Slater Sports Hall

Slater's Sports Hall

Week 1

(24th – 28th July 2006)
The response from the advertising prior to the start of the summer activities was amazing and during the first week many people had to be turned away due to space and staffing limitations. During the first week, 85 girls registered with many more wanting to join.
During the 12.30pm – 3.30pm three hour session, the girls were split into 2 groups; 7 – 9 year olds, and 10 – 15 year olds participating in 3 different activities per day:

All sessions were started with a warm up, followed by a skills development slot culminating in a mini-tournament or game. The girls enjoyed the activities, particularly cricket, and the week went smoothly even though staff shortage was an issue at times with there only being 3 staff and a lot of girls.

Week 2

(31st July – 4th August 2006)

Day	Inside	Outside	End Of Day
Mon 24th	Football	Basketball	Cricket
Tues 25th	Unihoc	Cricket	Netball
Wed 26th	Badminton	Tag Rugby	Football
Thurs 27th	Volleyball	Rounders	Cricket
Fri 28th	Table Tennis	Dodgeball	Football
Mon 31st	Unihoc	Basketball	Football
Tues 1st	Badminton	Tag Rugby	Cricket
Wed 2nd	Table Tennis	Cricket	Football
Thurs 3rd	Football	Rounders	Cricket
Fri 4th	Volleyball	Cricket	Football
Mon 7th	Cricket	Volleyball	Dodgeball
Tues 8th	Rounders	Badminton	Football
Wed 9th	Basketball	Unihoc	Cricket
Thurs 10th	Tag Rugby	Aerobics	Football
Fri 11th	Athletics	Table Tennis	Cricket
Mon 14th	Football	Unihoc	Badminton
Tues 15th	Basketball	Volleyball	Cricket
Wed 16th	Football	Table Tennis	Athletics
Thurs 17th	Basketball	Dodgeball	Cricket
Fri 18th	Rounders	Badminton	Football

The attendance was good once again; we had an extra member of staff in the form of a work experience girl which helped make a real difference to the sessions. In order to comply with health and safety regulations, a limit on the numbers was placed when the weather was bad and we added another session to meet the demand: session 1 was 12.30pm – 3.30pm and session 2 was 3.30pm – 5.30pm. Session 2 acted as an overflow for session 1, and even though there were a lot less girls turning up in the 2nd session, this at least enabled the coaches to spend more time with individuals.
Badminton, volleyball and tag rugby were new sports to most of the girls but nevertheless the girls were very enthusiastic, making these sports become popular over the following weeks. Table tennis sessions posed some difficulties due to a lack of available tables; 2 for 30 girls.

Week 3

(7th – 11th August 2006)
By the end of the third week, 170 girls had registered with Local Leagues. Narinder Heer (Healthy Lifestyle Worker) lead aerobic sessions on Thursday afternoons for the girls, and although hesitant at first, the girls thoroughly enjoyed it with some even having a small dance off at the end, showing each other their own dances.

Week 4

(14th – 18th August 2006)
The fourth continued to follow the successful trend of the previous weeks and went very well. The weather towards the end of the week meant we only had limited spaces for the girls, nevertheless by that time 195 registrations had taken place with Local Leagues.

 

 

 

Week 5

(21st – 25th August 2006)
Due to unforeseen circumstances the Sports Hall was locked, in the final week of the summer program. However we were given access to the hall with a trampoline that was available for our use. Half the girls played cricket outside, with the remaining half having access to the trampoline, an activity that proved to be extremely popular.

Due to the Slater Sports Hall being inaccessible part of the week, we had to take the girls to Calthorpe Park on the Tuesday and Thursday of that week, which meant that the 2nd session had to be cancelled, impacting the attendance for that week. At the park, the girls participated in cricket, rounders, and football.

Slater Sports Hall Summary

The summer scheme at the Slater Sports Hall was a success with 197 girls being registered with Local Leagues and good relationships built up between the coaches, girls and some parents. The summer could have been improved by having more staff, possibly at a 1:10 ratio so that girls can be taken off into smaller groups and given more individual coaching.

There was a lot of interest in continuing the sports from the girls and a Sunday morning football club at Slater Sports Hall was proposed. Two of the girls considered joining a local cricket club, and badminton, volleyball and trampolining were new sports, which the girls really enjoyed. By providing more opportunities for the girls in these sports, it is anticipated that their involvement in physical activity would increase. Cricket was also extremely popular with the girls and could be further developed.
Overall, the scheme at the Slater Sports Hall was a success and hopefully laid firm foundations for girls’ sport in the area to increase over the next year.

As can be seen from the demographic data, the majority of girls who attended Slater Sports Hall in the summer were of Pakistani origin and from the Sparkbrook or Sparkhill areas. Most of the advertising was carried out in this area and thus the demographic data show that assemblies and the fliers were a good way to promote summer activities.