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Here's my idea: classes for toddlers and small kids (18 months to 5 years) where they will learn to play football, basketball, and soccer. Everything will be appropriate for younger kids, and no contact- it's more about learning to move, develop their motor skills, socialize, play together, and learn basic rules of the game. In classes for the younger kids there will be parent involvement and the focus will be on developing gross motor skills. As the ages progress, the kids will start playing without help from their parents and learn the rules of the game.
I think my area would be perfect for this. I know people who can teach the classes, my educational background is in sport management, I have experience teaching movement classes for very young kids and I know what equipment to get, where to get it, how to develop lesson plans- I think this could truly work out well. Here's a bit more about how I came up with the idea.
I posted not too long about about a business idea involving starting a gym rented to personal trainers...I still think it's a good idea, but there are so many independent facilities like that where I live.
So, I was driving around town, and noticed that the new karate business near my house is doing very well. Every night that they're open, it's full of kids taking lessons (you can see through the huge windows).
It dawned on me, as a mother, that no matter what the economy, people are going to spend on their kids. Heck, I even do it. And the one thing I want to put my toddler in is a sports program...but the ones around here are either 1) too competitive or 2) not meant for kids under 5.
I researched, and found that in other states there are independent programs for toddlers for sports such as soccer and basketball, ranging from 18 months to 5 years old, similar to what I want to do. I'm ready to go for it, but would like some feedback
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