► Offer everyone the happiness of sport
If disabled sport has become widely democratized, adapted sport remains less known. This practice intended for people with mental or psychological disabilities is, for example, very little represented at the Paralympic Games with only three disciplines. Yet it is a tremendous means of self-fulfilment.
Since 1971, the French Federation of Adapted Sport has supported athletes in dozens of disciplines to help them enjoy all the joys of physical activity. Today, it has 65,000 members and delivers training courses for coaches or coaches every year. With more than 1,300 clubs in France, there is bound to be one near you. All are listed on their site.
► Sharing more than land
International teams and matches where diversity wins? A habit on the grounds of Up Sport. This Parisian association has been trying for seven years to bring together different audiences during training or sports outings. Up Sport welcomes precarious people, in particular refugees, whom it helps to equip themselves, but everyone can come and take part in the sessions.
The association actually works like any sports club. If the classic team sports are obviously offered, Up Sport also provides yoga, kickboxing and swimming lessons. The structure is looking for volunteers with a particular interest in the specialists of a sport, motivated to make people discover it and organize training sessions.
► Teach appropriate physical activity
Physical activity is everyone’s business, even if we don’t all have the same abilities. The Siel Bleu Association has been striving to demonstrate this for twenty-five years by promoting suitable physical activity for all. Its network offers individual and group lessons for people weakened by old age, disability or chronic illness. The 700 prevention officers go directly to hospitals, nursing homes and businesses. On its site, a map lists all the group lessons planned in each department. A way to allow everyone to combine physical well-being and social ties.
► Make sport more responsible
Sport is sometimes a blind spot in environmental protection. If the scale of the task is great (air-conditioned stadiums in Qatar, artificial snow, team travel in private jets, etc.), Match for Green do not despair and seek to sensitize clubs and federations.
The association thus offers training programs for all levels: from simple volunteers wishing to better understand the consequences of their practice to national federations wishing to rethink their methods. Installing a selective sorting point, using water bottles… Small gestures – sometimes obvious, but often forgotten – can reduce the environmental impact of sporting events.
► Evaluate your level of physical activity
Did you know you can be both physically active and have a sedentary lifestyle? To do this, the site EatMove offers you to assess your level of physical activity and sedentary lifestyle via a rapid questionnaire in ten questions, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Depending on your results and your profile (profession, age, etc.), you will discover tips for reducing your time spent sitting in front of a screen, favoring walking during your daily journeys and starting sport gradually. SO ? A small physical inventory before starting his return to sport?
