Now in Alexandria: Kids Multi-Sport Class Free

If you’re an Alexandria mum with a busy 4 or 5 year old who has more energy than your apartment can handle, this one is for you. There’s a brand-new Wednesday morning class landing at Perry Park Recreation Centre, and the first session is completely free.

GeckoSports has just launched KUBS (Kids Understanding Basic Skills) in Alexandria, a multi-sport program designed especially for 4 and 5 year olds. It’s the kind of class you’d hope to find for your kindy-aged kid: structured enough to teach real skills, but warm and playful enough that they want to come back next week.

A new home for early childhood sport in Alexandria

KUBS is run by GeckoSports, an Australian children’s sports franchise that has been delivering multi-sport programs for kids since 2007. Their KUBS class is the program designed specifically for the early years, before kids head into structured team sports.

Each class blends a variety of sports and movement skills, all adapted for the 4 to 5 age group. Think ball skills, obstacle courses, parachute games and team games woven through every session. The “Basic Skills” in KUBS is the whole point: kids build the movement foundations (coordination, balance, listening, agility, ball control) that everything else gets layered on top of later.

The class is run by qualified coaches and the GeckoSports approach is firmly non-competitive. No sitting out, no scoreboards, no pressure to perform. Every kid gets a turn. Every kid gets a win.

Why multi-sport works at this age

If your child is somewhere between busy preschooler and ready-for-real-team-sport, KUBS is built for exactly this in-between stage. Here’s why parents love it:

Variety within every class keeps kids engaged and curious
Builds coordination, balance and listening skills, the foundations they’ll use forever
Non-competitive environment, which is gold for confidence
Gentle introduction to following instructions, taking turns and being part of a group
Designed by people who specialise in this exact age, not adapted from older kids’ programs

It’s the difference between a child who learns to love movement and a child who learns to dread the word “sport”. For a lot of mums, that early experience shapes everything that comes after.

What a typical class looks like

Each KUBS session runs for 45 minutes. Kids arrive, warm up with the coach, then move through a mix of sports and movement activities, all adapted for early childhood. One moment they’re navigating an obstacle course, the next they’re catching a ball, then playing a parachute game.

To them, it just feels like fun. What they don’t realise is that every game is quietly building:

Gross motor skills like running, jumping, throwing and catching
Hand-eye coordination, balance and spatial awareness
The ability to listen, follow instructions and take turns
Confidence, resilience and the social skills that make group play work
A genuine love of moving their body, which sets them up for everything that comes next

The program is designed for kids who are still working out which way socks go on, so coaches keep instructions simple, energy high, and frustration low. By the end of the class, your 4 or 5 year old has moved their body, made a new friend, learned something new, and used up enough energy to actually nap.

How to book your free trial

The new Alexandria class starts on Wednesday 13 May and runs throughout Term 2.