Sport Odyssey

The project will take place in one of the largest cities in Poland, Wrocław, situated on the Odra River. The Polish group consists of 8 people from small towns around Wrocław. The project concerns physical activity, it aims to encourage young people to participate in sports activities, also after returning from the exchange. Its aim is also to present new sports to participants in their full glory (with referees, professional equipment, professional pitch, rules, and team competition) so that participants can (some for the first time) experience them and continue playing them in the closest possible form after returning from the exchange. During the exchange, we will organize competitions in many disciplines, such as track sports (100m and longer run, long jump, high jump, triple jump), team sports (volleyball, handball, basketball, football, 3x3 basketball), sports kayaking, city game, beach games, backyard games, unusual sports, breakdance. We will also take part in a meeting with experts on the safety of organizing mass events and in a panel on conducting sports activities in small towns. Thanks to this, participants will learn how to organize sports competitions in their area. The project is intended for people aged 14-16 who are ready for many sports activities. We are looking for 8-person groups of young people from rural areas + 2 leaders, or with fewer opportunities who will be able to ensure gender equality among their participants, if possible. Each group will have the following tasks before the exchange: to prepare a cultural evening on the topic of their country/culture, to come up with a few simple sports exercises, which will be disseminated in a file in which the most interesting ones prepared by the participants will be presented at the very top of the file, to prepare an integration game, to prepare at least three proposals for backyard games from which we will choose during the exchange, but we will also conduct a competition which of the games prepared by the participants is the most unusual. We are looking for organizations with experience in the following areas: ecology, sports-related electronics, organization of mass events, sports journalism, breakdance, fair play, and positive cheering. Please describe this experience briefly in your submission response. Each organization will have to prepare presentations or the organization of blocks on a given topic, connected with their experience, from the areas listed above. We also expect a willingness to participate in online meetings both before the project to get to know each other, and after the project, when three monthly meetings will be held to discuss the progress in disseminating results and the impact of the exchange after its completion.