WE DEFINE
Experienced TRAINING
Our trainers are not only professionally qualified but experienced in sport too. We select young, athletic trainers who have competed at both regional and national levels.
MEET YOUR Coaches
Young, fun and willing to engage with your child in a way to ramp confidence, skills and performance.
CATHERINE
Specializing in Sports Specific Skills Coaching
Catherine is currently studying a Bachelors Degree in Education (Foundation Phase) and coaching Hockey and Softball to Juniors at Atholl Heights Primary School. She is passionate about Early Childhood Development and understands the importance of developing basic sports and ball skills at an early age. She believes that these fundamental skills learned at early stage of development will encourage a healthy attitude to sport, health and to leading an active life in adulthood
Catherine is a naturally gifted athlete across a variety of sport modalities including Indoor and Outdoor Hockey, Waterpolo, Swimming, Softball, Cricket and Tennis.
She represented both South Africa (Springbok) and Great Britain (British Lions) in Softball.
She holds KZN colours for Softball and Women's Cricket.
She captained Westville Girls High First Teams for Indoor and Outdoor Hockey, Waterpolo and Swimming.
KEAGAN
Specializing in Sports Specific Skills Training
Keagan is currently studying Sports Science Management and has completed coaching certification in Cricket and Hockey. He also has Umpire certification for cricket and Hockey. He has been coaching at Atholl Heights Primary School for two years. Rugby, Cricket, Mini-Cricket, Hockey, Soccer, Mini-Soccer and Softball and is an Advanced Cricket Coach for ACA Cricket Academy.
He has KZN colours for both Outdoor and Indoor Cricket and has played KZN Baseball and Softball.
He captained first team cricket and hockey at Kloof High School.
CHRISTOPHER
Finance
Christopher is the financial might behind the team as he completes his B.Comm in Business Management from Wits University. He is also a natural athlete proficient in Rugby, Cricket, Waterpolo and Swimming. .
BRIDGET
Foundation Phase Gym
Bridget holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Psychology and operated her own Day Care Centre for 5 years before becoming a stay-at-home Mom to her two children, Catherine and Christopher.
AN AT HOME EXPERIMENT
"Being passionate about education and the importance of early childhood development, I ensured that both my children had a stimulating home life incorporating fine-motor and gross-motor development. I realised that incorporating fun sport based and ball skilled activities into their daily life was essential in providing a balanced lifestyle and was a successful tool for expending young energy and discipline."
I SAW MY CHILDREN EXCEL
"I strongly believe that it was these Early Childhood activities and all-round development which led to my children’s successful adulthood ethics and healthy outlook on life.
Both my children went on to excel in their chosen sports once they began their formal schooling. My son represented his schools – Highbury Prep and Westville Boys High in 1st Team Soccer, Cricket, Hockey and Rugby and represented Kwa-Zulu Natal in Soccer for many years. My daughter went on to represent KZN, South Africa and Great Britain.
A FOUNDATION FOR ACTIV8
Since both parents are more 'cerebral' in nature and with no 'genetic' evidence of superior athleticism, I have determined that early childhood principals can FUNDAMENTALLY change a child's development.
Active8 Coaching incorporates both old fashioned ideologies of action based play with the latest modern principals of early childhood development.