Today's boys are as physically fit as girls were 30 years ago, Czech School Inspection shows!
Author: How to prevent disaster? Although the title of the conference organized by the Czech Olympic Committee on children and movement may seem exaggerated, Marian Jelinek, hockey coach and renowned mental coach, says:
"But we're already in it."
At the conference, he gave a lecture on the topic of motivation to move. He himself has experience not only in physical education, which he used to teach, but also in hockey. As an assistant coach, he helped the Czech team to the World Champions title in 2005, won the title twice with Sparta and won the President's Cup with Plzeň. He was also Jaromir Jagr's personal coach for many years.
In addition, he has been a sports psychologist for 35 years, working with various athletes and lecturing at university. At this conference, however, he spoke primarily to physical education teachers and explained why motivation to exercise alone is not enough:
"It is very important, but it can also be harmful. "
He warns. The statistics show a serious situation. The proportion of obese children has risen from three to 16.5 per cent in the last twenty years. Last year's Czech School Inspectorate tests show that the physical fitness of boys is now the same as that of girls 30 years ago. Only 11 per cent of girls and 17 per cent of boys passed the fitness tests. The negative effects are not only health-related, but also social and economic. It is estimated that in ten years' time, the cost of treating weight-related diseases could reach up to CZK 300 billion, which is comparable to the cost of a covida pandemic.
Jelinek believes that today's youth has no shortage of opportunities to play sports.
"We have all the necessary resources and information. Obese people also know what to do to lose weight. However, they often lack the energy that passion creates. Motivation is more of a hidden compulsion, whereas I strive for a real desire. Without it, we're just chasing short-term pleasure,"
he explains. So how do you awaken a passion for movement in children?
"It has to come from them themselves, not for grades or praise. Take a fisherman, for example, who gets up at five in the morning on a Saturday to go fishing. He does it because he enjoys it. But if he has to go to work, he doesn't want to, even though he gets money for it. "
gives an example. Jelinek also mentions Jaromir Jagr as an example of an athlete with an incredible passion for training.
"Jagr wasn't deterred from training at one in the morning, even though he had a game the next day. He would wake me up for it and I would tell him it was against all the rules. And in the evening he scored two goals,"
he recalls with a smile. So it's key for kids to enjoy movement.
"I've seen coaches who stick to precise methods and procedures, but the kids would look at their watches during training to see when it would be over. While some parents were happy because the coach was following the 'right' way, the kids weren't enjoying it. Too often we emphasize a rational approach. For young children, it is essential that they develop an emotional attachment to the movement. Telling them they have to like something doesn't work,"
he adds. The best coaches are those who instil a love of movement and discipline in children.
"If they're just relying on motivation, I'm afraid it's not going to have a long-term effect."
Jelinek also stresses that one-time gratification is not enough.
"I have granddaughters abroad, I buy them toys, they are happy with them, but after a few weeks they are no longer interested and want something else. It is important to create a long-term relationship with the activity. A child who lives only from one pleasure to another will easily give up in case of failure and run away to, for example, a mobile phone. But if he or she has a real relationship with the sport, he or she will try harder to succeed next time."
Thirty years ago, children spent more time moving around. Jelinek sees the reason for this in the restrictions of the time.
"I visited a school in India where children went to school for several hours every day and I never saw an overweight child there. Even limits shape us."
In the Czech Republic today, children no longer have similar limits.
"Earlier there was not as much choice of food and options as there is today. Today, we can order food at any time, which is an advantage, but at the same time, the natural limits disappear."
Jelínek explains. Today, he says, people have to set these limits themselves.
"Many people stick to the limits because they enjoy it. The biggest success is when you love what you do,"
he concludes. Jelinek also reminds that taking care of your health is essential.
"We're going to live our whole lives with our bodies, minds and souls, so why wouldn't we take more care of them?"
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