Field hockey as a means to improve personal, social and learning skills

As a result of the current social, cultural, and political social change of the last decades of the 20th Century and the beginning of the new Century, it is necessary to guarantee the acquisition and development of specific life skills. In this regard, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduces the so-called life skills and LifeComp, that is, the set of social, cognitive, and personal skills. Through motor and sports education, it is possible to structure paths of personal and social growth considering the development of skills for life. This paper analyzes the link between the development of the life skills and LifeComp and the motor and sports activity planned in a structured manner, with a particular focus on the teaching methods of field hockey, Team sport - particularly suited to the development of the psychosocial skills of younger people.