Browsing Category Exercise & Sport
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Exercise & Sport
The Force Behind Sport
Is the sports fanatic being disguised by a normal, healthy and acceptable lifestyle, but carefully hiding much more, by a framework of words, systems and terminology? Is it ...
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Exercise & Sport
From Terror to Joy in the Water – A New Way of Swimming
There was always a fear of being in a pool or the sea when young. Paddling around at the edge of a beach or in the shallow end ...
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Exercise & Sport
My Evolving Relationship with Movement
When I stop to consider my relationship with movement, what I feel most profoundly is how the quality of my movement has changed over the 60 years that ...
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Exercise & Sport
Me and Sport
My Introduction to Sport Where do I start? My first introduction to sport was as a small child watching my mother play tennis. She was very competitive. I ...
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Exercise & Sport
Playing Ball with Children’s Needs!
Recently I took a group of children for some ball games at a school holiday activity club. The activity was informal and all about play. In this session ...
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Exercise & Sport
Why I Love Hills
Let me just start by saying I have never liked hills. I always dreaded the pain in my body, the struggle to reach the top, the exhaustion that ...
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Exercise & Sport
My ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Relationship with Exercise
Creating an exercise plan to support me rather than to attain a goal or an image is something that I would have laughed at years ago, back when ...
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Exercise & Sport
Workout Culture
I’m at the gym – TV screens in front of me all showing different things, music playing from the speakers and I’m having to focus a bit more ...
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Exercise & Sport
My Reflection on Competition and Sport
I recently spent some time watching my 18 year old son compete in a football tournament and have since been reflecting on, and appreciating, the changes in my ...
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Exercise & Sport
Competition, Sport and Teams – Seeking Unity
An article by Adam Warburton ‘Sport, Competition and Fiery Debate’, with the comments and the associated discussion, have got me reflecting on other life experiences with sport, competition and ...