Gear up for summer sports programs
SUMMER rings in early as Milo Philippines officially opens this year’s edition of its annual program, the 2019 MILO Summer Sports Clinics.
Driven by the “Get Your Child into Sports” campaign, the summer sports clinics aims to reinforce the importance of sports in a child’s holistic development.
Children today are faced with numerous barriers that hinder them from engaging into sports such as digital distractions, lack of safe play places, and fear of trying.
The annual summer clinic seeks to address these challenges by highlighting sports as a means not only to get kids active, but also to teach valuable life lessons one can learn outside the classroom.
“Getting children involved in sports would be a more enjoyable and productive way to healthy living,” said Willy De Ocampo, business unit manager of Milo Philippines.
“We believe that physical and social development lay the foundation for a child’s growth, which is why we teach children the fundamentals of various sports in a unique and scientific way and helps them develop character-forming values,” he added.
This year, the summer sports clinics become more accessible to aspiring young athletes as they continue ue their expansion in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. The clinics will be available starting end-March, rch, in over 700 venues to more than an 30,000 children nationwide.
Arnis, ultimate frisbee and wushu are this year’s newest additions to the program’s sports regular offerings of badminton, basketball, chess, , fencing, football, futsal, golf, gymnastics, karatedo, lawn tennis, parkour, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, touch rugby and volleyball.
Expert coaches and instructors who have competed and won in local and international competitions such as the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the Olympics will handle the programs. These mentors use modern and scientific approaches that will help participants gain appreciation for the different sports, live a healthy and active lifestyle, and embody the morals of discipline, confidence, teamwork, perseverance
and hard work. By centering on values in sports, the summer sports clinics, along with other sports programs, have created outstanding personas in the sporting scene. The roster of alumni includes basketball star Chris Tiu, taekwondo clinic graduate and SEA Games medalist Japoy Lizardo, and gymnastics clinic graduate and SEA Games gold medalist Kaitlyn De Guzman. “We look forward to nurture more children to be champions not just j as athletes but also as individuals,” said Luigi L Pumaren, Milo M Sports Executive. E
“We encourage ag parents to introduce int their kids kid to a fun, active tive and healthy lifestyle lifes and make mak their summer mer worthwhile with the MILO Summer Summ Sports Clinics,” Clinics he ended.