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Good In Games And Sports: 8. Sports to Be Witnessed or Practiced Spectator sports include, in summer: Big-scale gymnastic festivals (2nd half of June); track and field meet (Finnish championships, well worth watching, in mid-August); motor races on the EMntarha Course; and a yachting regatta (date from the Tourist Ass'n), all the foregoing being in or near Helsinki; and, in winter, the Salpausselka International Games in Lahti (Feb.), Puijo International Winter Games in Kuopio (March) and Ounasvaara International Winter Games in Rovaniemi (March). Winter sports on the Arctic Circle are something to think about.
In general, preadolescent children are eager, active, and alert. They have good in games and sports control of their bodies. They are able to run fast and to get their wind again quickly. They readily acquire skill in sports. For example, during one summer at camp a twelve-year-old boy who had had no experience in water sports learned to swim one hundred yards in excellent form and to handle a canoe and rowboat expertly. Motor control is important for a child's general adjustment. Both sexual and aggressive impulses may be channeled through games and sports.
8. Sports to Be Witnessed or Practiced Spectator sports are headed by soccer football in summer and by big snow and ice events in winter. Winter sports need special emphasis, for they are characteristic of Austria, especially in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg resorts. They include not only skiing, with jumping and slalom events commanding chief attention, but also thrilling toboggan races, hockey games and curling. These sports are, of course, sought by many foreign participants as eagerly as they are by onlookers. |
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