Field Stories on PE, Sports & Child Development

John McEnroe was the # 1 tennis player from 1980 to 1984 – and one of the finest shot-making players in tennis the world has ever seen…

A huge part of our childrens’ time is spent in being educated. This consists of classes at school as well as course work done at home. But is learning actually…

(This article is the 3rd in a series on using play to transform learning for children) It was a couple of years back that I chanced upon this Video of a group of…

Power of Play (This article is the 2nd in a series on using play to transform learning for children) I spent part of my childhood in the deserts of Rajasthan…

magine a rock-climber inching her way up a huge, ominous looking rock – completely absorbed in the intense effort to climb, or a runner drawing upon her every…

The year 2021 has started on a positive note with schools in several states of India re-opening, in a staggered manner.

Steffi Graf started practicing on a court at the age of four, played her first tournament at five and turned pro at 13 years of age…

How schools can change the future of sports in India Where do children play? Everyone seems to agree that children should play, and that…

Celebrating the spirits of sports India has never been a sports intensive nation. Yet, sports has always carved out its own space-be it under the Mughal era…

Sporting nation = Obese nation In the 2016 Olympics, USA won 121 medals (46 Gold). Great Britain won 67 medals (27 Gold). China won 70 medals (27 Gold)…

Parents kill child’s source of happiness Few things bring more happiness than the sight of a happy, bubbly child. And I got to see one recently when…

“Observing grandiose action scenes in movies like Kill Bill or martial arts in Kung-Fu series is enough to inspire anyone to suddenly take up a martial art…