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By John Batham. The Gazette News
Can the simple things you learn in school set you on the way to sporting stardom?
Equally, can sport inspire every child to be whatever to be whatever they dream of being?
For young Northolt Entrepreneur Jazz Rose, the above questions are a no-brainer.
Rose, once on schoolboy forms with Luton and who later had trials with Brentford,
founded his own coaching academy at 18, driven by the passionate conviction that sport
transforms young lives. That was 2004. five years on, Wembley-born Rose has an elite
team delivering high quality, holistic coaching across a range of sports, earning glowing
praise, even from Ofsted."Sport changes lives" said Rose. It not only engages a young person in terms of fitness, it addresses their emotional and mental well-being. It can turn challenging children in the classroom into the champions in the field.
"That success feeds back into the classroom, because the same skill sets which make |
a top sportsman help young people succeed in school".
Asked to illustrate his argument Rose talked about every teacher's bug bear - gettign kids to line up.
"We say 'imagine you are walkingdown the tunnel at the Emirates or Wembley Stadium," he continued, "People watching are going to want to see you've got the discipline to do that in a professional manner" The philosophy has seen the former law student made an Enterprise UK Ambassador, a role which opened the door to addressing FA and Premier League Executives on 'Enterprise and Sport' at a recent speech at Manchester City. Rose's conviction about holistic coaching is re-inforced by tough personal experience. He believes inflexible approaches contributed to him retiring from football in 2007 with lower back problems. He's not bitter, just determined to teach what is best for a child's long term well-being. |
According to Rose, the secret is allowing coaching philosophies in one sport to inform the way you coach another. He said; "The first thing a six year old footballer learns is how to kick the ball, but the first thinga hockey player the same age learns is space awareness.
"The fact that's not taught to young footballers is why we have 10 people trying to kick the ball all at the same time".
Again, it's a lesson Rose can illustrate from personal experience.
Sent to Brentford for a trial, he was told he was too short to play centre-back and so was placed at left-back.
In his first trial match he was about to take a throw in when he realised to his horror that he'd never done it before.
Taking a deep breath and 20-yard run up he threw the ball all a foot in front of him.
"When I watched it back on video the following day, I was really embarrased," he admitted.
Imagine how different that could have been if I'd learnt the basic skills of throwing and catching that are taught by companies such as the one I run?"
To find out more about Rose see www.jandcacademy.com |