Psychomotor skills

The club runs a successful activity for young children, who enjoy themselves through play, with the aim of supporting their motor, cognitive and socio-affective development.

Villarreal CF has developed a special activity for children between three and six years of age, as a first step before joining the club’s grassroots football academy. The Psychomotor Skills Course is one of the most successful activities organised by the club and has achieved highly positive results season after season. As a result, the course has significantly increased its places due to the large number of children who learn, play and enjoy themselves at the Training Ground.

Symbolic play, sensorimotor play, rule-based play? Within the psychomotor skills area, the objective is to support the global development of the individual across all areas: motor, cognitive and socio-affective.

Psychomotor skills combine motor, cognitive and emotional actions, activities based on the child’s natural and spontaneous movement. Play is used as the methodological tool in the structure of the sessions, encouraging exploration of all movement possibilities.

This early-age activity, through play, physical activity and expressive activities, involves intellectual, physical, social and emotional participation, aimed at promoting an intelligent sport with a broad socio-motor foundation such as football. The course can take place one or two days per week, depending on each parent’s choice, offering a suitable leisure activity for the healthy development of their child.