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>> Keeping young physically active is relatively complicated. There is only one way to accomplish this – if the parents encourage them.
>> Now, if we examine a regular P.E. class, we'll see what type of difficulties teachers have to face.
>> They are literally giving in on students. Why? Because the parents are in charge.
>> A parent determines, whether on a rainy day their child will come to the class or not. “John is excused from class today, due to the heavy drizzle!”
>> Children are inactive – they're driven to school by car, at the P.E. class they argue with their teacher, they goof off
>> and their parents are brining in massive amounts of sick notes.
>> A teacher only has duties, duties, duties, while a student has rights.
>> They have a right not to attend the class today- mom wrote a note on how their child has a running nose, the next day- a running nose again.
>> So in total they attend 2 -3 P.E. classes in a quarter. We are paying for it to happen! There is no other solution other than
>> making it a national policy, because some high schools only have one P.E. class a week.
>> t's sad, unfortunately. I hope to live long enough to see the change,
>> but there won't be a change until the number of ill people increases. And it will increase a lot.
>> World Misses and Top models- two top classes. So why is it that girls these days don't get it?
>> The most disturbing fact is, that they are reluctant to being active- but this is THEIR health we're talking about!
>> What concerns me the most as a man, is that, in about a decade from now,
>> I wonder: who will beget children? Also, it is one thing, who begets them but who will bear them? This is a serious matter.
>> As a coach and a teacher, I know there is no practice as such.
>> They simply go from one competition to another. If you're familiar with the latest news and stories, there have been a lot of sudden deaths.
>> The reason behind sudden deaths being- children are physically weak and hastily advance to higher and higher physical performance.
>> Nordic walking is a very clever invention. Only, the type of nordic walking we see here in Estonia is somewhat ridiculous.
>> They have grabbed the “sticks” and then literally drag them around.
>> However, the goal of nordic walking is to use the poles as tools to help you train and develop.
>> There's no use in just dragging the poles back and forth.
>> Nordic walking is excellent for a children, who is starting to physically develop, because they can choose the level of performance themselves.
>> And when they're using their hands actively, it translates into good blood circulation and this is exactly what we need.
>> As an extra benefit it does not strain the joints.
>> One of my legendary teachers once told a sentence in Latin, that goes like this: .....
>> it means: “We should wish for a healthy mind in a healthy body”.
>> Now I'll ask the other way around: “How exactly are we supposed to have a healthy mind, when our bodies are weak?
>> ... our physique is the base in everything we do.