The idea of a Ball School programme for toddlers and pre-schoolers, i.e. for children aged 3 to 6, was first developed in 2009. It was based on the insight that a versatile, child-oriented early intervention of motor skills which emphases joyful and non-instructed implicit learning can bring about particularly constant effects.

The Mini-Ball School’s implementation works in several ways:

1. The Mini-Ball School is implemented by trained Ball School staff or students at the Institute of Sports and Sports Science (ISSW) and kindergartens within the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area (MRN)
2. The Mini-Ball School is implemented independently by trainers with C-level certification in one of the sports games and trained by Ball School Heidelberg in sports clubs within the MRN
3. The Mini-Ball School is implemented independently by trained nursery nurses in kindergartens within the MRN

Nearby programmes can be found out here: ISSW-groups, kindergartens, sports clubs