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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Baron Pierre de Coubertin: Founder of the Modern Olympics Game Created by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget




Baron Pierre de Coubertin Game:  Founder of the Modern Olympics Game Created by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget


Background:

Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863 – 1937), a French educator and historian, recreated the ancient Olympic Games of Greece in 1896 into what is now the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The original Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 800 BC.   The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.

Game Objective:

In this game of Coubertin, French Club members will learn about the International Olympics Committee (IOC), which has French as one of its official languages.

There are 10 tasks to complete in this game to learn about sports marketing and sports management.

Tasks:

Task 1:

Look up information about the Junior Olympics to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2020.

If you are interested in competing in the Junior Olympics or volunteering as an adult, you might want to look up how to do this at www.olympic.org .

Task 2:

What do the colors on the Olympic flag stand for?

Task 3:

List the different sports played at both the summer and winter Olympics.

Task 4:

Find the website for all the international organizations of the Olympic sports played and read their history.

Task 5:

If you are interested in playing any of the Olympic sports, read the complete rules and then contact the international organization asking for rules to follow to compete at the Junior Olympics, if you are interested.

Task 6:

In the US, there are scholar-athlete scholarships available at many universities.

Athletes often receive training in ethics, public relations, and merchandising, so it is worthwhile to look into the possibilities of practicing various sports such as curling to popularize it.  If you can curl well, you get to be an Olympic athlete.

Task 7:

Play one sport each season beginning in junior high, so you can to learn game rules and build strength and endurance.  You do need a doctor’s permission to compete.  (Factcheck needed and the same goes for any diet, you wish to embark on.)

Task 8:

Read a sports marketing textbook such as the one by Fullerton Press that is simply entitled Sports Marketing or a similar one as an introduction to public relations and merchandising in sports.

Task 9:

Read Principles and Practice of Sport Management by Lisa P. Masteralexis, Carol A. Barr, and Mary Hums or a similar book as an introduction to owning a sports franchise.

Task 10:

Develop a business plan for yourself as an athlete to merchandize lifestyle items.

Game on!!!

Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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