AUGUST 2012 FitKids Education and Training

CONTENTS

1. From the Founder’s Desk

FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESKIn a country where world champions are a rarity, Mary Kom's journey to the top of women's world boxing has been an arduous one. This five-time world champion and mother of two has had to battle against far more than just her opponents in the ring... Inspired by famous Manipuri boxer Dingko Singh, an Asian Games gold medallist, Mary Kom became a legend in women's boxing as she bagged a hat-trick of World Championship titles from 2004 to 2006. After a two-year sabbatical that saw her start a family, Mary Kom came back strongly to win the World Championship title twice more.

This has been Mary’s extraordinary achievement… raw aggression in a male-dominated world, childbirth, child-rearing, nurturing, teaching… This diminutive Indian who carried into the Olympic semi-finals the weight of an entire nation's expectations, has created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing. In a nation bereft of athletic achievement, she ought to be a household name.

Mary’s poignant story of her juggle to provide for her family and gain prominence in a field dominated by males is the embodiment of every working woman’s daily act to strike a balance between family and career. Today, women are breaking barriers in every field, from science to business to the Armed Forces and comprise a significant proportion of our country’s workforce. They are serving our country at every level, from caring for our elderly, to teaching our children to serving at the highest levels of government.

One field where women make a significant difference is in education. Teachers touch the lives of thousands of children throughout their careers and are an extremely important facet of any society for a multitude of reasons. Teachers are the architects of our future generation and have far-reaching influence on the society they live in. With Teacher’s Day around the corner, we at LeapStart, would like to salute all our teachers for choosing the noblest profession of them all and take this opportunity to wish you a very HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!

“Teachers affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.” Henry Adams

HOPE AND INSPIRATION

2. Activity of the Month • Match the Column • Hockey - India’s National Sport

3. Fun Corner Olympic Motto Fact Corner

4. Leapstart Star Trainers

Dev RoyFounder

LEAPSTART ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH

India has conquered the podium when it comes to the game of Hockey. Our nation has an excellent record with eight Olympic gold medals. Indian hockey's golden period was from 1928-56, when the Indian hockey team won six successive Olympic gold medals.

During the Golden Era, India played 24 Olympic matches, won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals.

Some even say that the contribution of legendary players like Dhyan Chand and Jaipal Singh Munda is muchgreater than the contribution of even our highest test run scorer, Sachin Tendulkar or for that matter, our highest test-wicket taker Anil Kumble.

The ’national game’ status was conferred on hockey because of our tremendous achievements at the Olympics and other international events.

HOCKEY: TRULY OUR NATIONAL SPORT

MATCH THE

COLOUMNS:

Krishna Poonia

Deepika Kumari

Sandeep Singh

Abhinav Bindra

Sushil Kumar

Mary Kom

10 M Air Rifle Shooting

Men’s Hockey

Boxing Flyweight

Archery

Discus Throw

Men’s wrestling

1992 London Olympics

2000 Barcelona Olympics

2012 Athens Olympics

2004 Seoul Olympics

1996 Beijing Olympics

2008 Atlanta Olympics

1988 Sydney Olympics

freestyle

LEAPSTART FUN CORNERCITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS

Olympic MottoIn 1921, Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, borrowed a Latin phrase from his friend, Father Henri Didon, for the Olympic motto: “Citius, Altius, Fortius”, meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. Coubertin believed that sports would help to set a balance between mind and body as well as create moral and social strength.

Olympic Creed"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

The creed and motto are meant to spur the athletes to embrace the Olympic spirit and perform to the best of their abilities.

Exercising with the hula hoop has many benefits. A lot of people do not like to exercise because they get bored. However, with the hula hoop there is not one dull moment, only fun and great results! It can be a complete fitness routine, providing the body with flexibility, fitness, weight loss, mobility and coordination. Name any other single exercise that can do all of these at once! There are professional fitness studies that show you can burn up to 100 calories/10 minutes! Isn’t that a fun way to stay fit?

FACT CORNER:

LEAPSTART

Johnson Grammar

Johnson GrammarHapsiguda

Johnson GrammarSenior School

Nacharam

Johnson GrammarLB Nagar

LEAPSTART STARTRAINERS

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1. Srija - Gitanjali Devashala School (Hyderabad)2. Julia - Marica High School (Hyderabad)3. Harsha Sagar - J&G Hasbsiguda & Nacharam (Hyderabad)4. Mohiuddin - Oxford Grammar (Hyderabad)5. Surjit - Geetanjali Senior School (Hyderabad)6. Yadaiah - Genesis (Hyderabad)7. Subeer - Genesis (Hyderabad)

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