Sports Help Kids Mature
What is your school's policy on sports?
Sanawar understands that the importance of sports and physical activities in the life of a young student is invaluable. Sports keep kids off the streets and screens (TV, computer and electro-gadgets). These also teach lessons (teamwork, leadership) that play a pivotal role in the makeup of a young athlete, especially in the middle school to high school years where student athletes are much more mature and mentally developed. How else can a young, impressionable person learn values like discipline, responsibility, self-confidence, sacrifice and accountability?
What are the changes you notice/strive to bring about in your children during the school years?
Sometimes a child will be hyper, lacking in confidence, a master of games on screens (video games) and not the fields, fond of junk foods, indisciplined. But gradually he or she transforms into a fitness freak, mentally and physically strong with good eating habits, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, confident and disciplined, responsible and well-mannered and focused. And all this is a gradual process, given the strong sporting culture at Sanawar.
Is a sports instructor treated at par with other teachers?
Yes. In Sanawar, sports coaches/instructors are treated at par with other teachers in all aspects, ie socially and economically. All boarding schools of repute are centrally and practically based on the overall development of a child. So, sports and other physical activities are key factors for them. I would says sports staff are more important than others.
What qualifications do they require?
Sports coaches/instructors must have a professional diploma/degree and should have participated at national or international levels in his/her game of specialisation. In India, the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala, produces coaches for all kinds of sporting disciplines. Coaching courses from foreign recognised professional institutes and sports associations and federations are also very helpful for better coaching.
Author: Ayesha Banerjee (HT Horizons)
Date: 27th September, 2010
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