Start Smart Sports Development Program

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Class Details


Registration for Fall 2021 Flag Football is August 25th-September 16th or when program is full.



Ages: 3-6 years old

First Class

:  Tuesday September 28th or Thursday September 30th 

Time: 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm 

Location: Sertoma Park Gym


Registration Fee: $75 (Hoover residents) OR $85 (Non-Hoover residents) 

Program is open to the first 24 participants per night

 
Start Smart Sports


Start Smart Soccer (August-September)
Start Smart Flag Football (September- October)
Start Smart Basketball (January- March)
Start Smart T-Ball (April-May)

The Right Start...Start Smart for Ages 3-6


Start Smart Programs, created by the National Alliance for Youth Sports, help kids ages 3-6 get ready for sports - and succeed in life. It is a step-by-step approach that builds confidence and self-esteem, and makes sports fun. Instructors help kids and parents have a positive sports experience together.

What is Start Smart?


Start Smart was developed by top motor skill development specialists in the field of youth sports. Parent-child groups perform motor skill tasks that gradually build confidence in children while they are having fun at the same time.
The Start Smart Sports Readiness Test helps parents objectively measure kids' abilities. As the program progresses and children show improvement, the skill are altered so that each child remains challenged. Parents spend quality time together with their child while learning how to properly teach and support them in sports.

Benefits of Participation


  • Builds confidence and self-esteem in children
  • Fun and positive early experience in sports
  • Helps parents learn how to support and teach their child
  • Helps prepare kids and parents for specific sports
  • Helps prepare kids for future sports participation
  • Quality time together for parent and child
Kids participating in the Tuesday Start Smart Flag Football Program 
Boady Arthur
Garrison King
Ayden King 
Ashton Sparks
Brody Upshaw
Brandon Upshaw

Kids participating in the Thursday Start Smart Flag Football Program
Holt Carden
Quentin Evans
Evans Gibson
James Thomas Glass
Nate Martin
Lincoln Collins
Sarah Knight




Participants of 2021 Start Smart T-Ball:
Holt Carden, Walt Metrock, Ruthie Metrock, Smith Stephenson, Caleb Von Schweintz, Grayson Lee, Clair Cairnes, Sawyer Berthon, Billy Burmester , Maddox Steele, Ard Grayson, Levi Koon, Jack Lootens, Luke Bridges, Olivia Mclintock, Ella Barringer, Nora Parker, Blake Everett, Jayden White, Charlie Sortino, Benjamin Bowers, Parker Holmdahl, James Claud, Reese Bowker , Brooks Blitz, Bryce Boyer , Cash Kizzire, Aaron Garrett, Xander Mathews , Aaron Baldwin, Sam Meredith, Marshall Thomas, Eli Martin, Ellis Iathum, Caleb Williams, Tomas Valbuena, Herron Yoder, Liam Parkinson, Bo Kilmury, Blakely Teal, Lincoln Collins, Ben Brymer, Brylee Solberg
Participants of 2021 Start Smart Soccer:
Pericles Sherwood, Quinn Marefka, Nate Martin, Quentin Evans, Finn Bob Buchanan, Bubba Buchanan, John Flynn, Xander Lee, Asher Dhanani, Navya Desai, Veer Desai, Sawyer Berthon,
Sarah Knight, Parker Holmdahl, Drew Huddleston, Hudson Poteete, Jameson Kolodziej, Anderson Kolodziej, Evans Gibson, Boady Arthur, Charlie Sortino, Holt Carden, James Claud, Beckett Charles, Aidan Abrams, James Thomas Glass, Aiden OReilly, Ivy Butler, Henry Butler, Madeline Booth, Harry Cavett, Townsend Smith, David Underhill, Archer Scott, Aaron Baldwin, Stanton Gunn, Terrance Scarbrough Jr., Thomas Collins, Nora Mathew, Peter Mathew, Luke Adams, Harper Morrow


"Griffin loves all things baseball. Start Smart was the perfect program to teach him the fundamentals! The coaches were encouraging and fun and months later, Griffin still asks when his next “game” will be. We’re looking forward to participating in the other sports that Start Smart offers."

-Anna, mom
griffin