As they say, every cloud has a ray of hope. Covid-19 coronavirus has been difficult for many sports and others who need to see and play them. But difficult times can lead other people to think of new tactics for doing old things.
Take component in summer sports camps. For years, it is a rite of passage for many young people to move to summer sports camps. Tennis players move on to tennis camps. Football players in football camps. Football players in football camps. Synchronized swimmers in highly synchronized camps. Etc., etc., etc., etc. The variety of the camp can be a bit like those that eat the menus of the places that say that substitution is not allowed. The young men had to decide their way early. And they were young people who really had the means, pre-existing skills and moolah to move into those camps. (Moolah is a technical term for money).
Now that the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and mandatory social distance have thrown classic summer camp plans into the ball hopper, a coalition of primary sports organizations has to verify something different. The American Tennis Association (USTA), in collaboration with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, American Football, American Baseball, American Baseball, American Figure Skating, and the American PGA, are hosting the Net Generation Virtual Summer Camp july 20-24. .
This is called “Virtual” because you probably wouldn’t have to move, unless maybe from the bathroom to a position where you can move more freely. Instead, all you want to do is log in to the USTA’s Facebook and Twitter pages for two 30-minute sessions a day, one at 11:00 a.m. ET and one at 3:00 p.m. Et. Possibly it wouldn’t be as expensive as normal camps, assuming you don’t lose so much. All of this will make the camp more available to more people.
In fact, you don’t even want an opponent or spouse to participate in the camp. The concentrate will be on the workouts you can do yourself (or at most you and one wall) without special facilities. It’s about keeping things safer in Covid-19 coronavirus and social distance, but also those who don’t have access to facilities, coaches and others to be informed about the sport.
“It gives others the opportunity to be informed about the game at home and on the street,” said Craig Morris, USTA General Manager Community Tennis. “You don’t want a coach. Many times, other people will have to have a skill progression point before they reach the court. This will allow them to get there.”
It’s called “Summer Camp” because it’s already summer. Yes, time can fly when haircuts are missing. Calling it “winter camp” wouldn’t make sense unless, of course, you’re in Australia right now.
It’s called “Net Generation” because it’s an extension of Net Generation Live costs that take up position every Friday. “Net Generation” is a pun because tennis uses nets and is a tennis camp. Net Generation aims to exercise the next generation (with an “x”) of tennis players. And not only the next Serena Williams or Roger Federer, but also the next doctors, scientists, lawyers, artists, writers, engineers, executives, teachers, accountants, psychologists, etc. who also play tennis.
It’s a tennis camp. But it’s also partly a football, football, figure skating, baseball and golf field. You may wonder how this is possible, because in general, you are not allowed to play tennis and ice on the tennis courts would make things strange. Well, every day, in addition to a tennis lesson, there will be a coach from another game to teach the lesson of this game. On Monday, the other game will be football. Tuesday will be football. Wednesday, figure skating. Thursday, baseball. Golf Friday.
That’s why Michael Cuddyer tweeted about camp week:
“This is a more holistic approach, rather than just focusing on a sport,” said Karl Davies, PhD, Director of the USTA’s National Education Program. “This is a component of the ADM, which launches the street from the multisport game with the set of other sports. We are looking to develop physical activity and physical literacy in general. This may lose the game.”
In this case, ADM means “additional runner increase”. Rather, it’s the U.S. progression model, which, as described on the Net Generation website, is an effort across U.S. sports organizations. “. “This includes ‘reducing early specialization, developing multi-sport athletes and expanding young people’s physical activity.’
As I explained to Forbes, early specialization in a game is not a smart thing to do. This can make the game more of a task than a pleasure. This can lead to exhaustion and a greater threat of injury by repeating the same movements. Also, since each game has other things to offer, you can miss wonderful reports and learning. In addition, learning from one game can help you play other games. For example, footwork in football can be smart for tennis as long as you don’t start hitting the ball in a match.
“Free play” is the concept of play and exercise in a more unstructured way than in a super-organized competitive situation.
“Physical literacy” is explained through SHAPE America as “the ability to move skillfully and confidently in a wide variety of physical activities in environments that gain benefits from healthy user progression in general.”
Speaking of literacy, there will also be a word of the day. It will be nothing like “floccinaucinihilipilification”, which means “to estimate anything as useless”. Instead, those will be words like “listening,” “respect,” “effort,” “teamwork” and “sportsmanship,” you know very useful and intelligent words.
“This program will not just focus on activities and skill development,” Morris added. “It will also help the self-discovery and learning of the consultant.”
Legendary tennis player John McEnroe once said, “He taught me a lesson, but I’m not sure what it is.” Well, by 2020, “this” may be the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. It forces everyone to think about what they’ve done and how they can be replaced. Before the pandemic broke out, there was another epidemic in the country: physical inactivity. Part of the challenge is the setting up youth games, which has limited access and leads to excessive specialization that is too competitive too soon. Perhaps in addition to bringing the bad things it has brought, the virus has also brought a lesson: that game for other young people will have to replace forever.
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I am a writer, journalist, teacher, system modeler, expert in PC and virtual physical fitness, dining lawyer and entrepreneur, not at all times in that order. Currently, I am Professor of Health Administration and Policy at the School of Public Health of the University of New York (CUNY), Executive Director of PHICOR (@PHICORteam), Professor courtesy of the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business and Founder and CEO of Symsilico. The above positions come with the Executive Director of the Global Center for Obesity Prevention (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Biomedical Medicine and Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh, and Senior Manager at Quintiles Transnational, who works at Biotech Equity Research at Securities, and co-founder of a biotechnology/bioinformatics company. My paintings have appeared with approaches, models and PC equipment to help decision-makers about fitness and fitness on each and every continent (except Antarctica) and have received the support of a wide variety of sponsors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, UNICEF, USAID and the Global Fund. I have written more than two hundred clinical publications and 3 books. Follow me on Twitter (@bruce_y_lee) but don’t ask me if I know martial arts.