People play sport for many reasons including health, exercise, competitiveness, friendship and just for the pure love of it.
Training to become the best you can be in a particular sport takes a totally focused mindset. Nutrition, athleticism, technical production, strategies, footwork, strength, concentration, and the list goes on.
But what about the love of the game?
Does so much high-level thinking and effort negate the love of the sport for the youngsters?
Our students train two hours a day, every day of the college week and for approximately 40 weeks of the year. They train to play and to be the best they can be.
I continually witness amazing things at CCSC. None more so than the “love of the game”.
The ITS players rush into the tennis centre each day, grab their racquets and balls and head straight to the court. Some arrive up to an hour early and are bursting with enthusiasm to play. In the afternoon they catch the bus down from college and go straight to the ball baskets and on to court again.
The IFS kids grab footballs in their breaks and rush around kicking the ball with each other, bursting for more when it’s time to return class.
They arrive early at college and head to the area outside the café to play more football and battle each other for the title of winner.
They all “love the game”. The athletic rush of scoring a goal or serving an ace beams over their faces. It’s a great sight to see.
Play sport for the “love of the game”. Once you achieve that, anything is possible.
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