Sports boarding school

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Sports boarding schools usually serve to promote young competitive athletes and are mostly part of a network system in which school authorities and schools on the one hand and specialist sports associations and local sports clubs on the other hand work closely together. In the old federal states, they predominantly exist at existing sports centers, e.g. B. Olympic training centers , federal or state training centers for one or more sport (s) - or, as is common in the new federal states - at state schools with boarding schools . In individual cases, sports boarding schools are also maintained as separate student residences by sports clubs themselves or are facilities of private providers (e.g. private boarding schools or student residences) with one or more sports focus (s).

The training, including the sports-related and sports-related extracurricular support, is the responsibility of the sports associations or sports clubs and usually takes place at the sports centers, the school lessons at the local public schools and individual care and support (accommodation, meals, homework supervision, tutoring, etc.) in the boarding school.

An important prerequisite for the success of sporting promotion lies in the closest possible dovetailing and cooperation between sports centers, schools and boarding schools.

Two cooperation models

"Sports-oriented school" is the name given to all network systems in which the cooperating educational institutions set up special sports classes or sports trains . Where such special offers do not exist, the cooperative educational institutions are referred to as “partner schools for competitive sports”.

Schools with optimized training conditions (modern facilities, spatial concentration of school and training facilities, employment of specially trained trainers / teachers) and close coordination between school requirements and training requirements ( all-day care, flexibility in exemptions for courses and competitions, integration of training times in the morning classes, consideration When scheduling class work and exams, equalizing the school requirements by extending school hours, etc.), the title “Elite school of (competitive) sports” can be awarded.

There are strict criteria for admission and residence in boarding schools for young competitive athletes.

Admission criteria for sports boarding schools

The admission criteria for sports boarding schools include

  • athletic fitness ,
  • Sports medical safety as well
  • Suitability for the relevant educational program (grammar school, secondary school, etc.).

The athletic suitability is determined through participation in club sport or competitive sport, club or trainer recommendation, through an existing cadre or through an entrance examination (visual training), the sports medicine safety through a sports medical examination and the school suitability through the corresponding certificates or an entrance examination for the Desired school type proven.

Remaining criteria

As a rule, the criteria for staying are good athletic and sufficient academic performance as well as appropriate social behavior .

The entry requirements for privately owned sports boarding schools are not as strict. Schoolchildren who want to practice a certain sport intensively, but cannot qualify as top athletes or who do not want to focus on competitive sport, are also accepted here.

costs

Thanks to public subsidies and additional funds (sports aid, etc.), boarding schools for competitive athletes are relatively inexpensive. They cost an average of around 250 euros, with a maximum of around 600 euros per month. Anyone who sends their child to such a sports boarding school must, however, know that the athletic and school requirements have absolute priority. Family needs, e.g. B. Being together with the child on the weekend or on vacation must be subordinate to this.

The private sports boarding schools tend to take individual needs into consideration, but can also cost between 1000 and 2000 euros per month. In return , they often offer a much more familiar and individual living environment and weekly trips home and are usually far less rigid with regard to their sporting requirements .

literature

  • Sabine Radtke, Fred Coalter: Sports Schools. Elite schools of sport. An international comparison including ten countries . 1st edition. Sportverlag Strauss, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-939390-48-0 ( bisp.de [PDF; 535 kB ] Excerpts on the web).