June 13, 2023
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We continue our «Mentorship in Sports» series and want to tell you about the boxing and fitness training sessions that wonderful professional coaches held for our children. Each of our boys and girls had the chance to try it out — for some children it was their first time, while others became convinced that this is exactly the direction in sports they want to pursue. As the teenagers themselves said: «our coaches were charismatic and kind, and gave attention to everyone.».
After that, we spent time together with Своїpeople, who treated us to delicious snacks, talking about sports, motivation, discipline, where to start, and how not to give up, how to respond to failures, how training together helps support one another, and how sports help relieve stress during the war. Our friends from Своїpeople sincerely shared their life experiences and life hacks with the children, inspired them, and surrounded them with care and warmth.
The children also shared their dreams and plans: for the war to end, to return home, to skydive, to become a famous athlete, to attend the Oscars ceremony, to become a hairstylist, boxer, rehabilitation therapist… We are happy that we managed to create an atmosphere for them where everyone is not afraid to share their thoughts and wants to hear others. For our children, involvement, support, and understanding are so important — knowing there are people nearby who can listen, advise, guide, and accept them. You can be yourself, speak freely, and be accepted and supported.
Sincere thanks Yurii Dmytriiev Своїpeople and our coaches Serhii Tiurin and Anastasiia Dementii for the support, inspiration, mentorship in sports, and the warmth of your hearts!
«I’m so excited! Thank you for such a meeting, it was absolutely amazing! Finally, I got to try this, and I’m just thrilled! And the coaches were pleasant and open! And the way we all sat together and talked about sports and dreams was so great. It was pure joy! I’m so happy I got to attend this meeting!» – Nika
«Such wonderful emotions, I loved the day so much that I didn’t even want to go home.» – Sonia
«I’m thrilled with the training, the communication, and the new information. I would really like to continue boxing in the future — it interests me. It’s such a pleasant feeling when you try something and people support you. The feeling that I can do it.» – Nazar
«It’s so wonderful that there are people like this in the world who organize such motivational events, who tell us how to better find strength within ourselves, how sports affect our bodies and improve our lives. It’s also important to have self-defense skills, because anything can happen. I’m incredibly grateful to everyone! It was very cool and atmospheric. The coaches turned out to be so charismatic, kind, and cheerful, and it was very interesting to talk with them personally. Thank you all so much!» – Anton
