school & OOSH program
PlayPoint is offering a basket of indoor sports activities to align with the school sports programs and OOSH programs during school holidays. These activities can be tailored to suit the program needs.
– At Seven Hills –
BADMINTON
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. PlayPoint offers state-of-the-art courts for badminton, similar to those used at Tokyo Olympics, that are engineered to help prevent sports related injuries and provide a superior surface performance for the game.
TABLE TENNIS
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand.
CARROM
Carrom, a tabletop game from the sub-continent, played with fingers on a square board with a pocket in each corner, using small disks of wood known as carrom men, that are designed to slide when struck by a Striker, as part of exposure of children to multi-culturalism.
SNOOKER
Snooker is a billiard game where the objective is to score more points than the opposing player by pocketing balls of different colors, each having a different point, with a cue ball. Snooker is played on a 12 feet table.
POOL
Pool is a billiard game played with a set of solid & striped balls, with the objective of getting your assigned set of balls into pockets located on the table, with a white cue ball, followed by the black ball in the end. Pool is played on a 9 feet table.
PICKLEBALL
Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, table tennis and badminton. It is played on a badminton sized court, with nets at 83.63 cms off the ground, with solid paddles to hit a lightweight perforated plastic ball, much like a wiffle ball, over the net, until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction.
CHESS
Chess, a board game of strategic skill for two players, is played on a chequered board. on which each playing piece is moved according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent’s king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible.
LUDO
Ludo, a popular board game from the sub-continent, is a race game that can be played by two to four players. The objective of Ludo is to move your colored tokens from their starting position around the board and into the central home area.
– At Blacktown –
INDOOR CRICKET
Indoor cricket is a variant of cricket that is often played between two teams of 6 or 8 players, in a netted area 10.5m wide x 28.2m length x 4.2m height. The basic rules of indoor cricket are essentially the same as outdoor cricket. However, there are some notable differences around scoring and, of course, the format and size of the playing area.
BASKETBALL
Basketball is a game played between 2 teams of 5 players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted fixed hoop. PlayPoint offers a half three point court with 2 Dr. Dish Complete Training Shooting machines.
FUTSAL
Futsal is the FIFA-recognized form of small-sided indoor football. It is played between two teams who each have five players on the pitch at any one time, with rolling substitutes and a smaller ball than soccer that is harder and less bouncy.
NETBALL
Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players, on a rectangular court with raised goal rings at each end. The object is to score goals from within a defined area, by throwing a ball into the ring attached to a 3.05 metres (10 feet) high post.