This school year, instead of cricket, football and tennis, school children will be exposed to a range of new sports like Jiu-Jitsu, forms of martial art, football tennis, belt wrestling and tennis volleyball.
This school year, instead of cricket, football and tennis, school children will be exposed to a range of new sports like Jiu-Jitsu, forms of martial art, football tennis, belt wrestling and tennis volleyball.
Seeing a drop in participation in sports among school children, the School Game Federation of India (SGFI) has decided to make some exciting additions to the sports curricula in schools so that students are encouraged to take part.
In the SGFI’s national school games calendar, a range of new sports has been added for the state. Most of these will start on a demonstration basis before becoming part of everyday school activities. The new additions are a fusion of conventional sports and new exotic sports. One of the most awaited sports is ‘thanku’, a form of sword-fighting, and Jiu-Jitsu. “We have decided to add more interesting sports to catch students’ interests and promote school games. In India, very few students are active in school sports. We have decided to try out a few new games on demonstration basis. Hopefully, students might get interested in them,” said NB Mote, deputy director, divisional sports office, CST. However, ‘thanku’ yet to be finalised, he added.
Jiu-Jitsu, a form of martial art combat sport, teaches students self-defence, focusing on grappling and especially ground fighting. “This sport has already gained popularity among children. Martial arts are one of the most popular choices. But we also want to promote lesser known and new sports like volleyball tennis and football tennis,” added Mote.
Speaking about football tennis and volleyball tennis, Mala Shamraj, a coach at Utpal Sanghvi School, Juhu, said, “These are fun games and will rouse curiosity among students. Anybody who is a good football player can excel at such games.”
Shamraj added that today, children are only interested in football or cricket because they are the most covered games in the media. However, it is necessary to expose children to a variety of new games that will develop their physical and mental abilities, she added.
The divisional sports office will be conducting training and orientation sessions for teachers before they introduce these sports in the school curricula.
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