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The goal of the ASPIRE Multisport Skill Development Program is to increase the number of Qatari and Arabic-speaking children who, in an enjoyable environment, master the motor development skills and movement fundamentals that are the underlying pre-requisites for successful sports participation: static and dynamic balance, spatial awareness, kinaesthetic differentiation, jumping, landing, rhythmic springing, skipping, rotation, throwing, passing, catching, kicking, and hand-eye coordination. The objectives of the MSDP are to:
- Encourage participation and skill development in a variety of sports
- Improve the amount, quality, equity and variety of sports activities available to children
- Promote fair play and good sporting behavior while discouraging a win-at-all costs attitude among children
- Promote enjoyable and satisfying competition
- Establish a sound foundation that encourages sporting activity throughout life and higher level sports skills development.
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Multisport Skill Development Programs |
- Identify, encourage and select sports-talented children to pursue a pathway into ASPIRE Sport-Specific Skill Development programs, ASPIRE Academy Feeder groups, QOC sports federations and club sport programs and possibly be selected as ASPIRE Academy student-athletes.
Research demonstrates that children who acquire sports skills competences have the opportunity to participate and have fun participating in sport, are more likely to remain active in sport and seek greater skill development. Therefore, the MSDP is committed to providing the highest quality instruction in the most positive and enjoyable environment with coach/child ratios that do not exceed 1:12. Each MSDP instructor is a certified physical education teacher or licensed coach and the activities selected and the instructional methodology emphasize friendship, fun, achievement, identity, fairness, and success.
Types of Multisport Skill Development Programs (MSDP) - Girls |
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Basic Multisport Development Centre – located within the ASPIRE Dome, it offers an after-school program structured to meet the needs of, and open to, girls aged 6 through 11 (grades 1-6). Different activity and instruction stations focus on different motor control activities (i.e. static balance, dynamic balance, throwing, kicking, striking, etc.). A typical training session includes warm-up and stretch (20 minutes), activity stations (5 x 6-9 minutes). This method is used to maintain high levels of intensity and reduce the risk of mental fatigue. Children that show greater movement development are also invited to attend on a Thursday to assist them in their pathway to the advanced group. |
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MSDC Applied Sport Program: The Applied Sport Program is open to girls aged 9 through 15 years (grades 4-7) and offers an introduction to sports specific skills, rules and strategies of multiple sports. |
MSDC Advanced Program: Girls aged 9 through 15 years (grades 4-7) who show sporting potential in MSDC Applied Sports Program. The program offers the same curriculum, however it has a smaller coach/athlete ratio. The girls from this program. The girls’ specific sports are squash and fencing.
Girls are required to attend twice weekly (Sunday & Tuesday or Monday & Wednesday) with selected participants also attending on Thursdays. The timing of the program is in direct relation to school finishing times. MSDC programs generally start 30 minutes after school is dismissed. This allows time for children from surrounding schools to attend and MSDC part-time coaches to travel from their respective schools. It also allows time prior to the start of the session for unstructured play, which is a very important element of youth development.
All children are taught basic sports nutrition, namely what is good food to fuel an exercising body and the importance of hydration. All participants are given water bottles (330ml) and a healthy muesli bar at the conclusion of every session. |
Types of Multisport Skill Development Programs (MSDP) - Boys
Basic Multiport Development Centres for boys are located in school facilities and within the ASPIRE Dome. MSDCs offer an after-school program structured to meet the needs of boys aged 6 through 13 (grades 1-7) as outlined below. MSDC Coordinators and coaches write specific programs common to all centres. The coaching stations focus on different motor control activities (i.e. balance, running, jumping, throwing, striking, kicking, catching, etc.). A typical training session includes warm-up and stretch (15 minutes), conditioning (15 mins), skill stations (30-45 mins) and games or specific sport practices (15-30 mins). High levels of skill acquisition is expected in these years which are the fastest rate of skill learning in anyone’s life. Invited boys are offered extra sessions on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons to extend their advanced abilities, or to overcome difficulties with a particular skill learning activity.
Boys’ MSDC Advanced Program: Grades 4- 7 boys are tested in the initial phase of each yearly program so that a profile of each student is recorded over coming years. For Grades 6-7, a smaller number are selected to remain in the centres on an advanced program designed to progress their skills more rapidly and train their conditioning more intensely.
Boys are required to attend twice weekly in Grades 1-5 (either Sunday andTuesday, or Monday and Wednesday), and three times per week Grades 6-7 (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday). The timing of the program is in direct relation to the school finishing times. MSDC programs generally start 30 minutes after school is dismissed. This allows time for children in surrounding schools to attend and MSDC coaches to travel from their respective schools. It also allows time prior to the start of the session for unstructured play which is a very important element of youth development.
All children are taught basic sports nutrition, namely what is good food to fuel an exercising body and the importance of hydration. All participants are given water bottles (330ml) and a healthy muesli bar at the conclusion of every session.
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