Training the Trainers
Committed to the promotion of #physicalliteracy in India, Maverick Fit Kids curriculum is presented to trainers as a 100 hour course with qualifying exams. Here is a sneak peak into training that happened in 2022 for the primary school coaches....
Human Flourishing – Physical Literacy Report
Happy to share this quantum leap in perspective on human flourishing! Great efforts by teams of The Sports Law & Policy Centre and Sports and Society Accelerator for putting together this report. Happy to see the report adopting #physicalliteracy model of #IPLA (International Physical Literacy Association) #physicalliteracy is an...
Should School Sports Prioritize Participation Over Competition?
Dr.Amit Malik, India Lead of the International physical literacy Association (IPLA) says: “Serious re-thinking and re-alignment required to choose the right #goals. Increasing #participation in #sports for meeting goals of #medals seems to be utterly confused one as indirectly #participation is not valued in itself. Its ramification is...
MoU with IPLA
Maverick Fit Kids – India’s first physical literacy curriculum in schools since 2014 enters into an MOU with the International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA) UK – the apex body spreading the science & message of #physicalliteracy across the globe, to...
Pilot of Maverick At Puducherry Government schools
A pilot study of the Maverick Fit Kids Physical literacy Curriculum was conducted with the permission & support of Directorate of school education, Government of Puducherry at three government schools in March 2022. Click here to download the report...
Centre, states asked to reply to proposals for greater physical literacy
Recognising the importance of being active for life, and understanding that physical literacy is not just about sports, but it’s about knowing one’s own body & staying fit throughout one’s life, a three volume report titled ‘From stasis to movement’...
Physical Literacy Be Recognised As Fundamental Right
Physical literacy should be recognised as a fundamental right and all education boards, including CBSE and ICSE, must be asked to ensure at least 90 minutes of every school day to be dedicated to “free play and games”, said a...
Promoting PL with LNIPE Gwalior
To jointly promote #physicalliteracy in India, International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA) is excited to sign MoU with India’s premier #physicaleducation and #sports institute, #LNIPE Gwalior. Expecting a long term and meaningful partnership with Global body of #physicalliteracy and best Indian institute in #physicaleducation . Credit to intentions and commitment of both teams...
Promoting Physical literacy in Hyderabad
It is heartening to note how #physicalliteracy is now creating waves in the school circuits and is beginning to be seen as the future of #school #physicaleducation. Setting the tone of the Eldrok India Education Summit 2022, held at Hyderabad, Mr. Chandrashekar, CEO of...
Fitness Testing in Physical Education: Helpful or Harmful?
Fitness testing is one of those things that became popular in physical education [PE] as it evolved from its military roots, and has stuck. Most Australian secondary schools still do fitness testing at least once or twice in their program,...
What Doctors are seeing after two lockdowns – kids with ‘bent bones’!
Cases of Rickets – softening and eventually deformation of bones caused by deficiency of vitamin D3 – see an exponential rise. Kids are paying for not being able to step out for one-and-a-half years… Read on…
