SAQ® SEM Training Makes Huge Impact in Northern Ireland

The Irish Football Associations Disability Department, with the kind support of the Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure, recently hosted a series of Special Education Movement (SEM) Award courses expertly delivered by SAQ® International.

The SEM courses aim to provide teachers, support staff, parents, coaches and all those working with special educational needs and associated movement difficulties with knowledge and practical skills in SAQ® Training. The implementation of this training with those with a disability will develop fundamental movement skills, improve and develop co-ordination, balance, agility, mechanical efficiency, strength and reactions.

One hundred participants attended the courses in Belfast, Craigavon and Ballymena. Participants were representative of Special Schools, Disability Football Clubs and Disability Organisations from all over Northern Ireland.Through the support of SAQ and DCAL all attendees were able to attend for Free and also receive a bag of equipment that they could use with their groups.

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SAQ® International Visit St. George’s Park

SAQ® International visited the Football Association’s National Football Centre, St George’s Park, on Wednesday (December 19th) to view the various SAQ® equipment installed on site at the Burton venue.

Included in the delegation were SAQ’s Alan Pearson and Pete Friar, Leicester Tigers lock Ed Slater, Melton Borough Councillor Pam Posnett and members of the local media, ensuring that the visit was extensively covered in both the Leicester Mercury and the Melton Times.

The various SAQ® products featured at St. George’s Park include Aerofloor®, Fitlight® and hurdles and ladders, which are all used by players from the England football and rugby teams, during their time at the training facility, to help with their fitness, training and recovery programmes.

Aerofloor®, which is used by many of the country’s elite sports teams, including Manchester United and Manchester City and the Welsh rugby team, was installed at St. George’s Park in October, just after the centre’s official opening.

Medical staff at St. George’s Park scoured the world looking for the best equipment to be used by the country’s elite performers, with Steve Kemp, Head of the Medical Department at the facility, well aware of the effectiveness of Aerofloor® after using it during his time as Wolverhampton Wanderers physiotherapist.

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SAQ® Improving School PE & Sport

SAQ® Fundamental Movement Programmes can play a significant role in improving activity levels in school physical education.

A recent Government report highlighted that many school PE lessons are not strenuous enough, stating that, “In weaker lessons, pupils were not challenged to warm up vigorously or build stamina and strength by participating in sustained periods of physical activity.”

The report also found very few schools had adapted PE programmes to deal with the needs of overweight and obese pupils. As far back as 2003, SAQ® Training was independently researched and proven to be an effective addition to the curriculum.

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The Benefits Of Using SAQ® From An Early Age

A six-year-old girl from Rutland who has been doing SAQ® training since she was just two-years-old is already enjoying the benefits of following the SAQ® principles from an early age; both from a physical and educational point of view.

Imogen (pictured), who was introduced to the concepts by her mother, Ineke, is now performing well in different sports and very highly in English, Maths and Science at school.

SAQ® International Managing Director, Alan Pearson, said, “This photograph of Imogen shows that she has wonderful posture and balance. She has a great arm drive and perfect foot placement, and everything is linear. This is a wonderful example of how regular practise can produce perfect performance in young people.

“This is why, here at SAQ®, we are constantly working and encouraging schools, nurseries, kids clubs and parents to use the programme. All children can move like this if given the right training and all parents, nursery nurses, teachers and teaching assistants can pass on these skills, if they are given the right training.”

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SAQ® International Working with the Irish FA

SAQ® International, the qualified leader in the fast growing field of movement training, recently visited Northern Ireland to work alongside the Irish Football Association to demonstrate a series of Special Education Movement (SEM) Awards.

Representatives from SAQ® delivered a series of SEM courses, hosted by the Irish FA’s Disability Department, with the kind support of the Northern Ireland Executive Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure, to 100 participants from Special Schools, Disability Football Clubs and Disability Organisations from across Northern Ireland.

The courses, which were held in Belfast, Craigavon and Ballymena at the end of March, aimed to provide knowledge and practical skill in SAQ® Training to teachers, support staff, parents, coaches and all those working with special educational needs and associated movement difficulties.

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Aerofloor® - A Revolution in Recovery

World-renowned hip and knee expert, Mr Derek McMinn MD FRCS, the inventor of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, has recently recognised the benefits of SAQ® International’s revolutionary product, Aerofloor®, to aid the rehabilitation of injury.

The progress of Stuart Sharp, a patient who went through a Bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing procedure, is covered on The McMinn Centre’s official website, with Stuart’s speedy recovery, thanks to Aerofloor®, being labelled as ‘remarkable’.

Mr McMinn specialises in conservative treatments for young and active patients with the aim of relieving joint pain and restoring mobility, allowing patients to return to their active lifestyles as quickly as possible.

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SAQ® International Help FA Improve Fitness

SAQ® International is helping the national football and rugby sides to reach peak fitness after its equipment was installed at the FA’s new state-of-the-art National Football Centre.
The SAQ products featured at St George’s Park include Aerofloor, Fitlight and hurdles and ladders which are all used by players from the England football and rugby teams to aid their fitness, training and recovery programmes.

SAQ managing director Alan Pearson and colleague Pete Friar visited the Burton venue to view the equipment on site alongside Melton Borough Councillor Pam Posnett and Leicester Tigers lock Ed Slater.
Aerofloor is used by many of the country’s elite sports teams including Premier League pacesetters Manchester United and Manchester City and the Welsh national rugby team.

Read the full article in the Melton Times.