Africa-Press – Lesotho. LESOTHO Olympic boxer Moroke Mokhotho has launched a sports academy aimed at developing athletes at a young age. Rocket Sport Academy (RoSA) will cater to young people in the Thetsane surrounding areas.
With boxing and badminton as its initial sporting codes, the academy has already applied for membership with the Lesotho Boxing Association (LeBA) and the Badminton Association of Lesotho (BAL).
RoSA’s activities kicked off with a boxing event at Makoanyane last Saturday. Speaking at the launch last Monday, Mokhotho said they want young people to engage in sports to keep them away from crime and drugs.
“I realised that in our country there is something that is missing when we are at international events which is the development of athletes,” said
Mokhotho, a 2016 Olympian. “We are struggling with it and I decided to help in the development of athletes in all sporting codes where I can. ” “We tried to find out what happens in Ha Thetsane during the day and at night and we learned that our community has problems in general.
It is murders, rapes and all bad things. We can fight this through sport and we need to start from children while they are still young and get them engaged in sport.
A renowned boxer who has represented Lesotho at various international events, Mokhotho hinted that the Commonwealth Games in July in Birmingham, England would be his last in national colours.
He suggested he will focus his energy on growing the academy. The academy has teamed up with Lesia High School in the development and training of athletes. The academy will help Lesia High School to establish sporting clubs and provide coaching services to the school’s teams.
In turn, Lesia will offer training facilities, pay membership fees to federations, provide personal training equipment and competition attire for club members. It will also provide transport and meals for teams during competitions.
Lesia High School’s principal, Moteuli Mathafeng, said RoSA is the second academy the school will work with after reaching an agreement with the Federation of Lesotho Rugby earlier this year. He said RoSA’s proposal was in line with their mission and vision as a school.
“The rugby association will tell you that when we say we do something, we do it in full,” Mathafeng said, adding that the school also partnered with the Badminton Association of Lesotho (BAL) shortly after it was re-launched in 2020.
LESOTHO Olympic boxer Moroke Mokhotho has launched a sports academy aimed at developing athletes at a young age. Rocket Sport Academy (RoSA) will cater to young people in the Thetsane surrounding areas.
With boxing and badminton as its initial sporting codes, the academy has already applied for membership with the Lesotho Boxing Association (LeBA) and the Badminton Association of Lesotho (BAL).
RoSA’s activities kicked off with a boxing event at Makoanyane last Saturday. Speaking at the launch last Monday, Mokhotho said they want young people to engage in sports to keep them away from crime and drugs.
“I realised that in our country there is something that is missing when we are at international events which is the development of athletes,” said
Mokhotho, a 2016 Olympian. “We are struggling with it and I decided to help in the development of athletes in all sporting codes where I can. ” “We tried to find out what happens in Ha Thetsane during the day and at night and we learned that our community has problems in general.
It is murders, rapes and all bad things. We can fight this through sport and we need to start from children while they are still young and get them engaged in sport.
A renowned boxer who has represented Lesotho at various international events, Mokhotho hinted that the Commonwealth Games in July in Birmingham, England would be his last in national colours.
He suggested he will focus his energy on growing the academy. The academy has teamed up with Lesia High School in the development and training of athletes. The academy will help Lesia High School to establish sporting clubs and provide coaching services to the school’s teams.
In turn, Lesia will offer training facilities, pay membership fees to federations, provide personal training equipment and competition attire for club members. It will also provide transport and meals for teams during competitions.
Lesia High School’s principal, Moteuli Mathafeng, said RoSA is the second academy the school will work with after reaching an agreement with the Federation of Lesotho Rugby earlier this year. He said RoSA’s proposal was in line with their mission and vision as a school.
“The rugby association will tell you that when we say we do something, we do it in full,” Mathafeng said, adding that the school also partnered with the Badminton Association of Lesotho (BAL) shortly after it was re-launched in 2020.
“Their approach goes hand in hand with our mission and vision, it is just about how we implement these agreements.
“Lesia builds children in totality, we don’t only deal with them mentally, we work with them spiritually, intellectually and physically and this is where sport comes in,” he added.
“RoSA found us ready because I have had students approached with proposals to start a boxing club, so you can imagine how happy we were when we got technical support from RoSA.
“Their approach goes hand in hand with our mission and vision, it is just about how we implement these agreements.
“Lesia builds children in totality, we don’t only deal with them mentally, we work with them spiritually, intellectually and physically and this is where sport comes in,” he added.
“RoSA found us ready because I have had students approached with proposals to start a boxing club, so you can imagine how happy we were when we got technical support from RoSA.”
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