Body Awareness

Infants naturally have good posture, balance and coordination as they move during different stages in their development. Unfortunately, as a child grows and develops social characteristics, some of these movement patterns begin to fade. At this stage, children require remedial work on their movement, especially if they are to be coached in a range of sports. Without revitalisation of these movement patterns, they will find it more difficult to acquire the skills required in their given sports.

By teaching kids at a young age how to use their minds to control their bodies through rhythmic breathing, posture, vision and footwork, as they decide to play a sport, they will have a solid foundation to work with, and be able to accomplish much more in life.

In sports, the ball, bat etc is purely symbolic. It’s not what the ball or bat is doing, but what your body is doing. It’s not what your body is doing, but what your mind is doing. It’s not only about going faster; it’s about going slower to a point where you come to a complete stop. Go to the origin of the skill or technique and learn from the inside out.

Educational systems should teach children how to think, instead it forces thinking upon them.

Systems have walls and barriers that don’t promote free-thinking. Systems teach people to think in certain ways.

By teaching children how to understand the workings (mechanics) of their bodies through breathing, vision, footwork, posture, and how the mind can control the body, they gain greater potential in life.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without the freedom to think, and there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

Bergen Baldwin Evans, American author, 1904-1978

Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.

Paul Getty, US Industrial Magnate