“Hay Festival” Mini-Volleyball U.T.P

Abstract

The Hay Festival Minivoleibol U.T.P. is a non-profit event organized by the Sports Science and Recreation Program of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. The activity is designed for children between the ages of 8 and 12, and its objective is to promote, encourage and strengthen sport, instill habits of healthy competition, foster social values and contribute, overall, to the comprehensive training of children throughout the region. An additional objective is to reinforce the processes that promote the practice and massification of sport in educational institutions, neighborhoods, communes and districts, in accordance with the guidelines and priorities set out in the sporting practices policy. The fifth-semester Volleyball students are responsible for implementing the outreach program, which aims to provide training and education to children in school communities. They are also tasked with organizing the event, which takes place simultaneously on the 42 mini-volleyball courts on campus. The Hay Festival Mini-Volleyball U.T.P is distinctive in Latin America, as each semester it welcomes five hundred children under the guidance of our university students, who have dedicated months to meticulous planning, preparation, implementation, supervision, and assessment of the program. The culmination of this process is the grand finale, which features a day of recreational activities centered around the sport of mini-volleyball.