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SIK-Holz® › Sports Area
Sport lessons are a welcome relief during a school day.
Physical and mental exertion and relaxation, playful
individual and group experiences offer a holistic experience.
This experience includes the learning of social
behaviors that are important for the whole of life. In
sport, children learn to deal with defeat. They also learn
to compare themselves strategically, mentally or physically
with others and to exchange ideas. In sport, the
handling of conflict situations and aggression is trained.
In the case of individual sports, the students learn to pit
their strength against others and to evaluate their own
performance. In team sports, on the other hand, a team
spirit emerges, which strengthens the social competence
of the individual players.
Model schools, which have introduced a daily
sports lesson to the class schedule, generally show better
learning outcomes and social skills among the pupils
than schools that only offer a sport lesson twice a week.
School sports facilities should therefore not only be used
for sports lessons, but should also be available during
the breaks and particularly for all-day schools also in the
afternoon. The classic sports stadium is not necessary for
this. It makes more sense to have several smaller areas. In
these areas, manageable groups with the same intentions
and interests often meet. In addition, the orientation in a
smaller room is easier for the participants and the transition
to a different game is quicker.
When planning sports areas, free walls can also
be used to paint goals or to mount basketball hoops. It
should be checked beforehand whether windows are at
risk by the ball games and should be latticed if necessary.
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