Have fun and learn some soccer skills

March 14, 2024

Creative Community Concepts (CCC) are back in Oberon with a non-competitive three week sports clinic for young children. In the past they featured tag league and mixed touch league, and this time it's soccer.

There are some things that everyone seems to feel are true about kids' sport - it promotes good health, teaches team spirit, helps with self-image, is a cohesive force in communities, provides a breeding ground for players at more senior levels and more.

Without a way to introduce kids to sports at an early age it can become difficult to get them to play sports later in life, and programs like this work to get the young ones interested. Soccer is excellent as without tackling the game is much safer for young players whose bodies are still developing. With a much lower risk of injury, parents are more likely to allow their children to play this form of football.

CCC run similar programs across the state for different sports. "In some places it's the only chance kids get to play any form of sport without having to travel long distances," CCC Project Officer Shannon Wheeler said. "As well as that, it unites communities by having at least some sport played in the town."

This program runs over three weeks from March 11, at 4-5pm on Mondays at the Oberon Recreation Ground.

With many junior sports groups around Oberon facing tenuous futures because of lack of officials, programs like this could help to avoid the problem. "Officials are almost always the parents of kids playing in the comps," Wheeler said, "and the problem of getting them to spend the time is everywhere, but without officials there's no sport. Everyone is busy, but maybe we can get them involved by programs like this."

Details about the sorts of events run by CCC can be found at their web site, and anything happening in Oberon will be mentioned on the What's On page here.

Some of the fun on the day

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