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Junction Place Sports is more than just four walls and sports balls! We are wherever you need us to be! As the industry leader in youth sports programming, why wouldn't you want your child or students to get a chance to play with the best? Specializing in early childhood age sports programming, let us show you why everyone is talking about Junction Place Sports and Junction Place Sportsplex!

LIST OF PROGRAMS OFFERED

Baseball Basics

Baseball Basics is the best way to introduce America's Pastime to America's Future! Baseball is fun and our basic approach is perfect for beginners or ball players you want to get better! Batter's Up and it's you! 


Basketball Basics

New to the game or fine tuning skills, we cover it all! This high energy approach to teaching the basic components of the game of basketball is great for all ages. Can't wait to see you on the court!


Flag Football Skills Session

Flag Football Skills Sessions @ Junction Place Sportsplex is exactly as it sounds! Six 1-Hour Sessions. Class goal is developing and refining the skills required to play flag football! Passing, catching, defense, rules and strategy- we will cover it all! Join former collegiate quarterback and Junction Place Sportsplex Owner/Founder Josh Tolbert and let your child develop into the best player they can be! 

Simply Soccer

Simply Soccer is the perfect way to introduce or reinforce the value of physical activity within a group dynamic in a safe yet challenging environment. Participants will learn the concept of team sports, what a "game" is, playing field dynamics (in bounds, out of bounds), basic skills and more advanced skills as each child develops. This once a week class will see "practices" evolve into "games" as we progress with game understanding and basic skill mastery.

LIST OF PROGRAMS OFFERED

Baseball Basics

Baseball Basics is the best way to introduce America's Pastime to America's Future! Baseball is fun and our basic approach is perfect for beginners or ball players you want to get better! Batter's Up and it's you! 


Basketball Basics

New to the game or fine tuning skills, we cover it all! This high energy approach to teaching the basic components of the game of basketball is great for all ages. Can't wait to see you on the court!


Flag Football Skills Session

Flag Football Skills Sessions @ Junction Place Sportsplex is exactly as it sounds! Six 1-Hour Sessions. Class goal is developing and refining the skills required to play flag football! Passing, catching, defense, rules and strategy- we will cover it all! Join former collegiate quarterback and Junction Place Sportsplex Owner/Founder Josh Tolbert and let your child develop into the best player they can be! 

Simply Soccer

Simply Soccer is the perfect way to introduce or reinforce the value of physical activity within a group dynamic in a safe yet challenging environment. Participants will learn the concept of team sports, what a "game" is, playing field dynamics (in bounds, out of bounds), basic skills and more advanced skills as each child develops. This once a week class will see "practices" evolve into "games" as we progress with game understanding and basic skill mastery.

HOW IT WORKS

After-School Sports Programs with Junction Place Sports offers multiple options for schools and administrators to choose from when setting up their schedule of classes. All options follow the same basic format for implementation for each day of class:

  • JPS Staff arrive on site 30-minutes prior to school dismissal to bring in equipment and set-up
  • School Dismissal process goes as normal
  • JPS Staff assume care (can sign out or perform whatever procedural steps necessary) all participants
  • JPS Staff lead participants through scheduled activities (typically 45-minutes to an hour)
  • JPS Staff then have a dismissal period of 15 minutes (having already collected listed of approved pick-up for each child prior to the first day of class)
  • JPS Staff then "sign-in" any participant who is scheduled to join school operated after-care or extended day program

Classes can be offered in Parent Pay-For model in which parents/guardians are able to register for classes using our online booking tool (price ranges from $10-15/class day based on volume). This option works well for schools who would like to offer after-school sports programming but don't have a budget specifically set aside to pay for these services.

Classes can also be offered in a School Payment model in which the school will cover the cost for participants (discounted rate as low as $5-$8/participants/class depending on volume). This option is a great way for schools to offer enrichment classes for their community without passing payment on to parents and while still being able to outsource all aspects of the organizing and implementing the services.

BUILDING BLOCKS- OUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS!  

Our approach to early childhood and elementary age sports education is simple: provide a foundation based on the basic elements of the subject matter and don't put a cap on the results!  

Leading young people doesn't require personal accolades ​​or success of the instructor in the given subject matter. Young people have a zest for knowledge and experience. What "you did" probably occurred before they were born so it's really insignificant to their perspective. What does matter in the mind of a young person is can you relate? Can you inspire? Can you communicate on a level that THEY can understand? At Junction Place Sports, our staff is provided with a curriculum, and better yet a language, that ensures just that! While communication with parents/guardians is of the utmost importance to our organizational principals, our aim is to have YOUR child be able to explain to you what they learned and love about our programs!  

We provide clear and pointed adult based information: the "who/what/where/when's". What we don't do is force a narrative of what your child did or how they felt about it in a "copy and paste" email/text format that has become common today. We aim to have your child fill in the blanks to whatever questions you may have! Our instruction is repetitive, like, really repetitive, as in, we say the same phrases over and over and over and over again- something we are sure you can understand. We don't back away from that approach. It works.  

Here is what you can expect when you provide your child the experience of Junction Place Sports' Basketball Basic or Simply Soccer Programs:

  • Knowledge: Our coaches must receive 200 hours of practical training with JPS Founder/CEO, "Coach" Josh Tolbert, before being able to leading Junction Place Sports programs.  
  • Passion: Our coaches all come with a passion for sports (check out "Our Team" story) and for cultivating a similar love of sport with the children we serve.  
  • Patience An intricate part of leading children through any discipline is patience. They will make mistakes. Directions will need to be repeated. Basic concepts will need to be reinforced. These ideals are a point of emphasis in our "Coaches Playbook" that guides all Junction Place Sports coaches. Knowing everything there is to know about a particular discipline is great! Forgetting or not recognizing the wonderful patience and persistence required to master any skill and failing to implement that while leading others is simply unacceptable.