EuroSchool & Jonty Rhodes teamed up for a specially designed Fitness Workshop for students & parents, where he shared his experiences, insights and tips on how to help children follow their passion in sports and extra-curricular activities
EuroSchool organized in collaboration with Jonty The main objective of the workshop was to promote the importance of holistic education that ensures equal attention to sports and extra-curricular activities along with academics.
The session was kicked off by Shruthi Arun, Principal of EuroSchool Whitefield, Bangalore who welcomed Jonty. Jonty in this one-hour virtual fitness workshop shared various personal anecdotes and many physical exercises while always emphasizing to keep them as a fun activity and not push towards the child towards any particular sport. He also shared tips on how to identify emerging interest in sport or other extra-curricular activities among children. He revealed how his parents, who were teachers, always encouraged him to enjoy himself in the form of various physical activities. He also shared that playing different sports like hockey & swimming and the life lessons that he learned, helped him be a good fielder.
During this webinar, Jonty shared several videos related to age-appropriate exercises for children. These videos had been specially curated with age-specific exercises for different age groups: toddlers, pre-primary, primary & middle-to-high school. He stressed on the importance of exercises like flipped catches, crossover catches which are ideal for improving hand eye co-ordination. To avoid injury, he insisted on incorporating core strength training and yoga exercises into children's daily routine to be healthy.
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