School Olympics in Estonia: New Chance of Life for Traditional Sports and Games?
School Olympics in Estonia: New Chance of Life for Traditional Sports and Games?

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on an interesting trend in the development of the School Olympic Games in Estonia – the use of traditional sports and games in the School Olympics programme as a means for a fresh approach to sport and education, to make the games more colourful, create a school identity and unite different cultural layers. The School Olympics – a remarkable form of the Olympic education – is currently facing serious challenges in keeping the attention of the younger generation, restoring the active life-style and reshaping moral principles. Traditional sports present a good opportunity to make a difference here. With the help of concrete examples this article gives an overview of the variety of colourful ideas used in Estonian schools, starting with popular traditional sports and ending with some newborn disciplines.

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