Science-based physical literacy classes
Prepare your child for life with our comprehensive skills based program
At the heart of Playball Kids is a structured, evidence-informed approach that combines curriculum design, teaching practice, and child development outcomes to deliver high-quality movement, sport and wellbeing experiences for children aged 2–8.
Every lesson is intentionally designed to be inclusive, purposeful, and developmentally aligned, ensuring meaningful learning through play.
The Playball Method is guided by three integrated frameworks that underpin everything we do.
The 6 Principles in Play shape curriculum design and lesson structure, supporting holistic child development across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains.
The Participation Model defines how learning is delivered through best-practice teaching—ensuring experiences are accessible, equitable, intentional, responsive, adaptive, and reflective. The 4 Outcome Pillars focus on the key outcomes we develop in every child: confidence, competence, communication, and capability.
Together, this integrated approach ensures every child is supported to move, learn, and grow in a way that is engaging, developmentally appropriate, and impactful—building strong foundations for school transitions, lifelong learning, and overall wellbeing.
Playball is a world class sports coaching system available in many countries internationally
The Playball program is delivered through five progressive stages, each underpinned by a carefully designed curriculum aligned with the Playball Method. These stages are developmentally appropriate and intentionally sequenced, allowing children to build skills in a structured and supported way over time.
This progressive pathway ensures children are not only introduced to new skills, but are given repeated opportunities to practise, refine, and apply them across different contexts. As children move through the stages at their own pace, they strengthen their foundations in movement, sport and wellbeing while developing the confidence, competence, and capability to participate, adapt, and succeed in increasingly complex environments.
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2 Can Do
The Two Can Do program creates a fantastic base on which children can build in the future. Using fun equipment and “sports” activities and games, Playball provide an age-appropriate learning environment. We introduce very young children to the physical, emotional, intellectual and social skills that they will need to have in place when they start pre-school.
Me At 3
The kindy level of Playball provides an imaginative and creative way of learning basic skills. The emphasis in this stage is on having fun within a formal lesson structure. Children learn how to participate as part of a group. Skills are taught in a warm, safe environment. Watch Me at Three introduces children to the social and emotional skills that they will need at school.
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Explore At 4
Dinkies helps children develop confidence and sports skills while having lots of fun! Children are exposed to a variety of different sports skills which helps keep them active and engaged. This stage Playball helps children to overcome fear of failure and learn concentration, focus and listening skills. Children learn to participate as a part of a group and are introduced to basic teamwork skills.
Thrive At 5
Buddies is energetic fun for 5 year olds. Children are exposed to a variety of new skills as well as opportunities to refine their existing skills. Children gain a solid base on which to build on later. Leadership, teamwork and sportsmanship skills are developed.
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Legends 6-8
Players is the stage of Playball where the children focus on the skills for one specific “sport of the week”. The program covers at least 6 of 8 different sports which allows the children to master skills relating to each of these and in so doing develop a fantastic foundation. Children have an opportunity to apply their skills to a real game situation. They learn how to work together and operate as part of a team. Basic rules relating to each sport are also introduced. This stage of Playball is more competitive and provides an excellent opportunity to learn about winning and losing and team spirit.
Pros
Pros for 7 & 8 yr olds is the Final Stage of Playball. It is in this stage that children apply all skills to a real game situation. This provides children with the opportunity to learn advanced sport skills as well as social skills required for this level of sports participation eg : teamwork skills and sportsmanship skills. After completion of the Playball Pros children are ready to enter the sports arena with great levels of skill and confidence.
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School Program
The Playball Program is offered in pre-schools, kindies and schools worldwide. Our unique coaching system is available to your school for your children. We are happy to provide a free demonstration class to any school or community hall that is near any Playball centre. Ask your school director about getting Playball in your school. Read our schools section for more information.