00:00Play Their Way is a particular campaign about how we engage young people in sport and physical activity.
00:06For us to have a healthy nation, we obviously have to invest in the next generation
00:10and the coaching workforce that facilitates that activity.
00:14So Play Their Way is really built on the child's rights to play.
00:18It's a development programme that the RFEO have taken on fully as a sport
00:22to make sure that they coach their coaches so that they can facilitate children to enjoy physical activity in sport.
00:28The big question is, how can we improve our coaching and give our coaches the tools to ask the children
00:34what are some of the parameters that you want to play these games?
00:38For example, do we need to tackle under-nines?
00:42Young kids who are 6, 7, 8 and 9, they can play rugby league, a fantastic sport
00:47that's got all the skills needed to have fun, to run around, be agile, get those motor skills going
00:54without bashing each other and potentially upsetting one or two young people
00:58who don't like that rough and tumble yet.
01:00So it's keeping people involved and engaged in the game.
01:04And as somebody who's had everything that's been given to me in life through the sport,
01:08it's great for me to see that.
01:10The slogan is Voice, Choice and Journey.
01:12So it's really about giving youngsters a voice in terms of how they enjoy their physical activity in sport.
01:17a choice in terms of the way that that's facilitated.
01:20So, for example, if it's a really rainy day, you know, would you really take the kids out into the rain
01:25or would you ask them, actually, do you want to do something indoors or outdoors?
01:28Sport is a great thing for any child to get involved with.
01:32It's about fun, making friends, fitness, learning how to win and lose and developing lots of resilience.
01:40So sport's a great way for children to develop.
01:44I used to come through this south stand to watch Leeds Rugby League.
01:49I was inspired, educated, and then turned as to who and what I wanted to be.
01:52And my dreams came true.
01:53And were Danny Maguire's and Keira Bennett, who's also here today.
01:57And to think that anybody who's in here today, who's a young person, born at any period in the school year,
02:04can come and maybe start that journey, plant a seed that comes to the same fruition that we enjoyed.
02:12And hopefully they get to thrive and fulfil their potential and have their dreams come true as well.
02:16Some of the kids I played with right back in my early days are still some of my best friends right today.
02:22So, yeah, I think it's a great thing, especially Rugby League.
02:25One of the fundamental building blocks of sport is play.
02:28And actually, that's what this programme is designed.
02:30It's designed really about getting young people to play.
02:32And sport sometimes is a word that maybe puts people off because they think it's beyond their reach.
02:38But actually, play manifests itself all the way through into sport.
02:42So, if you start playing games, TIG is a really classic game.
02:45And rugby is really aligned to that, actually.
02:47So, if you start playing TIG, eventually you put a ball into play, eventually you put some rules in.
02:51And before you know it, you're playing the sport.
02:53So, it's really about how we bring young people through the great coaching skills of the coaches
02:57to make sure that they get involved in the game.
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