Sport Issues: Different or the same? National or Global?

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English - September 25, 2020 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB
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In this Just Go Play podcast episode, Matt Young speaks with Andreas Wenzel about Sport Issues: Different or the same? National or Global?

Andreas Wenzel is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title. He also won two season titles in the combined event, in 1984 and 1985.

Wenzel competed in four Winter Olympics, and won two Olympic medals and four World Championship medals, including one gold (through 1980, the Olympics doubled as the World Championships). One of the top five-event racers of his era, he finished his World Cup career with 14 victories, 48 podiums, and 122 top ten finishes.

After 30 years competing as an athlete, he spent the next 30 years in the sports world including being the Racing Director for atomic.

Matt discusses the exposure Andreas provided to the European youth sport systems and what has been successful in their implementation.

Hear the insight from Andreas on:

Why it's important to focus on fundamentals, enjoy movement, and letting kids explore the limit.We need to move away from performance education to process orientation. Kids should see progress every day.Sports goes beyond the tactical and technical development and provides emotional, mental, and social life skills. The importance of the 5C's and how they help change the game for the highly explosive triangle of coaches, athletes, and parents.

Hear more about the conversation with Matt and Andreas on how sports are connected to develop brain functioning and allow kids to remove expectations and dream of opportunities.

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