TRINITONIAN 14 July 2019

KEEPING TRINITYHOUSE
SPORTS STARS ON TRACK
Name: Markus Struwig
Title: Vice Principal: Extra-murals
School: Glenwood House Preparatory
Years teaching sport: More than two decades
How do you keep motivated and on track to
teach the sporting codes on offer at school?
What motivates me is to feed off the enthusiasm of
youth. Every year the new athletes that step up have
that sense about them that they are the bee’s knees.
It is our challenge to channel that enthusiasm to
produce results that make them successful.
What tools do you assist your pupils with to set
and track their sporting goals?
Good old-fashioned positive reinforcement goes a
long way for us to keep a team on a winning streak
and to motivate a team to get the desired results.
What sports philosophy do you hope to instil in
your pupils? What do you want your pupils to
take away from participating in sports?
Play to win and always give your best. If you have
done your best and lost, you have played a worthy
opponent. Sport brings out the best and worst in us
all, we need to learn to manage both.
Name: Wim van Eck
Title: Sports Master
School: Trinityhouse Preparatory Little Falls
Years teaching sport: 3 years
How do you keep motivated and on track to
teach the sporting codes on offer at school?
Sport plays a very big role in the development of
the child. It helps with concentration and discipline.
Seeing a child improve helps me stay motivated to
continue coaching.
What tools do you assist your pupils with to set
and track their sporting goals?
Lots of continued encouragement assists with
setting out goals for the pupils to reach their full
potential and sporting goals.
What sports philosophy do you hope to instil in
your pupils? What do you want your pupils to
take away from participating in sports?
All pupils must participate and try their best. They
must never give up!
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