Toni Street: Sport and its benefits growing up
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This might be the most impassioned backing of sport you’ll ever hear from a parent. Toni Street sees firsthand the benefits of sport in her kids, as a coach and a big advocate for getting them involved in anything and everything.
An impressive sportswoman herself growing up, Toni now helps her kids (and their friends) to benefit in a range of ways. It’s an excellent listen for parents in particular, on how sport can permeate through to every aspect of kids’ lives.
In this episode of What I Know Now, Toni and School Sport NZ CEO Mike Summerell talk about:
- Playing sports from 3 years old
- The benefits of playing a range of sports and the pressure to specialise
- Why it’s important to mix in other things as well as playing sport
- The critical role her family played in the value she got from playing sport
- How her best school memories all revolve around sport
- Coaching her kids’ teams, and seeing the benefits for young people from a different perspective
- How lessons learned in sport have benefitted her work life
- Why she believes playing sports should be compulsory growing up
- How to deal with the admin of getting kids to all the sports they’re involved in
- Why she loves being a coach, and how it helps to build relationships with her kids and their friends
- Why she’s so invested in her kids’ sport, and the payoff she sees
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