Sports clubs in Tenerife: free opportunities for children in the 2025/26 academic year
In Tenerife, there are various free and affordable sports clubs for children offered for the 2025/26 academic year, including programs from the Cabildo of Tenerife and municipal schools, with an emphasis on safety and well-rounded development.
Choosing sports clubs for a child is great! It's good for their health, they'll find new friends, and their mood will improve. The main thing is not to overdo it with the workload.
Doctors advise this: children from 5 to 17 years old need to move for at least an hour every day. And let the child have one day a week to rest from sports. Even better, take a break of 2-3 months a year from the main sport.
And one more thing: it's better to try different sports than to focus on just one right away.
In Tenerife, there are many free or inexpensive clubs that meet these recommendations. Here are some options for the 2025/26 academic year:
- "Active Schools" (Cabildo de Tenerife) – FREE
This is a program for public schools. Children play sports for 2 hours a week after school. It is free for families.
Registration for the VIII season (2025/26 academic year) opens in June 2025. It is planned to create at least 85 groups.
- Municipal Schools (Candelaria) – symbolic fee
There are football and basketball clubs here. In the 2024/25 academic year, a year of study cost 30 euros (60 euros for football). And some local sports, such as Canarian wrestling, were free.
- Municipal Sports Schools (Adeje)
The municipality offers various sports. The schedule and prices will be published for 2025/26. The local Sports Council is responsible for everything.
- OAD La Laguna – sports clubs in schools
There are preparatory sports, skating, basketball and other sports. Classes are held from 15:30 to 17:00 in the city's schools. Information on places and discounts appears every year.
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife – municipal schools and courses
The city authorities support sports initiatives and provide access to sports facilities. The Santa Cruz sports complex has courses for children at reduced prices (for example, children's swimming costs about 22 euros per month for subscribers). In 2025, a new complex with a swimming pool and gyms was opened in the city.
- Cabildo de Tenerife Games (for beginners and school competitions)
This is an island program with 32 sports. Thousands of schoolchildren participate in the competitions. This is not just lessons, but a real tournament where children from different clubs and schools compete with each other.
Experts say that up to the age of 6, it is better to just play active games and learn to run, jump, throw a ball and swim. And only then can you go to sports sections.
In elementary school, you can play different sports. And if a child wants to focus on one thing, it is better to do it at an older age.
In addition, it is important that the child plays sports in a safe place. In 2024, the Cabildo de Tenerife presented rules for the protection of children and adolescents in sports. And in 2025, the authorities approved a protocol for action in case of violence in sports. These documents should help create a safe environment for children and adolescents.