{"id":18271,"date":"2016-04-06T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aekbc.gr\/opap-sports-academies-festivals-in-larissa\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T18:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:46:00","slug":"opap-sports-academies-festivals-in-larissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/opap-sports-academies-festivals-in-larissa\/","title":{"rendered":"OPAP Sports Academies Festivals in Larissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth big sports celebration, under the framework of OPAP Sports Academies program, was held with great success and the participation of 860 children and 1.400 parents and chaperons in \u201cAlkazar\u201d National Stadium of Larissa on Sunday, April 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>The festival was attended by 13 academies from the wider area of the municipalities of Larissa, Magnisia, Trikala, Karditsa, Fokida, Fthiotida: Promitheas Larissas, Orfeas Larissas, Ampelokipoi Larissas, Magnisiakos Volou, Agia Paraskevi Volou, GS Almiros, Apollon-Dimitra Trikalon, ASAP Karditsas, Atromitos Palama, AP Karpenisi, Aeantas Lamias, AP Lamias, Aris Ag. Konstantinou.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with the philosophy and values of the Sports Academies program, all activities during the festivals focus in the most enjoyable of ways on the values that make up the athletic ideal, especially fair play, respect, ethics and teamwork. The young athletes participate in teamwork and football skills games, games-courses on nutrition issues and an experiential activity during which they practice sports as Paralympic athletes. At the same time, parents and chaperons attend seminars and speeches by the members of the specialized scientific team of the program on psychology, nutrition and first aid issues.<\/p>\n<p>A team of sports ambassadors from Olympic and Paralympic sports with significant distinctions for their ethos, respect towards their co-athletes and fair play attended the Festival in Katerini offering valuable advice to the children. In particular, the event was attended by: Kostas Tsanas, Giorgos Kafes, Giannis Alexoulis, Konstantinos Mouratis, Theodora Moutsiou.<\/p>\n<p>OPAP organizes big sports festivals in ten cities around Greece. During the first five festivals in Heraklion, Patras, Athens, Katerini and Larissa OPAP has shared the joy of sports with 4.230 children and 6.650 parents and chaperons. The OPAP Sports Academies Festival\u2019s journey continues in Argos, Ioannina, Xanthi and Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n<p>OPAP Sports Academies<\/p>\n<p>OPAP Sports Academies is an innovative program that supports 125 amateur sports academies from around Greece in which more than 10,000 children of 7-12 years old participate. With its central moto being \u201cAthletes Today \u2013Better People Tomorrow\u201d, the program\u2019s goal is to attract even more children and promote the educational and entertaining role of sports, contributing to laying solid foundations for the future of sport in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The academies that participate in the program enjoy the benefits of an integrated educational program that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific support by specialized pediatricians, child phycologists and nutritionists<\/li>\n<li>Age-appropriate coaching directions, according to UEFA and FIFA international standards<\/li>\n<li>High quality sports gear<\/li>\n<li>Insurance coverage during training and games, as well as one hour before and after<\/li>\n<li>Participation in football tournaments with an educational and entertaining profile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please find more information on the \u201cSports Academies\u201d program and the festivals by following the link below:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sportsacademies.opap.gr\/en\">http:\/\/sportsacademies.opap.gr\/en<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth big sports celebration, under the framework of OPAP Sports Academies program, was held with great success and the participation of 860 children and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"OPAP Sports Academies Festivals in Larissa\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/opap-sports-academies-festivals-in-larissa\/#more-18271\" aria-label=\"More on OPAP Sports Academies Festivals in Larissa\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OPAP Sports Academies Festivals in Larissa - AEK BC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/festival-athlitikon-akadimion-opap-sti-larisa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPAP Sports Academies Festivals in Larissa - AEK BC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The fifth big sports celebration, under the framework of OPAP Sports Academies program, was held with great success and the participation of 860 children and ... 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