The IN MOVEO tour stopped at Natagan secondary school in Barraute on Wednesday to introduce students to new sporting disciplines.
This initiative from the Quebec Student Sports Network (RSEQ) aims to introduce high school students to the pleasure of moving all year round to improve their well-being.
The IN MOVEO caravan team offers the opportunity to experience golf, tennis, football or even baseball thanks to different stations spread throughout their school gymnasium.
We offer things that are not necessarily practiced in physical education classes. We want to get young people moving in a festive and fun environment, in addition to teaching them techniques to perfect their skills.
A quote from Samuel Laplante, project manager at the Student Sports Network
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Samuel Laplante, project manager at the Quebec Student Sports Network, teaches tennis techniques to two tennis students.
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IN MOVEO also uses virtual reality to introduce disciplines such as climbing and snowboarding.
RSEQ. It’s often the first thing they’ll want to try. These are games that require balance and coordination. Most find it more difficult than they thought, but it’s a lot of fun too.”,”text”:”It’s a good way to hook young people, says Samuel Plante, project manager at RSEQ. It’s often the first thing they’ll want to try. These are games that require balance and coordination. Most find it more difficult than they thought, but it’s a lot of fun too.”}}”>It’s a good way to hook young people, says Samuel Plante, project manager at RSEQ. It’s often the first thing they’ll want to try. These are games that require balance and coordination. Most find it more difficult than they thought, but it’s a lot of fun too.
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IN MOVEO is a project aimed at introducing secondary school students to the pleasure of moving all year round to improve their well-being.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Marc-André Landry
Diversify the offer at school
Natagan is the 30th school visited by IN MOVEO since the creation of the project two years ago. In addition to receiving the caravan, the school gets $1,000 in sports equipment donations.
By submitting the application to the regional RSEQ authorities, physical education teacher Yann Francoeur sought to diversify the sports offering in the school.
fun because we present to them activities that we can do here in Abitibi. I saw stars in their eyes.”,”text”:”We just have three volleyball teams, which is half the school, he points out. We want to reach out to other customers. We know that they may play other sports outside, but we would like to keep them in school by having them explore other facets of sport. It’s fun because we introduce them to activities that we can do here in Abitibi. I saw stars in their eyes.”}}”>We just have three volleyball teams, which reaches half the school, he emphasizes. We want to reach out to other customers. We know that they may play other sports outside, but we would like to keep them in school by having them explore other facets of sport. It’s the fun because we present to them activities that we can do here, in Abitibi. I saw stars in their eyes.
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Samuel Laplante, project manager at the Quebec Student Sports Network, and Yann Francoeur, physical education teacher at Natagan school in Barraute.
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The Student Sports Network hopes that this first contact with certain sports will have an impact on the lifestyle habits of students.
We see this with golf, a sport which requires a lot of technique, but which attracts the curiosity of students, argues Samuel Laplante. They want to see and try. After that, we advise them, we tell them that there are areas not far away where they can go and practice. We lived for years during the pandemic where we couldn’t do anything, where we were immobile. This is the time for young people to have fun and move around.
2024-04-03 20:16:48
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