Health First, Medals Later
There is a lot more to playing sports than simply winning
Recently, a father came to me with his eight-year-old son. He wanted his child to become a future world champion in badminton. He wanted me to assess and then address his son’s physical fitness, which he felt was lacking. I was given 18 months to raise the child’s fitness level to international standards. I loved the challenge because I thought I had full parental support and we were on the same page.To read more, click here.
MON, JUN 25 2012. 07 22 PM IST
Learn to walk before you run
A lot of parents today are keen to give their children an opportunity to excel in sports. Even the ones who are not expecting their children to pick up sports as a career are now more open to the holistic development of their personalities...
MON, APR 16 2012. 09 17 PM IST
Are you fit enough to be sporty?
Playing a sport does not necessarily make you fitter or healthier. Every sport makes its own demands on the body, and every sport puts the body through stresses and strains that need to be addressed.
MON, MAR 07 2011. 08 28 PM IST
Only the fit can help the planet
The ones among us who don’t have to worry about mundane things such as food, clothes or a roof over our heads, have a bit too much time on our hands. Some of us sit in our air-conditioned drawing rooms, thinking about saving something or the other.MON, FEB 01 2010. 09 11 PM IST
A family that runs together...
The problem is, we are spending less and less time with our real-life families and friends, and more and more time interacting with our e-friends on various networking sites on the Internet. Most parents identify their children by the marks they get at school or the salary package they get after that.
MON, APR 13 2009. 09 09 PM IST
Summer camp safety check
The old adage “It’s safer to have an intelligent enemy than a stupid friend” holds true here. What I am getting at is that even if camp organizers and trainers (whether it’s running, football, cricket or anything else) have good intentions, it’s just not enough.
TUE, MAR 30 2010. 01 17 PM IST
Learning games
Contrary to what most people believe, sports and games have far more benefits than just getting healthier or winning Olympic medals. For me, the other benefits of sports—the career and, indeed, life skills they instil and enhance—outweigh the gains of fitness and prizes any day.
MON, AUG 30 2010. 08 46 PM IST
Running in the city
The Commonwealth Games (CWG) could have been used as a platform to change the sporting culture not only of Delhi, but of India. But we have wasted this opportunity and reduced the event to a blame game. As a country we should focus on spreading a culture of fitness and sports, instead of just hoping for a medal at the Olympics.
