Sportsmaster | Preparatory School

Last week our Year 4-6 Saturday Sport teams participated in a full round of fixtures. Whilst we didn’t secure victories in all fixtures, it is important to realise that at this stage of the Season, Saturday fixtures are mostly focused on development of team cohesion and refining individual skill development. An increase in team cohesion and individual skill development can be achieved through boys attending the additional and non-compulsory Tuesday morning training sessions. These sessions are open to all boys who wish to develop their skills. Basketball is held at the Preparatory School and is open to all boys in Basketball as well as those playing in the Intra-school Sport Programme. Cricket and Touch Football are held at Summer Hill. 

Teams will also develop cohesion by ensuring that players arrive at games at the correct time. There have been multiple reminders that boys are required to greet their coach at least 30 minutes before the start of their game time. For example, if the tip off for a Basketball game is at 8:00am, then the student must be at the game at 7:30am. There were a number of students that arrived at games 10 minutes before game time. This is unacceptable as it does not give the players and coaches adequate preparation time.

Over the past two Fridays the Prep Swimming Team has been finalising its preparation for the IPSHA Carnival that is due to be held on Tuesday March 2. The team has competed at both the South Harbour and Scots Prep Carnivals and has had great success. Our hope is that the success achieved at these carnivals in 25m pools can be transferred to the 50m pool.

James Bremner | Sportsmaster

Sports Results | Saturday 20 February 2021