Favored by the vibrant combination of music and highly artistic hand and foot movements, Aerobics is currently developing strongly throughout the province, especially among school-age children. In recent years, the inclusion of this sport in official competitions at the Phu Dong Sports Festival has breathed new life into school sports, creating motivation for practice, thereby contributing to improving physical fitness, promoting team spirit and creativity for students.
Healthy and beautiful
Aerobics is a harmonious combination of exercises with the rhythm of the body to the music. This coordination comes from many parts of the practitioner's body such as arms, legs, hips, waist... To practice this sport, the practitioner must move continuously with the music, creating a lively and exciting atmosphere. In Quang Tri, Aerobics is a sport that appeared very early and is loved by many people of different ages.
The Aerobics team of the Department of Education and Training of Vinh Linh district won 1 Gold Medal at the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024 - Photo: DC
For children, this is a sport that requires teamwork and team spirit, helping them to be confident in front of a crowd to show off their talents. Aerobic training is good for young children, because they are constantly moving, helping to increase their body's endurance and flexibility, making their limbs more flexible and their body more beautiful. Growing up from aerobic gymnastics classes, children with good skills and proper training will have the opportunity to participate in large playgrounds such as Phu Dong Sports Festivals at all levels.
Nguyen Quynh Chi, a student at Kim Dong Primary School in Vinh Linh District, shared: “Aerobic exercise helps me stay healthy, flexible and grow taller. This year, I am very happy to participate with my friends in the primary school aerobics competition at the Phu Dong Provincial Sports Festival and win a Gold Medal. This achievement will help us practice more enthusiastically and confidently participate in more competitions.”
To have a beautiful Aerobic performance that attracts viewers, students must practice thoroughly and prepare very carefully. With difficult movements, teachers need to guide, support and make timely adjustments. Teacher Vo Thi Huong Giang, teacher in charge of the Team of Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School (Dong Ha City) said: “Aerobic is a gifted subject that requires a long training process. Compared to other gifted subjects for students, this subject is more difficult because students must have a passion and talent for music. Each movement in Aerobic requires agility, decisiveness along with good musical ability so that the movements are combined smoothly and in sync with the music. Understanding this, I often follow the practice sessions to give comments, edit and guide the students. However, I still let the children think creatively and express their opinions so that the performance is complete and in harmony with the whole group. This will help them develop both their intelligence and physical strength."
Imprints at Phu Dong Sports Festival at all levels
On March 1, the primary school aerobics competition, Phu Dong Sports Festival of Dong Ha City 2024 took place at Hung Vuong Primary School. This event had about 300 athletes from 12 primary schools and Trung Vuong Primary, Secondary and High School competing in 2 age groups of 7-9 years old and 10-11 years old in 6 events: the prescribed test and the optional test of 3 people, 8 people. Many teams demonstrated good skills, created a high professional mark, performed confidently, creating a picture full of art and sports.
Exam papers of Trung Vuong Primary, Secondary and High School - Photo: DC
Also during this time, Vinh Linh district organized Aerobic competitions at primary school level, Phu Dong Sports Festival at district level with about 200 athletes from 8 schools participating. These are not only competitions but also a playground to help children grow in all aspects, a stepping stone to select outstanding faces to participate in the Phu Dong Sports Festival of the province.
At the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024, the Aerobic Gymnastics competition at the primary school level took place from March 28-30, gathering more than 280 athletes from 4 Departments of Education and Training of Vinh Linh, Cam Lo, Huong Hoa districts, Dong Ha city and Trung Vuong Primary, Secondary and High School, iSchool Quang Tri International Integration School competing in 2 age groups of 7-9 years old and 10-11 years old in 6 events: the prescribed exam and the optional exam for 3 people, 8 people.
The participating teams from the Department of Education and Training of Vinh Linh district, the Department of Education and Training of Dong Ha... have practiced for a long time, prepared carefully, performed many uniform, beautiful, and technically good performances, leaving a strong impression on the audience. The Aerobic gymnastics competition creates a playground for students to meet, exchange, learn from experience and express their passion, talent, and compete enthusiastically; re-evaluate the Aerobic gymnastics movement in units and schools, from there, have directions to promote the development of the Aerobic gymnastics movement, create many useful and practical playgrounds for students; select excellent athletes to participate in the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024.
Need to be energized
Despite the development, attracting many students to participate in training, however, maintaining Aerobic training in schools still faces many difficulties and obstacles. Currently, in the province, there are no teachers or coaches specializing in this subject. In school sports competitions with Aerobics, the person in charge of the subject is mostly a music teacher or physical education teacher.
Students leave an impression in the Aerobic Gymnastics competition at the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024 - Photo: DC
Ms. Vo Thi Lien, a music teacher at Vinh Thuy Primary School, Vinh Linh District, shared: “The Aerobic Team of the Department of Education and Training of Vinh Linh District participated in the Aerobic Gymnastics competition at the primary school level, the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival with 41 athletes competing in all 6 events, winning 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal, and 4 bronze medals. This is a commendable achievement because the students only trained for 3 months from getting acquainted to competing. I myself had to constantly explore and learn because I am not an expert in this subject.
I hope that leaders at all levels and the education and training sector will pay attention to bringing this subject into schools and organizing training and professional support for teachers in charge of teaching Aerobics; investing in facilities for this activity in schools and coordinating to organize more large-scale, annual Aerobic competitions so that students have more playgrounds and teachers have the opportunity to exchange and share expertise."
Mr. Le Ngoc Thanh, chief specialist of the Secondary Education - Continuing Education Department, Department of Education and Training, said that Aerobics was included in the official competition program at the 6th and 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festivals, demonstrating the deep interest of the Department of Education and Training in the development of this subject.
In particular, at the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024, Aerobic received much attention and encouragement from leaders of the Education and Training sector, teachers, parents and students throughout the province. In order for this subject to develop, we will propose to the leaders of the Department of Education and Training to organize training for teachers on Aerobics; pay attention to organizing many provincial competitions; direct the Department of Education and Training, school units to encourage and promote the practice of this subject among students. This is also a way to practice life skills for students, create a useful playground, solidarity and exchange between schools in the entire Education and Training sector.
Hoai Diem Chi
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