Welcome to Issue 11 !
Welcome to our April bumper issue, full of great things to keep you entertained.
Whether you would like to read more about sport, watch videos of different sporting activities, or give some a go in your own home. We have it all in this issue.
ENJOY!
The Sports This Month
basketball and WheelChair Basketball
Basketball is one of the most popular team sports in the UK, with over 300,000 people playing the game and over 33,000 players competing across 700 local and national leagues.
Wheelchair basketball is a fun, fast-paced and exciting sport, and it’s one of the most popular spectator sports at the Paralympic Games.
Baseball and Softball
We have combined two of our most popular articles from last year as we think these sports should be played more in schools.
Don’t you think it would be great to have a sport at school that boys and girls can play together in the same team?
skateboarding
Skateboarding is a new Olympic Sport....or will be in 2021 when the Olympics will now take place!!!
The GB Team has been training and competing hard to qualify and we will have to wait and see how the qualification rounds will now continue.
fairtrade
We all like to play and watch football but how many of us have stopped to think about where the footballs we are kicking around have come from?
70% of the world’s hand stitched footballs are made in Sialkot in Pakistan – it is time-consuming, intricate work and an experienced stitcher can make five footballs a day.
IAPS SPORT- DESIGN A MASCOT COMPETITION
Is your school a member of IAPS – the Independent Association of Prep Schools? If so, IAPS Sport recently launched a competition for you to all enter this Easter holiday.
They would like you to design a brand new IAPS Sport mascot.
THE LOUGHBOROUGH EDITION
With Loughborough being the leading sporting university in the UK we have dedicated a special part of this edition to showing you what happens there.
PARA SPORT
Loughborough leads the way in Para sport and can list a large number of students who have competed for Great Britain at the Paralympic Games.
It is also home to Performance Programmes for Para sports where athletes with and without disabilities train alongside each other.
SCHOOL GAMES 2021
In 2021, the Youth Sport Trust will be hosting the School Games at Loughborough University. The last School Games took place in 2018. This is an inspiring and exciting event to look forward to.
Elite Athlete Hotel
The hotel has been visited by lots of different sports individuals and teams – most recently the England women’s cricket team who stayed ahead of the T20 Women’s World Cup in Australia.
As we covered in our last article, this hotel is an incredible option for athletes who want to compete at the highest level
LTA TENNIS ACADEMY
Tennis is a fantastic sport that can be enjoyed by everyone in your family even at the moment whilst you are based at home.
Wheelchair tennis is also widely played by your age group and will be featuring in the School Games in September.
Incus Performance
Based in the Advanced Technology Innovation Centre at Loughborough University, Incus Performance work with swimmers and triathletes – professional and amateurs- making the data on their movement easy to collect and understand so it can be applied in training.
the skills video wall
An archive full of video resource for you to find a new sport to explore, or just revisit your favourite.
Can you cope with Covid-19?
Today I spoke to a number of athletes whose Olympic dreams have changed, professionals who don’t know what they’ll be doing in 6 weeks or 6 months.
This is no different from all of you, who don’t know when you’ll be back to school. So, how do athletes cope and how can that help you?
The Mintridge Foundation
The Mintridge Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to enhancing life skills in young people through sport. We provide a support network for young people by harnessing the power of positive sporting role models.
Early Specialisation in Sport
So, what is early Specialisation?
Why would you do it?
What are the risks?
All these questions answered.
dice sport
Dice Sports is a brand new collection of tabletop and travel games reflecting 11 popular sports suitable for introducing new sports and inspiring children from age 7 to adopt a healthy and active lifestyle.
Try this Recipe from
Beef Bolognese with Brown Rice Penne
A take on the classic Italian dish spaghetti bolognese. We use brown rice penne pasta with 100% grass fed beef mince in a deep and rich bolognese sauce. Served with a fresh salad and balsamic dressing.
Recipe has been provided by Mindful Chef.
Take a look at these great bsporty recommendations!
coming next month
handball
pogo stick
quidditch
ultimate frisbee
roller skating