Mattia has finally managed to start some sort of athletics afternoon sessions for kids, mainly from the school but not only. It's a small thing, just 5 kids in the older group and 10 in the younger one, for barely an hour on a dusty field, but at the same time it's huge, as this means (once more, like we did with la cancha months ago) claiming a space previously considered taboo ("too dangerous, no-gone zone, gang area") for the children, who this way can stay outdoors, together, and be active, all very important in their lives.
There have been only two sessions per group up to now, so it's still very early days, but they seem to like it and the prospects of involving more and more "athletes" are good (we'll keep you posted), so Mattia is quite happy (as he values all this probably more than his teaching), though this implies more kids-management, after several tough hours in school... The positive add-on is that Michele and Sam are obviously joining the young group and they love it, as they were missing the soccer afternoon, which had become rarer and rarer, waiting, in Mattia's mind, for the right occasion to be replaced with something more structured, original, effective and, theoretically, more easily manageable.
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