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Sport and Covid-19: "Our children absolutely need to let off steam"

2020-09-22T05:49:54.057Z


Garlonn and Damien have decided to enroll their four children in sport, despite reservations related to the restrictions imposed by Covid-19.


Garlonn showed up at school on a Thursday “with a ball in his stomach”.

The 41-year-old mother had just learned that a child in the early years class of her son Robin, 3, was positive for Covid-19.

“I was totally distressed, my face pale,” says the mother of four children.

We have the impression that everything is falling apart.

"

She and her husband Damien, 42, nevertheless decided to enroll their cherubs in a sports activity.

Charlotte, the 14-year-old who had been swimming for 8 years, chose volleyball, like her sisters Margaux, 11, and Lison, 9, her dad and her little brother who was discovering baby-volleyball.

“During confinement, my desire plunged

(sic)

, confides the teenager.

It was taking longer and longer and I got bored of swimming.

I also wanted a collective activity.

"

"When you enter the field, there are no more restrictions"

The whole family went to the Wagner gymnasium for their first training on the occasion of the association festival in their town of Vélizy-Villacoublay (Yvelines) on September 12.

“There is a weird aspect because we are forced to wear a mask in the common areas, but we do not have access to the locker room and when we enter the field, there are no more restrictions.

We play six as usual and everyone with the same ball… ”, wonders Damien, amateur volleyball player for ten years.

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"Obviously, this sporting start is different but our children really needed to let off steam," adds Garlonn, who has become addicted to running "with friends".

It is essential for the balance of the family.

The confinement was very bad.

The youngest needs exercise and he had to adapt.

"

Aware of the privilege of living in a pavilion, the couple of parents, originally from Brittany, multiplied the activities for three months: “As long as the forest was open, we went out for an hour to play.

Then, we organized small games in the garden, to buy an inflatable pool.

"For Damien, who admits" having gained 5 kilos during confinement ", and Garlonn, the tribe's sports budget amounts to 1,500 euros per year.

A sacrifice which "is really worth it" for the computer scientist and his entrepreneurial wife in graphics.

Source: leparis

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