Multi Sports Activities will promote sports, athletes development for greater society, says Rangers Foundation Chairman
“Rangers Intl FC Foundation as the the first football club foundation in Nigeria with commitment to exposing children and young persons to life changing experience and opportunities, mental and general well being amongst others is partnering and already engaging children and young persons strategically using the instrumentality of multi sports activities framework in partnership with Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation” - Amaraizu
Multi sports Activities and Framework have been identified as a veritable sports framework which is tailored towards enhancing broad range of skills amongst children and young persons desirous of becoming a football player or an athletes.
The Chairman Rangers international Football Club Foundation, Ebere Amaraizu disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu while reacting on the essence of partnership with cope and live mental health awareness foundation on effective implementation of multi sports activities / Framework.
Amaraizu, who is also a certified Coach and an Olympic sports Administrator and manager noted that children and young persons participation in multi sports will help them as prospective athletes and the development of broad range of skills for their sporting journey and multi talents in sports.
He noted that it is good for athletes development which will bring about enhancement of athletes physical and mental abilities, cutting across size, power, body, composition, strength, speed and skill.
“This is because each sports involves unique movements, strategies and mentalities and so by engaging in a variety of sports, an athlete will enhance their overall cognitive, affective and psychomotor abilities.”
Amaraizu, who also is the chairman of the Enugu State Taekwondo Association and also Boxing Association gave an insight that playing basketball improves hand to eye coordination, just as swimming can build endurance and strength and chess with the development of mindset and mental state in terms of decision making and making of choices and same with taekwondo with indomitable spirit, perseverance, integrity, courtesy and self control.
He pointed that any athlete involved in multi sports is bound to reap the dividends abound in those sports he is participating and which also will make him to be versatile and multi talented.
“It will also provide an enabling platform for athletes to interact with diverse group of people thereby fostering connectivity, sense of community cohesion and unity. It will also promote the skills of togetherness and teamwork and other valuable life skills beyond sports.”
“We have also concluded modalities to kickstart multi sports activities with Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation under Rangers international Football Club Foundation in the community and with a mouthwatering sports activity codenamed Foundation kicks which covers our street sports activities within Enugu and other south eastern states and with our upcoming summer multi sports activities and class for children and young persons.
Ebere Amaraizu, Anipr, Cipr(UK) is a coach, Olympic sports Administrator and manager, former Police Public Relations Enugu State and former National Coordinator POCACOV. He is a PREVENT SOC’s Policing Expert and Trainer, Child care expert, Alumni Member of U.S Government’s International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) on U.S Judicial System; Protecting women and children.