PARENTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SPORT

To keep your childs interested and enjoying sport, make it a positive experience for them. Focus on having fun, having a go and being active, rather than winning or losing. You, as parents, can help your child develop a positive sporting attitude by praising the team’s or othre children’s efforts, even if they don’t win.…

SOCIAL BENEFITS OF SPORT

Here’s a rundown of sport’s top 10 psychological and social benefits for kids… 1. CAMARADERIE Joining a sports team gives kids a sense of belonging and the opportunity to make new friends. Some may even become buddies for life! 2. LEARNING TO LOSE Bad sportsmanship is an ugly thing. No one likes a sore loser. However,…

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THRU MARTIAL ARTS

Whilst there are many models for youth or sport programmes, there has been very little systematic attempt to determine the effectiveness of these programmes as youth development tools. This report was commissioned to design an evaluation framework that could be used as a benchmark for measuring the effectiveness of existing programmes and to identify the…