This September it will have been five years since I moved down to Canterbury in order to embark on my adventure at Christ Church as an eighteen-year-old politics student. Whilst graduating in Politics & Global Governance three years later was undoubtedly a proud personal achievement of mine, whenever asked about my University experience the first things that always immediately come to mind are my sporting memories at Christ Church. I enjoyed the experience so much that funnily enough I\u2019ve even come back here to work as the Activities Coordinator for the Students\u2019 Union. It seems that I just can\u2019t stay away from it all!<\/p>\n
Through both the TrySport and PlaySport schemes especially, I\u2019ve had the opportunity to try a variety of sports that I wouldn\u2019t have even considered before coming to University. Among many the list includes:<\/p>\n
The more recent experience to have been added to the list was Netball. Last week I was convinced by my fellow Students\u2019 Union colleagues to get involved in the PlaySport Staff Netball sessions that run on a Monday evening at the Sports Centre. Having never played Netball in my life during my primary school, high school or college education, I thought that I would come along to see what all it was all about. The closest sport I had played to Netball in the past was when I used to play Basketball in PE back in high school, and I\u2019ve been mainly involved in Football since, so I went hoping that some of my previous sporting experiences would lend themselves to my Netballing prowess. I was given a rather tight red bib to put on and then we were ready to get things started. Once the game was underway I quickly realised three things:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a firm believer in the idea that you can gain more of an insight into a sport by playing it once, than by watching somebody else play it a number of times. My experience of playing Netball in this instance only reinforces this belief. I think it can be easy to think of a new activity as not for you, or that you\u2019ll be no good at it having never played before, but I really enjoyed getting involved in a new activity, and had great fun getting a few things wrong! I would highly recommend that anybody should try a session of Netball to see how their perception of the sport changes. The game has a wide range of qualities that appeal to both male and female participants, and it was great to see a few other guys giving it a go, everyone was welcomed and included. There’s a first time for everything\u00a0and\u00a0I\u2019ll certainly be going back to give it another go!<\/p>\n
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Adam Roche<\/p>\n
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