Die probleem
Die leerder. Elke sportkode werk in sy eie silo; die kind speel in vier van hulle. Niemand bestuur die leerder as geheel nie. Interhoër is einde Februarie, die eerste rugbywedstryde begin in Maart, en die seun wat bang is hy maak nie die span nie, mis niks en rus nooit.
Die kantoor. Die sporthoof en elke sportkodehoof is afrigters wat ook ’n sportkode bestuur. Dit is: briewe aan ouers, busse, al die spanne en te min velde, die JOC-aansoek vir interhoër en prysuitdeling. Bo-op dit wil die ouers weet hoekom. Dit gebeur op spreadsheets, e-posse en WhatsApp-groepe — tussen periodes en ná skool.
Die skool. Skolesport het professioneel geword: voltydse afrigters, seisoene wat oorvleuel, ouers en borge met verwagtinge. Die meeste groot skole se sportkantoor is nie daarvoor ingerig nie. Die verantwoordelikheid het nie verander nie — bestuur elke kind sodat hulle skool geniet.
The problem
The learner. Every sport code works in its own silo; the child plays in four of them. Nobody manages the learner as a whole. Inter-schools athletics is at the end of February, the first rugby matches start in March, and the boy who is scared he won’t make the team misses nothing and never rests.
The office. The head of sport and every sport-code head are coaches who also run a sport code. It is: letters to parents, buses, all the teams and too few fields, the safety application for inter-schools and prize-giving. On top of that the parents want to know why. It happens on spreadsheets, email and WhatsApp groups — between periods and after school.
The school. School sport has turned professional: full-time coaches, overlapping seasons, parents and sponsors with expectations. Most big schools' sport offices were not built for it. The responsibility has not changed — manage every child so they enjoy school.