10.
Expand ONE of the statements in about
100 words:
(a)
Health is wealth
(b)
Unity is strength
(C)
Look before you leap.
Answers
Answer:
Ever heard the popular saying “health is wealth”? This gives large meaning to our life, as health is considered the most valuable and precious for every individual. Good health means not only the absence of disease in the body but a complete physical, mental, social as well as spiritual well-being of an individual.
The benefits of being physically fit include:
Being healthier
Increased chances of living longer
Reducing the chances of depression
Having stronger muscles and bones
Achieving or maintaining a healthy weight
Sports is a great part of African Leadership Academy (ALA), and it has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. The sports program started as a side option for those who could not live without physical fitness, to become a fundamental option for those who paid little to no attention to their physical well-being. Sports at ALA boasts a solid administrative team – determined to raise the bar year after year.
Basketball game
As a sports department, we have structured sports in a way that allows both the recreational (internal sports activities) sports program and the competitive (external sports activities versus other schools) sports program to flourish by assigning a director to oversee each of the segments. Mr Joseph Ekpenyong heads the recreational sports program which seeks to create a platform where students to participate in a range of sporting activities offered exclusively to the ALA community. Such programs include the internal soccer and basketball leagues, touch rugby, Frisbee, gym club, tennis, martial arts, power walking and cross country. Some of these activities are student led, which means that students organize, manage and lead these programs, giving them an opportunity to put into practice the leadership skills taught at the Academy. The competitive sports program is coordinated by myself, with the assistance of ten other passionate sports coaches. This ensures that students get the opportunity to compete against other schools in and outside of South Africa. Some of these sporting codes include basketball, which over the years has become African Leadership Academy’s flagship sport; boys and girls soccer which is a favorite amongst the majority of the student body; boys and girls Volleyball which has developed tremendously over the years through the coaching and guidance of Mr Joseph Ekpenyong. The most recent addition to the competitive sports program is track athletics, which promises to catapult sports at African Leadership Academy to the next level.