GUIDES
The honest answer is that it depends on your week, not on your child. Both work; what separates them is whether the drive fits the school run and whether your child still has anything left at five in the afternoon.
THE DETAIL
Most groups run at 4, 5 or 6 in the afternoon, Saturday to Wednesday or Sunday to Thursday depending on the sport. The advantage is rhythm — the same day every week — and the cost is that a tired child after a full school day is a harder child to coach.
Karate, basketball, roller skating and badminton all have Saturday groups, starting at 10 or 11 in the morning. A child is fresh, a parent is not rushing, and the session is often the best one of the week.
Saturday, Monday and Wednesday: football, basketball, karate, roller skating, badminton. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday: gymnastics, taekwondo, volleyball and the girls' football group.
Twelve a month is three a week; eight a month is two. Families who are stretched on weekdays often take the eight-session package and use the weekend group.
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