At Little Kickers the focus is very much on fun. We offer a network of informal yet professionally run training classes where enthusiastic boys & girls (2 years to their 5th birthday) are given a helping hand to stand on their own two feet.

Of course we believe that a head start in sport is a fantastic investment in the future and naturally we’d be as pleased as punch if any of our former pupils go on to greater glories in the sporting arena.

However, Little Kickers is not a guaranteed passport to football fame! The real goal of Little Kickers is to use football as a fun forum to instil in children a little extra confidence, co-ordination, control and sense of camaraderie, which we feel will stand them in very good stead for the future.

Approved football training for children from 2 years to their 5th birthday

Little Kickers was established in England in 2002 and introduced to Ireland in early 2007. The classes have been designed so that in addition to receiving a sound basic instruction in football from qualified coaches, children are also provided with a fun, positive introduction to sport. It has been proven that children who enjoy organised physical activity from a young age are substantially more likely to remain active throughout their adolescence and into adulthood .

The Little Kickers programme was developed by FA qualified coaches in conjunction with nursery school teachers to ensure that children’s developmental objectives were successfully interwoven with age-appropriate football skills.

Children’s imaginations are fired as they take part in game where they must outwit the bears to capture the fruit, go on train journeys to the seaside, sail on pirate ships, defend castles and protect their footballs from shark-infested seas – all of which involve them running about, stretching, jumping and getting hot and sweaty!

Established in the UK in 2002

He loves going to Little Kickers so much that I had to buy another kit, one for during the day and one for bedtime.

Una O’Neill, Kildare

Hundreds of kids are enjoying the Little Kickers experience in Ireland today!

Play not Push – a positive fun-filled programme executed in a friendly pressure-free environment.

Guided by the likes of FA qualified coaches, nursery school teachers, child health specialists and pro-active parents the Little Kickers programme is an ever-evolving quest to teach fundamental football techniques & elementary life skills in a vibrant group play environment.

Invaluable social skills like listening, sharing, taking turns and teamwork are conscientiously woven into an involving programme that places as much emphasis on simple learning concepts like colours and numbers as it does on fine-tuning a child’s basic balance, agility and co-ordination.

Our son seems to be getting a lot out of the classes. He is gaining in confidence and starting to interact more and more with the other children. Keep up the good work!

Brid Ruane, Dublin

Little Kickers provides children with an early introduction to the fun and excitement of football. We feel our classes are unique in the broad range of other benefits they offer. Very few pre-school classes provide children with the opportunity to learn to play independently of their carer, to share in and work as part of a team and to simultaneously enhance coordination, mobility and general fitness, whilst having fun!

My daughter loves the class. It’s fantastic for little girls especially. We love the class and we love that parents can stay

Gina Redmond, Kilkenny

Excellent Programme-Sean loves it! Talks about it all week!

Alan Carter, Dublin