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Sport4Kids Sport4Kids (also known as S4K) is a UK based organisation that is dedicated to coaching children's sport from a childs learning perspective. It beleives in non elitist childrens sports coaching and focuses on building childrens confidence and individual skill levels as a priority over competition in sport. This is called "The S4K Way". It supports learning and physical health by providing safe and inclusive play to children in schools, leisure centres and community halls.

The S4K Way was partiallly inspired by the works of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl including "Childism: Understanding and Preventing Prejudice Against Children", published posthumously from Yale University Press in 2011.

It also combines techniques of the Dr. Coerver method and the Tikka Takka philosphy of passing and movig teamwork philosphy that lends itself to smaller stature athletes and fits well with childrens learning and devleopment of sporting confidence.

S4K works with schools to design curriculum and activities that offer sports development during term breaks and extra curricular activties. Trained coaches work with excercises and programs designed from a childs perspective.

It started with football and has developed the child centric philosphy to other games such as Tennis, Rugby and general sports.

S4K covers children sports from 18 months through to teenage years.

Innovation S4K holds non competitive tournaments with small sided teams, with non tackling and no goalkeepers. This helps to build confidence with lot of goals in a less pressurised team environment to practcie skills of control, pass and move which are the foundations of the S4K Way.

S4K combines indivuidual skills classes with Game Time sessions under non competitive rules to build children up to non competitive tournaments. Coaches are sepected for theri ability to entertain children as well as instruct sports coaching.

Venues Classes are held in a number of schools in North Surrey and east Berkshire including St. Johns Beaumont, Brigidine School, Collingwood College and Bishopsgate School.