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What is sports tutoring ?

What is sports tutoring ?. AGENDA. Why s ports ? Why t utoring ?. WHY SPORTS?. According to studies …. Only 26 % of all students exercise enough 42 % of male and 28 % of female UAS students are overweight Almost 15 % of UAS students would like to get help with starting to exercise

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What is sports tutoring ?

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  1. What is sportstutoring?

  2. AGENDA • Whysports? • Whytutoring?

  3. WHY SPORTS?

  4. According to studies… • Only 26 % of all students exercise enough • 42 % of male and 28 % of female UAS students are overweight • Almost 15 % of UAS students would like to get help with starting to exercise • Age 18-35 is critical for sporty behavior!

  5. Exercising & Study Ability • Physical activity improves your memory and concentration • Exercising stimulates brain cell growth • Among young people, insufficient physical activity has been linked with: • Problems in emotional life • Problems with attention and behavior • Students who exercise can even gain better scores!

  6. WHY TUTORING?

  7. Encouraging each other • Tutoring is known practically in every University in Finland • Why not use the same method and existing knowledge to promote sports? • Sports Tutors encourage other students to do sports and familiarize them with the sport facilities at the campus • Creates and alternative to boozy student culture • Supports the sport culture of the Uni • Acting as “agents” among the students

  8. SPORTs TUTORING & Study ability • Study environment (social environment) • Being fit is a significant factor in coping in every day life • Study communities and students’ own communities • Getting to know new people is easier when you are doing something • Creating new groups to be a member of • Making it easier to find new friends • Reducing loneliness • Reducing bullying • Creating an alternative to mere partying during the first few weeks • Teaching • Tutoring  Sports Tutoring (bringing a new dimension to it) • Personal resources (social skills, physical and mental health)

  9. National goals • To reach also those who do not exercise enough • To prevent the alienation from sports • To create and boost new kind of sports culture among students • To support sense of community and health promotion in the higher education institutes • To create a supporting network for those who are not that exited about sports but would like to be  To make it easier and funnier to do sports together!

  10. Youarenotalone: • 26 higher education institutes have started Sports Tutoring: Helsinki (AYY, HYY, METKA, HELGA) Joensuu (ISYY) Turku (TYY, ÅAS, TUO) Tampere (TAMKO, Tamy) Jyväskylä (KOOLS, JYY) Kuopio (ISYY, Savotta) Lappeenranta (SaLUT) Rovaniemi (korkeakoululiikunta) Mikkeli (MAMK) Kemi-Tornio (KETOAKKU) Pori (SAMMAKKO) Hämeenlinna (HAMKO) Kajaani (KAMO) Oulu (OSAKO) Lahti (LAMKO) Vaasa (VYY) HUMAKO

  11. REMEMBER: SPORTS TUTORING IS Supposed to be fun! • Make it easy to participate!  Most importantly: Have fun yourself!

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