Inflatable Football Pitch for Hire
The Inflatable Football Pitch is a fully enclosed 5m x 9m playing area with inflatable side walls and a goal built into each end. It is the only unit we hire that turns into an organised game rather than free play: children pick sides, keep score and play matches, which gives a party or a sports day a structure that a bouncing castle cannot. The enclosed walls are the practical part — the ball stays in, so nobody spends the afternoon retrieving it from a flowerbed or the neighbours, and the game keeps running. It suits ages 5 to 16, which is one of the widest ranges we offer, and it works for adults too at a corporate family day. Play 4-a-side to 6-a-side depending on age, with roughly 8 to 12 players on at a time and the rest waiting their turn as substitutes. Because it is match-based, turns manage themselves: a game ends and the next teams come on. It needs 5m x 9m of clear flat ground plus walking room on all sides, and a power socket within 30 metres for the blower, which runs continuously while the pitch is inflated. Setup takes about 30 minutes. Commercial-grade PVC, sanitised after every hire. Professional setup, a dedicated child minder and setdown are included in the hire price at no extra cost. Transport is quoted by location. A dedicated child minder is included at no extra cost and referees or manages the run of play, which is what keeps matches moving and stops one team monopolising the pitch. Commonly booked with tents for shade, kids tables and chairs for seating and kids party packages. Suitable for school sports days and fun days, corporate family fun days and team-building, children's and teenage birthday parties, estate and neighbourhood tournaments, church and community family days, holiday clubs and camps, fundraisers and galas, and all other occasions with school-age children or competitive adults in Nairobi.
Key Features
- Enclosed 5m x 9m pitch with inflatable side walls
- A goal built into each end
- The ball stays in — the game keeps running
- Turns into an organised match, not free play
- Ages 5-16 and adults · 8-12 players at a time
- Child minder included at no extra cost
- Setup, child minder and setdown included · transport quoted by location
- KSh 20,000 per day
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What the Inflatable Football Pitch Is Used For
The inflatable football pitch — also searched as an inflatable soccer field, bubble football pitch or inflatable sports arena — is hired for school sports days and fun days, corporate family fun days and team-building, children's and teenage birthday parties, estate and neighbourhood tournaments, church and community family days, holiday clubs and camps, fundraisers and galas, and all other occasions with school-age children or competitive adults in Nairobi.
It is a fully enclosed 5m x 9m playing area with inflatable side walls and a goal built into each end, for ages 5 to 16 and adults, with 8 to 12 players on at a time.
A Game With a Score, Not Free Play
This is the only unit we hire that becomes an organised activity rather than something children climb on and off. They pick sides, keep score and play matches, which gives an afternoon a structure that a bouncing castle cannot — and it means turns manage themselves, because a game ends and the next teams come on rather than an adult having to call time. Play 4-a-side up to 6-a-side depending on age. The enclosed walls are the practical feature: the ball stays in, so nobody spends the afternoon fetching it from a flowerbed, off a roof or from a neighbour, and play keeps running instead of stopping every ninety seconds. On ground, you need 5m x 9m of clear flat ground plus walking room on all sides, and a power socket within 30 metres for the blower, which runs continuously. Setup takes about 30 minutes. A dedicated child minder is included at no extra cost and referees or manages the run of play, which is what keeps matches moving and stops one team monopolising the pitch. Setup and setdown are included; transport is quoted by location.
Frequently Asked Questions
8 to 12 players, typically 4-a-side up to 6-a-side depending on age, with the rest waiting as substitutes. Matches rotate teams naturally.
Ages 5 to 16, one of the widest ranges we offer, and it works for adults too — which is why it is booked for corporate family days and team-building.
It becomes a game with a score rather than free play. That gives the afternoon a structure, and turns manage themselves because a match ends and the next teams come on.
Yes — that is the point of the inflatable side walls. Play keeps running instead of stopping while someone retrieves the ball.
Professional setup, a dedicated child minder who manages the run of play, and setdown, all in the KSh 20,000. Transport is quoted by location.
For a castle that absorbs a crowd alongside it, a 6m unit is KSh 6,000 to 7,500, or the Lego at KSh 13,500 takes 12 to 15.
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Free Play Needs an Adult; A Game Does Not
Every other inflatable we hire is free play. Children get on, do the thing, get off, and somewhere in the afternoon an adult has to start calling turns because a queue has formed and the same four children have been on for twenty minutes.
A football pitch does not work like that. Children pick sides, play a match, and the match ends — at which point the next teams come on without anyone deciding it should happen. The structure is built into the activity.
For a host that is the real value. It is the difference between equipment you have to supervise and equipment that organises the children for you.
Squad Sizes by Age
A 5m x 9m pitch plays best with 8 to 12 on at a time. How you split that depends on age, and getting it roughly right is what keeps a match from becoming a scrum.
| Age | Format | On the pitch | Match length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-7 | 3-a-side | 6-8 | Short — 5 minutes |
| 8-11 | 4-a-side | 8-10 | 7-10 minutes |
| 12-16 | 5 or 6-a-side | 10-12 | 10 minutes |
| Adults | 5-a-side | 10-12 | 10 minutes |
| Mixed ages | Split by size | 8-10 | Short, rotate often |
The Walls Are the Feature
It sounds like a detail and it decides whether the hire works.
Football in an open garden stops constantly. The ball goes into a flowerbed, over a wall, under a car, into the neighbours — and each time, play halts while somebody fetches it and the youngest children lose interest.
Inflatable side walls keep the ball in. Play is continuous, which is what makes a match feel like a match rather than a series of interruptions, and it is why an enclosed pitch holds attention for far longer than a ball and two jumpers for goalposts.
It also protects the garden. No ball into the planting, no ball at a window.
Where It Earns Its Place
Three settings in particular, and they are not all children's parties.
School sports days, where it runs as a tournament through the day with class against class and a scoreboard — one hire that fills a whole programme slot.
Corporate family days, because ages 5 to 16 extends to adults. Most party equipment leaves the grown-ups on chairs; a five-a-side pitch gets colleagues playing, and that is usually what a family day was meant to achieve.
And estate or neighbourhood events, where a tournament between houses or streets does more for the afternoon than anything you could set up otherwise.
It needs 5m x 9m of clear flat ground plus walking room, and a power socket within 30 metres for the blower. Setup takes about 30 minutes. A dedicated child minder is included at no extra cost and manages the run of play — refereeing, keeping matches to time and stopping one team monopolising the pitch. Setup and setdown are included; transport is quoted by location.