Other venues ( workplace, home, etc.)

Contribution

• COVID19 outbreak, with its social distancing consequences, opened up new ways to perform physical activity and Sport in home areas.
• Walking is the simplest, easiest and most affordable way of involvement in Sport.
• Cycling to work is not only a good form of exercise. It also contributes to sustainability.
• Sport provides excellent opportunities to share, enjoy and increase thighs with close relationships: family, friends, workmates, neighbours, etc.
•  At workplaces, devoting some time to Sport may improve colleague relationships, teamwork and motivation. Employees are less likely to become sick.(134)

International endorsement

Council of Europe- European sport charter (2001):

Sport can bring positive effects on human beings in personal and social development through creative activities.

Tafisa: 

Traditional Sport games and new Sport should actively be recognized and promoted as an excellent tool to tackle many challenges of today.

• Ignorance of the vast possibilities of physical activity that are available: Sport adaptations, traditional games, etc.
• Lack of Sport areas in neighbourhoods or workplace.
• Lack of awareness and skills at workplace level.

Importance of personal trainers

• Whereas the web offers abundant information and resources regarding physical activity and Sport such as tutorials, webinars, master classes, among others.
• When a person performs physical activity alone, potential risk factors such as injuries (e.g., misuse of weights in case of fitness) should be prevented. A good alternative could be to hire a part-time personal coach.
• Personal coaches should be supportive not only on a physical level but on a personal and emotional level as well.

The pleasure and benefits of walking

• Walking is the easiest and cheapest form to be well worked out. It offers a wide-ranging benefit, including better physical and mental health, increased mindfulness and enhanced communication skills. (133)
• Shoes are important and could prevent potential injuries.
• Chose adequate roads and select distances according to your physical level.
• Enjoy a good walk with your most favourite music.

Security measures

Whether a participant has a walk in a nearby forest or a cycle ride in town, some measures should be adopted:

• Know regulations beforehand, e.g., velocity limits.
• If you go out alone, inform your relatives where you are going. An unexpected situation can always occur.
• Try to wear appropriate clothes.
• Having good levels of water is also important. Keep always an extra bottle of water.

Sport at home

• Homes as places where people spend the most of their time, family time, and virtuous circles can be created.
• Be creative: Take advantage of material you have at home to create amazing moments with kids.
•  When possible, involve family and friends. This will increase the enjoyment for all.
• If doing physical activity alone, try to find a comfortable and appropriate space to work out.
• Provide online workouts, tutorials, videos on how to engage in the Sport.
• Provide guidance on where the Sport can be played (Sport clubs), who to contact, etc.

Sport in the Workplace (135)

• These are places where working-age adults spend most of their time besides home. It is a structured environment where access to them is easy and introducing Sport for All and PA is possible.
• Sport activities could be organised outside the walls of the business, in group classes, given by a Sport teacher outside the employee’s place of work.
• Most popular Sport are yoga, stretching, and running. . Businesses should provide a suitable place (e.g. table tennis, table, an indoor football pitch, a boxing ring).
• Discuss with HR managers to have “active pauses” or hours off to participate in physical activity.
• Think of creating company Sport clubs and offering the opportunity to employees to train and compete under the name of the company.
• Provide opportunities and incentives, e.g. bike parking lots, showers, use of stairs instead of elevators.

Other tips

• Encourage the creation of groups of runners, walkers or bike riders to join in group activities.
• Walking/running/hiking combined with other pleasure activities such as shopping in a mall or touring a new destination can bring double rewards: fitness and amusement.
•  Develop mechanisms to assess the impact of Sport practice on employees’ productivity.
  . Do not Neglect all the security measures described above.

• Benefits of walking.  Click Here
• Top 15 Indoor Sport to Play at Home.  Click Here
• 40 Fun Outdoor Family Games. Click Here
• 10 Creative Office Gym Ideas to Promote Fitness in the Workplace.Click Here
•  “Backyard” Olympic Games. Click Here

Every table can be a table tennis table
(ITTF Foundation)

• One of the major obstacles to table tennis practise is the absence of material available, and the difficulty to acquire tables for local organisations.
• A local production allows an almost neutral ecological print, while worldwide shipping of tables has an ecological impact.
• After developing a manual of how to build 5 models of handcrafted tables, the goal is now to create pedagogical content that enables us to provide theoretical knowledge and a practical workshop in building handcrafted tables given over a 5 to 7 days period.

More information:
Project web page.  Click Here