that will stay with them for life.

OUR CLASSES AND OUR APPROACH

We have four different football classes each tailored to a different age group. However, we have two core beliefs that we take into every session.

★ Little Kicks - For 18 months to 2 years 6 months

★ Junior Kickers - For 2 ½ years to 3 ½ years

★ Mighty Kickers - For 3 ½ years to 5th birthday

★ Mega Kickers - For 5 years to 8th birthday

Firstly, we believe in something we call “Play not Push”. It means teaching football in a fun, pressure-free environment. We want to give children a positive introduction to sport as a whole, not just football, so they’re more likely to stay healthy and active throughout their lives.

Secondly, we believe football can be educational. Coached in the right way it can stimulate imagination and aid early development skills such as learning colours and numbers, following instructions and playing as a team.

It’s an approach that has bagged us numerous awards and helped us expand globally over the last 16 years. And like all our Kickers, we never stop learning. We’re continually improving and updating our classes, based on feedback and input from child health specialists as well as our network of over 2,250 football coaches worldwide.

OUR STORY

Little Kickers started in the UK in 2002. Christine Stanschus was living in London at the time and spotted a gap in the market when trying to find pre-school football classes for her son. Child obesity was becoming a hot topic and Christine couldn’t believe there weren’t pre-school classes to get young children involved in and enjoying sport, so she decided to do it herself.

With a successful career in investment banking rather than football coaching, it was clear she needed to play to her strengths in business and find football and developmental experts who could help her shape the classes.

It was a recipe for success. Christine focused on building a brand around “fun first” making sure she worked with experts in child development as well as FA qualified football coaches. Together they created programs that would deliver high quality football skills, combined with important pre-school learning concepts such as colour and number recognition, sharing, following instructions and using imagination.

With a network of 2,250 coaches and 300 franchises in 32 countries, we’re now the world’s biggest and most successful pre-school football academy and there’s plenty more to come. We’re constantly enhancing our classes with the help of our experts and we’re always happy to hear from people who want to become a franchisee and experience a better work/life balance while running a successful business.