OBJECTIVES OF PARTICIPATION

What are the objectives of participation in sports activities at EMS Doha?

To be considered an educational experience, extra-curricular/sports activities must have specific and worthwhile objectives. These objectives include the development of:

• • Physical fitness and skills

  • Mental alertness

  • Ethical qualities

  • Constructive social abilities

  • Emotional maturity

Principles achieved by the interscholastic program 

    The principles, which are to be achieved by the Interscholastic Program, are to provide students with the opportunity to:

• • Develop physical talents to their maximum potential.

  • Engage in competitive activities, while promoting sound health, safety, and physical fitness.

  • Exemplify good conduct as a means of learning good citizenship.

  • Learn to appropriately experience both success and failure in an educational environment.

  • Learn from experience that consequences follow the violation of a rule.

  • Experience working as a team member, exercising self-discipline and self-sacrifice in order to achieve team goals.

  • Learn how to be a good teammate, making positive contributions, regardless of the role on the team or activity.

  • Experience a feeling of self-worth and develop self-confidence.

  • Experience in problem-solving and decision-making.

  • Engage in organized activities with other students whose backgrounds may be dissimilar from their own.

  • Learn to develop trust and accept the responsibility that comes with earning trust from others.

  • Create a positive rallying point for the school in order to help them develop school spirit and loyalty.

 Skills steps a student must master in every sport

  A student will be chosen to represent EMS for the QPPSSA tournaments if he/she will master the following skills:

       -Kicking and passing in football                                                                                   -Handling pressure                                               

      -Throwing and catching in rounders, cricket, or baseball.                                         -Teamwork and leadership                       

-Diving, turning , and finishing in swimming.                                                            -Time management and commitment

-Tackling and passing in touch rugby.                                                                       -Competition and sportsmanship                                                                

-Passing and shooting in basketball and netball.                                                       -Management and responsability