Rugby, basketball, cricket and soccer promotional programmes for children are being run in Hong Kong this summer. The programmes are a low-cost way to introduce a child to a new sport before committing to long-term participation.
'Team sports create challenges which children have to solve as individuals and as a team. They need to learn communication skills, self-discipline, and co-operation,' says Brandon Huang, community manager
'Rugby requires full body co-ordination, including hand control, evasion footwork and running, and kicking skills,' Huang says. 'Children also have fun with their mates on a large grass or AstroTurf field.'
Courses will use modified equipment, with tennis balls, plastic bats and stumps. They will cover the basic rules on how to hold and use a bat, the straight delivery bowling action and the fielding skills of catching and throwing.