Who are the athletes to look out for at the Olympics?

 

With the Olympics about a month away and the deadline to qualify for the Olympics coming up on the 29th June we take a look at athletics and what it means to athletes and schools. We are privileged to have three time Olympian and TUKS lecturer, LJ van Zyl, and content creator and sport journalist Manfred Seidler, talk about the Olympic Games and what we should expect from the games

How do you transition from a school athlete to a professional athlete?

With the Olympics about a month away and the deadline to qualify for the Olympics coming up on the 29th June we take a look at athletics and what it means to athletes and schools. We are privileged to have three time Olympian and TUKS lecturer, LJ van Zyl talking to us about Athletics and opportunities that school kids have at getting recognized, transitioning from school to professional athletics and being able to participate at the Olympics. Together with LJ we have content creator and ex journalist Manfred Seidler who has over 30 years of experience working in Athletics and reporting on sports events including the Olympics over those 30 years. LJ de Villiers did his masters on the difficulties that athletes have transitioning from a school athlete to a professional athlete and here, LJ together with Manfred, identifies these problems and then goes on to talk about other issues that athletes face.

 

In Tune with Coaching discusses SuperSport’s Schools streaming app.

 

Start your month on a thrilling and informative note as the exciting In Tune with Coaching live webinar series returns and will focus on the SuperSport Schools app and how it can benefits school’s sport.

The latest edition will take place this Thursday, 03 June 2021 between 18h00-19h00 (CAT).  Register here: https://bit.ly/3vu4TEW and be a part of the webinar for FREE.

This week’s topic will be focused on Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming services; particularly the SuperSport School’s app service which has joined the current OTT streaming offerings from Pitchvision and DigiTV SA.

The demand of school sports streaming services has steadily been on the rise and appetite has expanded over the past 12 months largely due to Covid 19 pandemic restrictions which prevent spectators from watching school’s sports live on the ground.

The In Tune with Coaching platform is eager to lace you up with insight from some of the brightest minds in SA OTT broadcasting, featuring SuperSport’s Senior Commercial Manager, Rendani Ramovha.

Host and organizer, Belluigi is thrilled to be hosting the series with the next episode exploring the exciting topic of OTT Services and their potential impact on school’s sport. 

“We have got an exciting one hour where we will tap into the mind of one of the leaders in sport broadcasting who is overseeing the growth of the SuperSport Schools app,” he said. 

“I believe OTT is the way to go in the future of school’s sport and the benefits of these services are immense, it will be interesting to hear more of the benefits of these platforms and what goes behind setting this service.”  Belluigi added. 

The series, hosted by Intune Communications and Entertainment Director, Shawn Belluigi, began during the first lockdown last year and is aimed at empowering leaders in sport through conversations with industry leaders from different codes and disciplines.

Previous talking points addressed include the importance of playing multiple sports at school, the glaring differences in our socioeconomic makeup in sport and “the science to the art of coaching”. 

The recordings of the archived webinars can be located on Intune Communications’ YouTube Page (https://bit.ly/2RPeMyz). 

 

 

 

About guest, Rendani Ramovha:

Ramovha is the Senior Commercial Manager at SuperSport. He was appointed to the position in January 2021, and prior to that led the Sports Marketing division of Multichoice Africa Holdings. He holds vast expertise and understanding of the marketing and sales sectors with experience working across the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry before growing his footprint in sport. He graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a Masters in Marketing specialising in Strategic Marketing and Brand Leadership, and also holds a ‘Strategic Leadership’ certificate from the GIBS Business School. He is passionate about sport and the advancement of it, having played semi-pro rugby in the Varsity Cup and in Wales for a club stint. He is a leader with vision and purpose supported by strong planning and project management skills

The In Tune with Coaching live webinar series is set to take place bi-weekly on Thursdays from 18h00-19h00. A reminder of how you can register for FREE here:https://bit.ly/3uWlr8g. 

 

Making Coaches and Athletes Better - Andrew Gray

 Integrating the art and science of coaching in a person-centred environment ensuring coaching effectiveness and healthy, injury-free athletes.

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Andrew Gray talks about the holistic approach to coaching and latest trends in high performance coaching.

Dealing with Mental Health with Sports Psychologist Eugene Oppelt

 Are mental health issues only for high performers or does everyone suffer from mental health issues?

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How can you use sport to assist kids with mental health issues? Are you and your team able to deal with the pressures on the field? What is Mental Health? Do only to athletes face the pressures on the field? Has the lockdowns had an affect on athletes and coaches? How do you deal with various issues on the field of play? Mental Heath has been in the news quite often in decent times with international sports stars coming out and talking about what they have gone through and how they dealt with it. When Marcus Trescothick spoke about his difficulties in 2006 which led him to withdraw himself from the English cricket team and eventually retire from international cricket, mental health was still considered something that you don’t talk about. This is stigma still persists but it is finally breaking loosing its stigma as a taboo subject. According to the U.K. Surgeon Journal (1999), mental health is the successful performance of mental function resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships, being able to adapt to change and cope with adversities. These are things that we all deal with on a daily basis and no one is immune. So how do we deal with it? How can we turn certain situations into a positive and get results from them? How do we help ourselves, other coaches and our athletes? Eugene Oppelt is a Consulting Psychologist that works with elite athletes and teams across South Africa, including the Stellenbosch University’s Maties Sport High Performance programme. He dealt with questions around mental health, creating a high performance environment, working with all kids and not just top athletes and finally the effect of the coronavirus on kids and their return to school and playing sport. Sport is not only a place where kids have mental health issues, it is also a place where mental health issues are dealt with and there are programs in place to assist kids with dealing with life’s problems.

Kassey Belluigi talks about making yourself a brand

 

#intunecommunications specialise in personal branding. Kassey is talking about the value of social media and a couple if tips to start. Us you would like to get help contact us on www.intunecom.co.za

Are schools able to return to playing sport? We talk to Bongani Zondi Deputy Director at the DBE

 

Bongani Zondi - Deputy Director: at Department of Basic Education in the Sport and Enrichment Directorate talks to coaches and administrators about the new government gazette that is going to come out in the near future. He talks about what schools can and cannot do, reporting structures that a school needs to follow before they are able to play again, PPE requirements and various other issues that schools face in returning to sport. Mr Zondi is responsible for coordination and management of sport and enrichment programmes in education. These include school sport, arts and culture programmes such as the choral programmes. Some of these programmes are performed in collaboration with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) as well as with a variety of partners such as the Motsepe Foundation and Transnet.

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The Khaya Majola Cricket Week adds new awards to make the tournament more memorable for the boys

Cricket South Africa and their provincial unions continues to look for new ways that they can improve on the experience at the week for the boys. This year is no exception as the KwaZulu-Natal Inland region adds new awards to the week to make it more memorable for the boys.

Morgan Pillay has been the Tournament Director of the Khaya Majola Cricket Week for the last 23 years in a row and, because the week is always scheduled to incorporate the 16th December holiday, and Morgan’s birthday is on 18^TH December, that means he has not been at home his birthday for almost a quarter of a century.

He’s there again this year as the 2019 week takes place in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal Inland, centred at Michaelhouse, with matches also being played at Hilton College, St Charles, Weston Agricultural school and the Pietermaritzburg Oval 

“The week has always featured the most talented cricketers in the under-19 age group, but many other things have changed since my one as tournament director, in Boksburg in 1996,” he said. “In the process we have created a world class stage that allows all cricketers to showcase their talent. There’s no question that this is the finest high school cricket tournament in the world.”

The boys are being housed at the schools, in luxurious accommodation, with good healthy food and first class facilities. Everything has been sorted so all that the players have to do it play their best cricket, make friends and have a wonderful experience, Pillay said. “All of the schools have gone out of their way to prepare their schools to the best of their abilities to make sure that the tournament runs smoothly.”

There have been a lot of changes to the tournament during Pillay’s time. “For example, when I took over the tournament the umpires and scorers were school children, Now we have qualified umpires and scorers and Cricket South Africa supply a manager to look after the umpires and assessors to make sure that the scorers and umpires do their jobs correctly.”

CSA use the week as training for their scorers and umpires, while providing the players with a top class service. This also creates an incentive for the scorers and the umpires to be at the week.

“The top players from each cricketing region come to the tournament and this allows the boys to measure themselves against their peers from across the country  top boys in other regions,” Pillay said. “This allows the players to meet others who they would not usually get to mix with. They can make friendships that can last for life.”

This year the LOC from KwaZulu-Natal decided that they needed to add something to the tournament that will make the tournament different from the others in the past.

They added the awards for the best bowling and batting performance for each day, they would recognize batsmen with awards for all of the centuries scored and the fastest century of the tournament.

To recognize the bowlers they added awards for all of the 5 wicket hauls and hat-tricks during the week.

Finally they looked at what the tournament means for a lot of the kids and that is making lifelong friendships and enjoying a memorable week so they added a fair play award for the player that was best in playing the game in the spirit of the game.

These awards will be given out at the awards ceremony on Friday evening together with the player of the tournament, the leading wicket taker, the leading run scorer and the best all-rounder awards.