Do you know Kick Kikitaka...I want to give girls the pleasure of running
Do you know Kick Kikitaka...I want to give girls the pleasure of running
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At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the artificial grass playground at Gusan Middle School in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul was divided into two parts.
The boys, who occupied the area from the half-line to the goal-line, were busy with the penalty shootout.
The ball that left the foot of Lee Hyun-joon, a freshman at Eunpyeong High School, stabbed the bottom corner of the net. Every time Lee Hyun-joon, who showed a strong shot in his own game held in the early morning, kicked a cheerful puff.
Every time the net shook, there was a series of loud conversations unique to his age mixed with excitement and passion.
"You look so happy."
Kang Min-ji, a second grader at Bulgwang Middle School, said this while looking at male students who enjoy the penalty shootout separately after the game.
The opposite ground was occupied by female students, including Kang Min-ji.
Fifteen female students who visited Gusan Middle School at each nearby school busily moved their feet to practice basic skills such as trapping, passing, and dribbling under the guidance of Jeon Hae-rim, a teacher at Deokseong Girls' High School.
Jeon Hae-rim said, "You shouldn't play soccer in the neighborhood when you're in defense. The basics aren't bad, but you don't know how to play soccer." Encouraged female students, they ran around the ground running with the ball.
Kang Min-ji, whose pass was particularly inaccurate, was instructed separately by Jeon Hae-rim, but her expression was bright.
Kang Min-ji, who visited Gusan Middle School at the recommendation of her school teacher, said, "I like soccer because there is a connection process where we play together, pass, and kick a shot."
He added, "I think the teacher wants to make sure that all girls do it because girls don't have a chance to play soccer. I think so, too."
The reason why female students can learn soccer separately is because the Korea Football Association and Nike launched the Kicki-taka program last month with the cooperation of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education, and Gyeonggi-do Office of Education.
Kick Kikitaka is a combination of the soccer terms 'tikitaka' and 'kick', derived from the laughter of female students who become one happily soccer.
The event will be held at 22 schools (14 middle schools and 8 high schools) based in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon. Teachers with experience in coaching soccer, like Jeon Hae-rim, will hold 10 training sessions and provide practical opportunities in the order of preliminary and main competitions of the championship.
When asked, "What is the charm of soccer?" female students who participated in the program answered, "It gives them the pleasure of running around as much as they want."
Choi Dam-yi and Lee Sang-mi, first graders of Seoyeon Middle School, agreed, "The experience of beating others and hitting them with your body is soccer."
However, there are not many female students who are serious enough to play soccer right now. There are too few to gather courage at school and proceed with the game.
However, the gap between the two teams is too wide when they play against boys. Female students who are in their infancy cannot get along without hesitation and feel intimidated, leading to the conclusion that soccer is not mine.
Jeon Hae-rim said, "If two or three people come together for each school, double-digit people can gather and play," adding, "There are students who are interested, but there is no opportunity to enjoy it without burden."
"Female students rarely experience team sports," he said, adding, "We need to develop a sense of cooperation and gain achievement experience little by little, and to do so, we need conditions to participate in sports freely."
In fact, Korean female students are the least active youth in the world.
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) compared the youth physical activity shortage rate between countries in 146 countries and found that 94.2% of students were classified as under-exercise, the highest among the survey countries. 토토사이트
As many as 97.2% of female students, virtually all of them do not do enough physical activity to maintain and develop physical and mental health.