After-school classes
Weekly classes on your campus. You can pay for them, or families can sign up and pay us directly at no cost to your school.
For schools, preschools, community centers and camps
Bring the best hour of their week to your kids.
First Field is the local team behind Soccer Stars, Amazing Athletes, Little Rookies Baseball, Karate Zoo and Little Medical School. We bring the coaches, the curriculum and the equipment to your space, so your staff can get back to everything else on their plate.
200+ coaches and instructors reaching more than 10,000 kids every year in Manhattan, the Bronx, Hoboken and Jersey City.
Some of the schools and organizations we're working with this year
St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's
Who shows up
Coaches your kids get to know.
Every First Field coach and instructor is hired and trained by our own local team. We aim to keep the same lead coach at your site all season, and when someone is out we send a trained substitute.
Background checked
Every coach, before they set foot in your space.
CPR certified
Our coaches complete CPR and first aid certification.
Coaching licensed
Licensed and trained in the curriculum they teach.
Insured, with paperwork ready
We carry our own insurance and send your certificate on request.
Ways to work together
We fit into the day you already run.
Most partners start with a class or two and grow from there, and some hand us the whole after-school program. Community centers and residential buildings use the same menu for their members and residents.
Recess and in-school enrichment
Structured recess and PE support during school hours, plus enrichment classes designed for preschool and Pre-K.
Full after-school enrichment
We run the entire program with an on-site coordinator, and add arts, STEM and language so there is something for every child.
Holiday, break and summer camps
Camps for the days school is closed, run at your site or inside your own camp.
Events and clinics
Field days and one-time clinics that let your community try a program before committing to a season.
Start with a free demo
We will come run a demo class so you can watch our coaches with your kids first.
Two real examples
What a partnership looks like in practice.
Some partners hand us the whole afternoon, and others add our classes to a program they already run. Here is one of each.
Full after-school enrichment
PS 166 on the Upper West Side
We run the entire after-school program, Monday through Friday, for kindergarten through fifth grade.
- 400+students enrolled this fall
- 100+classes on the schedule
- 4thschool year together
When PS 166 needed a new after-school provider for the 2023-24 school year, we had a full after-school and recess program up and running within six weeks. We have run it every year since.
What we take care of
An on-site coordinator is there every day, along with a dismissal team that gets each child to the right room and back to the right grown-up. Families register and pay through our system, hear from us directly, and can apply for scholarships. Each semester ends with a showcase so parents can see what their kids have been working on.
What is on the menu
Our own coaches teach soccer, multi-sport and baseball, and we bring in specialist teachers for performing arts, art, technology, science, dance and languages, so there is something for every child in the building.
We could not be happier with our decision! Our families love the wide variety of classes and skilled coaches and teachers.
Classes inside your program
92NY on the Upper East Side
92NY runs its own programs and brings us in for the classes we do best. It is one of our longest-running partnerships.
- 2of our programs on their schedule
- 45 minclasses, twice a week
- All yearschool year and summer
This fall the nursery school's after-school program has Amazing Athletes on Wednesdays and Soccer Stars on Thursdays. In the summer our coaches lead sports at their camps.
How the work is split
Their team decides what goes on the schedule and looks after their families. We supply the coaches, the curriculum and the equipment for our classes, and we fit into the days and times they give us.
Why partners like this model
It is the easiest way to start. You can add a single class, see how your kids respond, and build from there without changing anything about how your program runs.
Where we run
All over the city, and across the river too.
This fall our coaches are in more than 75 schools, preschools, parks and community spaces across Manhattan, the Bronx, Hoboken and Jersey City, so there is a good chance we already run a class around the corner from you.
- 75+places we run this fall
- 18neighborhoods
- 2sides of the Hudson
Families also find our open classes in Central Park, Riverside Park, Hudson River Park, Battery Park City, and Morris Canal Park and Riverview Park in Jersey City.
The programs
Five programs, one team to call.
Every class is non-competitive and built around what children are ready for at each age, so they gain confidence and real skills while having a great time. All five are staffed and supported by the same First Field office.
Soccer Stars
Soccer Stars has been teaching New York kids the game since 2000, in a fun, non-competitive setting with a curriculum that grows with each child from parent-and-me classes through age twelve.
Amazing Athletes
Children learn the fundamentals of ten sports while building motor skills, fitness and confidence, which makes it a great fit for mixed ages and for kids who have not found their sport yet. Tots classes start at 18 months, and older grades can add PE and sport discovery sessions.
Little Rookies Baseball
A first introduction to baseball where little ones learn to hit, throw, catch and run the bases with soft equipment that works in a gym, a yard or a park.
Karate Zoo
Karate fundamentals taught through animal characters and high-energy games, where children practice focus, balance and self-control while they learn to kick, block and bow.
Little Medical School
The newest program in our lineup is hands-on health science, where kids put on lab coats, pick up stethoscopes and role-play as doctors and veterinarians. It needs only a classroom and is built to run an hour a week for six, eight or ten weeks.
What we take off your plate
You provide the space and we handle the rest.
We handle
- ✓Hiring and training every coach
- ✓The curriculum and all the equipment
- ✓Sign-ups, payments and questions from families
- ✓Substitute coverage when someone is out sick
- ✓Insurance and the paperwork that comes with it
You provide
- →A gym, classroom, yard, roof or field
- →The days and times that work for your community
- →One person we can reach when plans change
In their words
What our partners tell us.
All 3 of our classes have been going well this fall semester and we have been happy with the coaches. We appreciate the skill building drills that have been introduced this year and have found them to be what the children need developmentally and we've seen the children improving and having fun.
The classes are great and our kids love your coaches.
Their energy is great, and they engage with the children in age-appropriate ways that make them approachable to the children and receptive to their thoughts and differentiated skill level.
Coaches are great. Students are engaged and having fun
Coaches are friendly and engage well with the students
How it works
From first note to first class in four steps.
Tell us about your kids
Send the form below and tell us the ages you serve and the part of the day you want to fill.
We propose a mix
You get a short proposal with a schedule and pricing, set up either for your organization or for families to pay directly.
Meet the coaches
We run a free demo class so you can see the program with your own kids before anything is signed.
We launch and stay close
Our office takes care of sign-ups and staffing, and you have one person to call all season.
Request a program
Tell us about your kids and your space.
It takes about two minutes, and you will hear back within three business days with ideas and next steps.
Prefer to talk? Call our partnerships line at (646) 793-4848, or email Justis, our founder, at justis@firstfieldholdings.com.
Looking for a class for your own child? Each program enrolls families on its own website, and you can find them all from our home page.