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In some countries, sports practice is hardly ever considered an integral part of the school plan, but a sort of "more or less" subject in which you can relax, maybe play and, if necessary, you can do something else.

Scientific studies confirm that sport is a very powerful "medicine", more than ever necessary in the healthy growth of adolescents engaged in studies because it is able to significantly improve their ability to concentrate, the level of attention, self-control. So who does regular sport, even intense, gets better results both at school and in tests that measure intellectual abilities.

Numerous studies also show that physical activity levels tend to be low in Socially Disadvantaged Groups SDGs and that promoting physical activity in such groups can be difficult but important for their enhancement.

Some schools are also challenged by poor student engagement, resulting in stand-downs, absenteeism, and anti-social behavior. Poor engagement leads to poor learning outcomes.

A growing body of evidence indicates that sport is an effective way to engage students, that the values and characteristics of sport can be effectively transferred to classroom learning environments, and that quality PE and sport enhances school performance in other subject areas.

Nevertheless, there is a tendency to see the sport, for some schools, as a nonfundamental or even extra-curricular activity, particularly in the secondary age group.

According to this, there are declining levels of motivation in the teachers and participation of students in sport.

1. Collection of success stories of students and of best practices at school: for who and how sport and physical activities represented an educational tool.

2. Creation of Guidelines/Toolkits for physical education teachers and teachers to exploit the use of sport at school

3. Implementation of pilot initiatives

4. Organisation of Multiplier/Final Sports Events.

All the achievements and results of the activities 1,2,3 will constitute the innovative outcomes and will represent the intellectual outputs of the project in order to demonstrate the promising effects of the introduction of PHASE ONE inside the involved schools and, in the future, in a wide perspective at regional, national and international level.