Wolf Cubs is where the fun of football begins for our youngest members. Wolf Cubs – for our 3s to 7s – has grown into an extremely popular Saturday morning program at our Carmichal Park home with more than 200 youngsters and their families generally involved each block. NB: Our Wolf Cubs generally switch to a Friday night program in Term 4 to avoid the Summer heat.

This program offers supportive, fun-based football learning at a foundational level which helps to improve the readiness of our young players to flow into our club’s Under 8s MiniRoos and Pathways programs as they progress.

Wolf Cubs is offered across four blocks each season based around school term dates. Generally – Terms 1 and 4 are run over 6 weeks each, while Terms 2 and 3 offer an 8-week program. Families can choose to sign up for each–and-every block, or alternatively come and go as their individual family circumstances allow.

Sessions run for 45 minutes to compliment the optimum learning and attention span of our youngsters. But rest assured, all sessions are packed full of fun and football-focused learning within this age-appropriate timeframe. Games and skills all feature as part of the in-house program which is overseen by experienced members of our technical team who help guide a dedicated and energetic group of young coaches each Saturday morning to work with the little ones.

All Wolf Cubs groups are organised so our coaches can get to know the young players in their charge each week, and players will likewise be able to get to know the coach leading their “team”. Throughout each session there will be ongoing assessment of individual player progress by our coaches which may result in players being moved into more appropriate groups in line with their development level as they progress.  This is always done in consultation with parents as we know some youngsters are just keen to play with their friends.  As with all junior players it is important to enable players to progress at their own pace while having maximum fun along the way. New skills are taught each week and built upon throughout each block.

For the 3s and 4s the sessions are largely play-based with the focus firmly on maximum enjoyment. Youngsters will begin to learn how to kick, how to pass, how to play within a designated area, follow instructions and of course – the objective of the game – how to get the ball at their feet into the net!

Players in the 5s, 6s and 7s groups will be introduced to more focused age-appropriate training as they improve their confidence, co-ordination and basic skills. In this way our young Wolf Cubs are well-prepared and ready to hit the ground running when they progress to one of our Wynnum Wolves FC MiniRoos teams which start at 8 years of age. 

Wolf Cubs is also a WIN-WIN for parents. Our coaches take the lead with all sessions so parents can simply sit back and enjoy a coffee and some breakfast from our on-site Café 1921 while watching the kids enjoy their session.