Meet Madz
Coach, chief fun officer, and the reason hundreds of North London kids can't wait for their class.
The story
Madz has been coaching children for more than 15 years. She started with one of the UK's biggest children's sports franchises, where she became their most successful franchisee, before setting up Mad4Sports in 2017 to do things her own way: more creativity, more fun, and a focus on building confidence, friendships and life skills, not just sporting ability.
Her way works. Classes fill up term after term through word of mouth alone. Kids give her nicknames. Parents write to say their child cried at missing a session. And every week, somewhere in North London, a child who "wasn't sporty" catches a ball and decides they might be after all.
The Mad4Sports way
Effort over results.
Children are praised in abundance for trying, because that's what builds the confidence to keep trying.
We run a points system, and the children with the most points receive a trophy at the end of each term.
Creativity everywhere.
Spider-Man throws. Shark Attack. Romans and Vikings. If a game makes a skill fun, it's in the lesson plan.
Life skills, on purpose.
We build 16 of them, from concentration and courage to independence and sportsmanship. Parents tell us they see the difference at home and at school.
The team
Behind the scenes, Lisa keeps everything running, from bookings and waiting lists to making sure your emails get answered fast. (As one parent, Katie, put it: "Lisa got back to me so quickly about dates and times.")
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