Month: February 2023

What are the objectives of the future European Network of Coaches for social inclusion? The European Network of Coaches for social inclusion is one of the main Future ++ outputs. It aims at becoming a forum for new methodologies and tools to explore, experiment and test innovative approaches to addressing social challenges.   Future ++ project …

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What is the European Network of Coaches for social inclusion? The European Network of Coaches for social inclusion is one of the main Future ++ outputs. It aims at becoming a forum for new methodologies and tools to explore, experiment and test innovative approaches to addressing social challenges.   Within this network, the coaches, sports instructors …

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What if certain barriers within the structures of organized sports keep underprivileged children from benefitting from the positive impact sport can have on their lives?  We have conducted partner research involving all project contributors, in order to screen Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and Germany for similar education programs and provide an overview of what is …

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The role of a coach in youth sports is extremely complex, particularly as the children are still very much developing, both physically and personally. On the one hand, this requires a profound knowledge of human physiology, especially of children during their development. Further, children of the same age vary in their developmental status, which also …

From theory to practice  Read More »

One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES families tend to face regularly. In this article, we describe the practical barriers to participation in sport for children: Recent research has also explored the connection between physical literacy in children and adolescents and coaching efficacy, showing significant associations between the parameters. The concept of physical literacy combines several domains related to exercise and PA and is not restricted to improving physical skills, but also incorporates cognitive and …

Practical barriers to participation in sport for children Read More »

One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …

Coaches, Sports Clubs and Social Inclusion  Read More »

One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …

 Low-SES children and Sport  Read More »

One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …

Identifying the Problem  Read More »

One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …

 What is inclusion? Read More »