Agenda Importance of being calm during COVID-19 Reflections on Athletics Calendar of Events in the Philippines Suggestions for Athletics Calendar and Programs Call for collaboration of different Athletics stakeholders. For the Philippines Athletic Calendar for 2020 https://pinoyathletics.info/2020-philippines-athletics-calendar/

1. Planning An Athletics
Calendar After COVID-19
Airnel T. Abarra
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2. Agenda
Importance of
being calm during
COVID-19
Reflections on
Athletics Calendar
of Events in the
Philippines
Suggestions for
Athletics Calendar
and Programs
Call for
collaboration of
different Athletics
stakeholders.
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3. About me
Airnel T. Abarra, LPT, MS
PhD Student at the University of Physical Education
(Testnevelési Egyetem/TF/TE): Sept 2019-Present. Pioneer
Filipino PhD Student in TE.
Grade School Sport Officer (On leave)-Ateneo de Davao
University
Head Coach (On leave)-Ateneo de Davao University Track and
Field Team
Founding Meet Manager-Mindanao Blue Knights Track League.
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4. Being Calm during COVID-19 (Ahmad, 2020)
Secure yourself through
constant communication
with your athletes and
coaches. Talk better
things.
Take time and
embrace internal
change. Be calm.
Be hopeful and
resilient.
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5. • Reflections on Athletics Calendar of Events
in the Philippines
The general direction of Athletics events and programs in the
Philippines should be reflected.
Stakeholders must constantly communicate now than ever to
discuss different programs and initiatives. We must do our first step.
As a community, we can exchange ideas online on training and
forming our Athletics programmes.
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6. • Suggestions for Athletics Calendar and
Programs
July and August
of school year
etc.: One
Athletics event
September:Unit
or Municipal
Meets
October: An
ideal month for
a possible
university
Athletics
championships
since all schools
are open that
time. Do it by
region etc.
November: City
or Provincial
Meet.
December:
National
Athletics Event.
January:
Another
tournament
February:
Regional.
March: Pocket
tournament
April: Palaro
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7. Suggestions for Athletics Calendar and
Programs
Use your MAPEH Classes as training ground for Athletics Officials/Volunteers.
Constant social media campaign.
Sustainability. Paid events are well valued than those joined for free.
“Man only truly respects what he pays for.“ (André Michelin,1920)
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8. Reviewing our Sport Program
Only those coaches
with high-level
understanding,
competencies, and
motivation can make
changes in the sport.
(Gabor et al, 2014)
Instilling values of
fair play. It requires
significant personal
power and continued
moral decisions from
athletes, coaches, PE
teachers, parents,
fans, and all sport
experts. (Farkas &
Vermes, 2019)
Hungarian Coaching
Association: Code of
Ethics for Coaches
(2018)
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9. • Call for collaboration of different Athletics
stakeholders.
Athletics is a
collaborative
community. Gone
were the days of
elitism etc.
More competent
and inspired
coaches and
officials: more
events and better
performance.
Sustainability,
Transparency,
Collaboration.
“We can give
what we only
have.”
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10. References:
Ahmad, A (2020). Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired
Productivity Pressure. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retreived 14-April-2020.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-You-Should-Ignore-All-That/248366
Csáki, I., Gábor, G., Kassay, L., Déri, D., Révész, L., Dávid, Z., & Bognár, J. (2014) The
new system of the talent development program in Hungarian soccer. Biomedical
Human Kinetics, 6, 74–83, 2014 DOI: 10.2478/bhk-2014-0014
Hungarian Coaching Association (2014) Code of Ethics for Coaches. Hungarian
Coaching Association, Budapest, Hungary.
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11. Köszönöm
szépen
(Maraming
Salamat
po). 
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