I really like your idea of combining coaching and mentoring/tutoring and scheduling it into the school curriculum so that equal emphasis is put on both a healthy mind and body. My suggestion would be to start this program much earlier and continue it through high school. For example, for girls, the Women's Sports Foundation research shows that there is a huge correlation between girls being and staying involved with a sport if introduced to it earlier rather than later (by age 9).
Thank you for your input and I completely agree with the earlier the better in the case of teenage obesity and physical inactivity. I would love for this high school pilot program to get started and become a success so that it might spread into the other schools (elementary and middle) in our area and city. Again, thank you for your comment.
Boxers and basketball players both use jump rope for conditioning and developing reflexes and speed. You might think about adding it to your mix. I've seen it work in the U.S.A., and am seeing it work now for youth in East Africa. That's the central core of my own idea:
So it could make a good mix: basketball, jump rope, volley ball, even swimming if a pool is available. All of those can help stem the tide of youth obesity.
Thanks,
Michael Fry
Founder and Project Coordinator
One World One Rope
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Hi Michael,
I really like your idea of combining coaching and mentoring/tutoring and scheduling it into the school curriculum so that equal emphasis is put on both a healthy mind and body. My suggestion would be to start this program much earlier and continue it through high school. For example, for girls, the Women's Sports Foundation research shows that there is a huge correlation between girls being and staying involved with a sport if introduced to it earlier rather than later (by age 9).
Good luck with this innovative idea!
Thank you for your input and I completely agree with the earlier the better in the case of teenage obesity and physical inactivity. I would love for this high school pilot program to get started and become a success so that it might spread into the other schools (elementary and middle) in our area and city. Again, thank you for your comment.
Boxers and basketball players both use jump rope for conditioning and developing reflexes and speed. You might think about adding it to your mix. I've seen it work in the U.S.A., and am seeing it work now for youth in East Africa. That's the central core of my own idea:
http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/64747/
Best of all, jump rope is already being used to fight youth obesity in Indiana. See:
http://www.jumpkidsjump.org/
So it could make a good mix: basketball, jump rope, volley ball, even swimming if a pool is available. All of those can help stem the tide of youth obesity.
Thanks,
Michael Fry
Founder and Project Coordinator
One World One Rope