The document summarizes the Laro't Saya Sa Parke program, a sports-for-all campaign run by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) that aims to promote physical activity and community engagement through family-oriented sports activities in parks. The program has 3 stages of development moving from recreation to competitive sports. It offers various sports like aerobics, arnis, badminton on weekends at parks. The program aims to make sports accessible to all ages and abilities, get families active together, develop youth interest in sports, and maximize park space for physical activity. It is a collaborative effort between the PSC, local governments, and national sports associations.
The document summarizes the Laro't Saya Sa Parke program, a sports-for-all campaign run by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) that aims to promote physical activity and community engagement through family-oriented sports activities in parks. The program has 3 stages of development moving from recreation to competitive sports. It offers various sports like aerobics, arnis, badminton on weekends at parks. The program aims to make sports accessible to all ages and abilities, get families active together, develop youth interest in sports, and maximize park space for physical activity. It is a collaborative effort between the PSC, local governments, and national sports associations.
The document summarizes the Laro't Saya Sa Parke program, a sports-for-all campaign run by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) that aims to promote physical activity and community engagement through family-oriented sports activities in parks. The program has 3 stages of development moving from recreation to competitive sports. It offers various sports like aerobics, arnis, badminton on weekends at parks. The program aims to make sports accessible to all ages and abilities, get families active together, develop youth interest in sports, and maximize park space for physical activity. It is a collaborative effort between the PSC, local governments, and national sports associations.
The document summarizes the Laro't Saya Sa Parke program, a sports-for-all campaign run by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) that aims to promote physical activity and community engagement through family-oriented sports activities in parks. The program has 3 stages of development moving from recreation to competitive sports. It offers various sports like aerobics, arnis, badminton on weekends at parks. The program aims to make sports accessible to all ages and abilities, get families active together, develop youth interest in sports, and maximize park space for physical activity. It is a collaborative effort between the PSC, local governments, and national sports associations.
A Sports-For-All Campaign of the Philippine Sports Commission
1. WHAT IS SPORTS FOR ALL?
Sports for All is Sports for Life! These are sports which keep us fit, can be fun, easy and affordable. These are physical activities that develop admirable values, form desirable character and promotes peace and unity among people. Mass-based and highly-participatory in nature, sports for all activities are designed to involve the greatest number of people (the individual, the family, the community) in a broad range of sporting activities. The sports for all agenda is developing a mind-set that being fit is not just about muscles, speed and stamina. It is also about determination, discipline and dedication. These attributes make for mental toughness, and help people to overcome unexpected adversities posed by economic uncertainties. In this realm, sports and physical fitness, thus, have a national dimension. In sports for all, there are no distractions of a dazzle of medals, banners and glamour. The focus is on mass participation to a healthy lifestyle. It is about creating lifelong habits, adopting a healthy and better lifestyle. 2. WHAT IS LAROT SAYA SA PARKE? Larot Saya Sa Parke is a park-based sports-for-all program of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) that will eventually evolve into a national campaign to draw the Filipino Family into play and sports. The Filipino family is still the best agent for change. Admirable traits and character, including the full development of a person take its roots from the family. Engagement in sports emanates from the Filipino familys support system for children to get into physical activities. Hence, this sports-for-all campaign that is pioneered in Luneta is making use of the significant family unit as springboard to the realization of the PSCs mandate to engage the greatest number of people into sports and play.
PSC Plans and Programs Development Division
This program endeavors to bring sports accessible to the public. It is a varied form of recreational, mass-based and family-oriented activities that aims to raise awareness and appreciation on the joy of getting involved in sports, and what these involvements can contribute to the making of wholesome and holistic person. The PSC has designated trainers and coaches to introduce the sports and train interested children and people of all ages. Certain awards system, and other enticing related programs shall also be crafted to maximize the participation of the general public. 3. WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAM?
LAROT SAYA PROGRAM 3 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
1st Stage FUN
2nd Stage PLAY AND LEARN
Family bonding &
recreation, and early exposure to sports
Children initiate involvement to sports
SPORTS AS A FAMILY EVENT
COMPETITIVE STAGE (High Level)
PERSONAL CHOICE FOR SPORTS ENGAGEMENT
COMPETITIVE STAGE
Children ready to take on greater challenge in sports
(Grassroots Level)
AN ATHLETE IS BORN
ATHLETIC SPIRIT
Children seek to compete in sports
3rd Stage SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Children interested to learn various sports
SPORTS SKILL APPRECIATION
FOCUS TRAINING Children seek regular basic training in sports
EARLY SPECIALIZATION
4. WHEN AND WHERE IS LAROT SAYA SA PARKE BEING IMPLEMENTED?
It is a year-round sports and fun activities held every Saturday and Sunday, from 5:00 to 9:00 in the morning, at the park or any vacant lot suitable for sports activities.
PSC Plans and Programs Development Division
5. WHAT ARE THE SPORTS BEING OFFERED?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Aerobics Arnis Badminton Chess Football Karatedo Taekwondo Volleyball
6. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A PARK-BASED SPORTS PROGRAM?
The parks are the most conducive places to draw crowd. Sports and parks are almost synonymous, in that, parks are truly inviting for sports activities, in same manner that sports activities with the family are best held in parks. 7. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM? a) To make sports easily accessible to the greatest number of people, in places that are also readily available, such as Luneta, Quezon City Memorial Circle and other parks. b) To get children and family involved in sports, as a family recreation and bonding mechanism. c) To introduce various forms of sports for fun, and develop interest on children for a more competitive level. d) To maximize the full potential of the public parks and vacant spaces/lots for the interest of sports and play. 8. WHAT INSPIRED THE LAUNCH OF THIS PROGRAM? Larot Saya Sa Parke gives credence to the mandate of PSC (Section 6-a, RA 6847), which is to provide the leadership, formulate the policies and set the priorities and direction of all national amateur sports promotion and development, particularly giving emphasis on grassroots. It is also designed in response to the need for PSC to carry out its mandate on sports for all, which is to make sports accessible to all regardless of age, gender, talent and capabilities, and further aimed to promote good values through playing of sports.
PSC Plans and Programs Development Division
9. WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM AIM TO ACHIEVE?
The playing phenomenon Families run and play sports together Idle lands and parks become a playing ground for all ages Every child and youth in a community play at least one sport, and does this regularly with family or peers Every parent and adult becomes a role model in sports involvement whether as part of a cheering crowd, a patron, an volunteer-organizer or a player. Everybody watches and cheers a winning team or a champion in the community Private corporations and businessmen pour in resources to form sport clubs and organize sports activities within their communities. This is in the pretext that a peaceful community and disciplined people contribute to a good trading and business. Leaders and youth organizations in local government units give premium importance to sporting activities Community leaders are determined to allocate appropriate time, efforts and resources for family-oriented sports activities The peaceful phenomenon Youth delinquency is drastically averted or curbed Sports as a common leisure and recreation of couples and families Less youth or adult is indulged in vices such as drugs and excessive liquor drinking Sports as a by-word phenomenon Neighborhood talks about sports, not about other peoples affairs and business Neighborhood develops friendship as they play together on weekends Everybody supports the drive for fitness and talks about it! 10. WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM? Organizer
Philippine Sports Commission
Co-Organizers
Philippine Olympic Committee
Local Government Units
Partner Agencies
National Sports Associations
National Parks Development Committee
Family and Youth Mobilizers
Department of Interior and Local Government
Department of Social Welfare and Development Department of Education Local Government Units Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Councils PSC Plans and Programs Development Division
