$25/week
9 weeks · Wednesdays 4:00–5:00pm
School Pickup, Then Basketball
Foundations for boys and girls aged 7 and up. Wednesdays 4pm at NCIE Redfern, straight after pickup.
Wednesday afternoon. School finishes at 3, and there are three hours to fill before dinner. Your kid wants to do something. You want it to be something better than a screen.
Most after-school options are babysitting with equipment. Big groups, young supervisors, kids standing in lines. Your kid comes home having "done basketball" without ever being taught anything.
This is the other kind. A proper skills class that happens to sit perfectly in the after-school window: pickup at 3, on court at 4, home by 5:30 with real coaching in their legs. Same class, same standards and same coach as our Sunday Foundations — on the afternoon that suits working families.
What makes this different
Real coaching, not after-school care.
Every session is planned and coached like our weekend classes: ball handling, footwork, shooting form and small-sided games. Your kid is learning the game, not filling in an afternoon.
The timing actually works.
4pm start means a normal school pickup gets you there without rushing. One hour on court, home in time for dinner and homework. Indoor court at NCIE, so weather never cancels it.
A 12:1 kid to coach ratio. Every kid gets coached.
We turn bookings away to keep the ratio tight. Small groups mean real feedback, real attention and real development — the opposite of the 30-kid after-school scrum.
A typical Wednesday
Every hour is planned. Here is what to expect on the day.
Session starts on the dot. Dynamic warm-up with the ball in their hands from minute one.
Skill focus. Ball handling, layups, shooting form or passing — one theme, taught properly.
Live application. Small-sided games where the skill they just learned gets used under real pressure.
Game to finish. They leave sweaty, smiling and knowing exactly what they got better at.
Meet the coach
James coaches every Inner Game class himself. Five-plus years developing kids this age, a planned session every week and a simple standard: every kid gets coached, every session. The same coach your kid sees on Wednesday runs the weekend classes too.
WWCC cleared · First aid certified · 5+ years coaching experience
Term 4 details
Schedule
Wednesdays 4:00–5:00pm
Price
$25/week: 9 weeks = $225 total
Term 4
Wednesday 21 October – Wednesday 16 December 2026
Location
Active Kids vouchers
Accepted: $100 off with 2 vouchers
Class size
12:1 kid to coach ratio
Prefer weekends — or want both?
Foundations also runs Sundays 2:00–3:00pm. Enrol in one day or both. Plenty of kids train twice a week.
Starting mid-term? No problem. Pro-rated pricing is available so you only pay for the weeks remaining.
Common questions
What parents usually ask before booking.
Absolutely. Everything we teach in our classes is transferable to the game. Whether it is a specific skill or a small-sided game, every skills class helps your child perform better on the court, no matter the team.
Most programs either make it fun but the kids do not learn anything, or they teach real skills but it gets boring and kids lose interest. We do both. We coach high-level concepts early because kids are capable of far more than most programs give them credit for. We just deliver it in a way that is fun, engaging and pressure-free. We also cap our classes at 12 kids per coach so every child gets the attention they need.
The program is designed for exactly that. We build real basketball skills and work closely with local organisations to make sure what we teach aligns with what rep coaches are looking for. That said, making rep ultimately comes down to the desire of your child and your support as a parent. We give them the foundation.
Comfortable clothes, basketball shoes (or runners) and a water bottle. Please bring a basketball. We have a few spares but not enough for everyone.
Sunday sessions start at 2:00pm and Wednesday sessions at 4:00pm, on the dot. If you arrive late your child can jump in as best they can, but we recommend arriving a few minutes early.
Yes. From Term 4 Foundations runs twice a week: Sundays 2:00-3:00pm and Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm, both at NCIE Redfern. Enrol in one or both days.
Sort Wednesday afternoons for the whole term
No commitment. No pressure. Come to a free trial and see if it is the right fit.