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Rain Rain Go Away... Resolve and Commitment Showed By Bring It In - Israel Fellows

12/13/2010

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Tel Aviv, Israel Sunday, December 12th, on a rainy and stormy day when most people would not venture out from their homes, Bring It In - Israel Fellows Sam Forman, Gabi Remz from Young Judaea Yearcourse, and Meagan Newman from Career Israel, showed tremendous resolve and dedication not only coming to Bialik School in Tel Aviv, but bringing with them an impressive amount of positive energy and enthusiasm. In the near hurricane like conditions, Fellows changed buses two times in order to show up at Bialik School in Southern Tel Aviv to coach children from the after school program. Bialik is an amazing school made up of children from around the world, many of which our children of refugees from Darfur and Western Africa.    
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The children were extremely excited to see the coaches. BII Fellow Gabi Remz started the day off leading the children through a warmup that consisted of jogging in place, high knees, and jumping. Bring It In - Israel in field training days consist of teaching Israeli children English, teamwork, listening, and communication. BII Fellow Sam Forman ran a defensive warm up with quick feet and 360 jumping that had the children smiling and laughing. BII Fellow Meagen Newman lead group call and response stretching. The children were then split up into three teams to partake in basketball drills and relay races. According to Bring It In - Israel Head Coach David Lasday, "The Fellows were incredible. First coming out in terrible weather conditions, and then being able to work within a classroom, in a small space. They were truly dynamic." For more pictures from this great in field training day click here.  
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Bring It In - Israel Winter Fellowship Training At Tel Aviv SporTech, Park Hayarkon

11/25/2010

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Fellow Meagan Newman studying the manual
Friday November 19th, Bring It In - Israel Winter Fellows met at the Tel Aviv, SporTech at Park Hayarkon, to begin their formal training as Israel Sports Educators. Fellows were selected based both on their involvement as leaders in the Jewish community, and their achievements as athletes and youth coaches. To learn more about our fellows click here. The Bring It In - Israel Fellowship combines formal training in sports based youth development and Israel education, with hands on in the field training running sports education days for Israeli youth from around the country.


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Fellows learning the activities
Fellows were introduced to the idea of using sports to teach and connect children to Israel organically. Fellows learned that one of the most valuable tools to engage children is through stories from personal experiences. The Bring It In - Israel fellowship seeks to utilize Fellows experiences from in field training days running educational sports days for Israeli children. Fellows learned how and when to use stories during activities.
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Together Fellows will build a new field of Israel education
Bring It In - Israel Head Coach David Lasday taught fellows how to put together a practice plan for an Israel sports day. Each Israel sports day consists of an introduction to the theme of the day, warm up, stretching, sports activity, sikkum, and bringing it in at the end of the practice. The training covered different warm ups, stretching methods, and sports activities. Fellows participated in the different activities as if they were players. As a main component of an Israel sports day is teaching Hebrew through the activities, Fellows learned the Hebrew vocabulary to run the drills, as well as Hebrew sports cheers. The in field training days with Israeli children will give the Fellows a chance to hone their Israel sports vocabulary.
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Looking towards the future together
The training also covered different practice management techniques such as call and response strategies, discipline, transitioning between activities, taking group temperature, and methods of instilling energy and excitement into their practice. Throughout the day fellows had the opportunity to share games and skills that they found successful in the past. Fellows finished the day feeling excited at the opportunity to build this new field of Israel education together. For more pictures from the training click here.   
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