Healthy Generations with Kocaeli's Sports Schools

With the Rehber Youth model, children are offered a great opportunity for sports activities. In the free Sports Schools of the Metropolitan Municipality, little athletes are taught sports culture, sharing, fairness and a sense of healthy competition. Children from Kocaeli, who learn basic branch training, physical measurements and branch techniques, grow up with sports, and there is no child left in the city without access to sports. Sports training is provided at more points every year with the Sports Schools of the Metropolitan Municipality. In 2023, 9 thousand 128 students were served with 180 coaches in 44 sports facilities in 766 branches in the free sports schools of the Metropolitan Municipality.

DIRECTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO SPORTS

In 12 districts within the scope of the Metropolitan's free Sports Schools, which aim to direct children and young people to sports, to create a source of athletes for sports clubs and to contribute to the formation of sports culture in the society; Service continued to be provided in 9 in a total of 2023 branches: athletics, badminton, basketball, gymnastics, wrestling, table tennis, chess, volleyball and swimming. As of 2023, a total of 128 thousand 180 students were served in 10 sports facilities with 34 expert coaches, 766 thousand in summer sports schools and 44 thousand 766 students in winter. On the other hand, the Metropolitan's winter sports schools; It continues with the participation of 4 instructors and 1 thousand 77 students in a total of 14 facilities, including 96 Information Centers, 110 pool, 33 schools and 936 gyms.

Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Assoc. Dr. Under the management of Tahir Büyükakın, we continue to create facilities that enable all citizens, children, young and old, to do sports, in the ideal of Kocaeli, the Capital of Sports, so that everyone from 7 to 77 can do sports. To make suggestions for the development of Turkish sports, to identify problems related to physical education and sports service activities and to express opinions for their solutions; Kocaeli Sports Council was held where the implementation policies of Turkish sports were discussed.

SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH

The physical and performance developments of little athletes are monitored through periodic scientific tests and measurements to determine the physical fitness of children. In line with the results obtained, little athletes are directed to appropriate training groups or other sports branches. In addition, children and their families are provided with accurate information and healthy guidance through awareness-raising seminars held for students and their parents during the term.