PADIZ’S POINT SA ACADEMICS AT SPORTS LIFE SA BAGONG NORMAL

ANG dating  national sepak takraw player, Sports Director  at Business Executive na si Solomon Padiz, Sr. ay nagpahayag ng kanyang punto de vista kaugnay ng  abnormal na sitwasyon sa estado ng sports at edukasyon ‘di lang sa Pilipinas kundi sa buong mundo na rin na nakikibaka sa pag-gapi ng pandemyang coronavirus.

  “As a sportsman, I am optimistic that sports will go back to life gradually in the new normal stage. For the sports, events that do not require PPE may probably start. Like swimming, an athlete cannot swim with face mask or face shield. Good thing, swimming pools has its own disinfectant because it is maintained by acid and chlorine,” ani Padiz  “Sports with social distancing and using gloves and face shield will do like baseball and softball and all the track events because there is certain distance among its athletes.”

Pinunto rin ni Padiz na ang  cycling ay isa sa ideyal sport na puwedeng  pahintulutan dahil sa pagiging individual event nito at walang anumang contacts na mangyayari sa oras ng paligsahan.

“Basketball has been allowed  but that is the most contact sport that can have droplets if a player is a carrier of the  virus,” ayon pa sa Sports Director ng  De La Salle University STC Campus sa higit isang dekada at Speaker of Asian Council of P.E. and Sports (ACPES). “But why is it basketball allowed? Because of it’s economic gain, business or popularity? If that so, we are not really sincere in fighting Covid-19. I am not saying that we need to stop basketball. If it has been allowed, why not the other safer sports like swimming, baseball, softball, sepak takraw, cycling, shooting, gymnastics, badminton, tennis, archery, athletics and other events that has certain safe distance at all?” giit ni Padiz-kasalukuyang  CPO/PCO Management Consultant ng  Sports& Recreation WaterParks and Resort.

“In the aspect of education in the new normal on line learning depends a lot in internet connectivity of both teacher and student. The responsibility to learn a lot is shared by both whereas in modular learning effectively depends mainly on the student’s discipline and diligence to study and research on their own. Both  are worth doing than no learning at all. Face to face classes for me is not an option until now that the virus is still in a high risk.”

Si Padiz, proud  son ng founder at ‘Father of Philippine Sepak Takraw’ , prime mover ng Sports at P.E.  -ang namayapang patriarko  na si (Master) Servillano Padiz- patnugot ng aklat sa MAPEH na gamit sa pampublikong paaralan. Si Solomon Sr. ay secretary general din ng Philippine Chinlone Association na magiging NSA na rin sa Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).