The Municipal Sports Foundation opens the registration period for Sports Schools for the 2021-2022 academic year that is starting. The program is aimed at children under between 4 and 18 years old and it takes place in educational centers and different municipal sports facilities in the city.
The activities take place in non-school hours on business days, and always under the direction of qualified sports technicians. The classes of the different sports of the Sports Schools will begin between October 1 and 15 and, as in previous years. In the case of centers that begin activities on October 15, the registration period is extended until the same day before.
This season the offer has more than 20 sports disciplines: Chess, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Handball, Colpbol, Fencing, Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics, Hockey, Karate, Ball (Frontenis), Volleyball, Table Tennis, Valencian Pilot, Women’s Soccer, Futsal, Judo, Rugby, Triathlon, Pilot Valenciana, Water polo, Rowing and Canoeing, adapted sports (FESA and FEDI).
In addition to the Basic Physical Activity and pre-sport modalities for boys and girls from 4 to 6 years old and from 6 to 8 years old, respectively. What novelty, for this new course the activity of remo, which will be taught at the facilities of the Valencian Community Rowing Federation in La Marina de València.
The Councilor for Sports of the Valencia City Council, Pilar Bernabé, has indicated that “a new season of the longest running program of the Municipal Sports Foundation is starting. Last year we reached 3,500 places and we now aspire to reach levels similar to before COVID. All the organized sports activities will continue to apply all the safety and preventive measures recommended by the health authorities. All the federations and organizing entities have specific protocols in coordination with the schools and sports centers ”.
It must be remembered that the Municipal Sports Schools are promoted by the Municipal Sports Foundation of the Valencia City Council in collaboration with the different sports federations.
Thanks to the Municipal Sports Schools, the minors reinforce the Physical Education subject in a complementary way, contributing to the fulfillment of the recommendation of the World Health Organization for children that establishes a daily practice of 60 minutes of physical exercise for each boy and girl . In addition, we must not forget that the Municipal Sports Schools organize multiple extraordinary activities such as: outings, meetings, sports exchanges, campus, etc.
