Student Spotlight

Hi, my name is Stephen. I'm currently doing the HN Adventure Sports Coaching and Developing course.

It's been great. It's given me a real chance to learn how to better my coaching skills through various activities such as archery. I've been involved in archery. I've done it bits and pieces when I was little but really started getting into October 2023 and I've stuck with it.

After COVID a lot of our scout leaders who had permits decided to take that sort of chance to take a step back and we were left pretty bare in terms of what we could offer the kids.

I initially thought archery was something I could lead. I thought I need to be good at this before I lead this. The intention was only to really do it for a short period of time but I've really enjoyed it so I've stuck with it.

I'm a scout leader and we take the kids away doing various outdoor activities which is partly what got me interested in the course.

Running archery sessions as well is something that I really enjoy doing. I think it's really beneficial for the young people and adults.

The thing that interests me most about taking part in the Scottish student archery competition is that it gives me a chance to, for my own personal progression, take things to the next level for me.

When I was 18, there wasn't these kind of opportunities. I'm not the most athletic individual. It's good to have that opportunity this time round. I think being asked to represent the college feels great. It's always nice when someone thinks you're good enough to take part in these kind of things. So I'm going to try my best and see how I get on

Hi I'm Tyler, I'm playing for the Glasgow Kelvin football team.

I'm currently involved in the football team and during one of my classes we are doing an eight week block of different extracurricular activities.

We've been to do CrossFit training, we're going to water sports soon to do kayaking and I believe basketball soon on the list as well.

It's good, even though we're on a football course, it's good to go out and get involved in other activities, learn how they're different, prepare physically, because I think that's the class that we're doing it in. So no, it's good, it's very enjoyable.

Definitely teamwork, different sports, different demands. Learning about different sports demands is very good. Learning to work with, we've merged our classes together this year with adventure, so kind of learning, working with new students is always good.

It's really good, especially the football team. Last year, having loads of different people come from different courses into one group, especially when it came to the end of the year, the national finals, we kind of felt a real sense of team, sense of community, so it was really good. Definitely some of the more fitness-related ones further away in terms of football.

Definitely a demanding sport.

I just think it adds to the college experience, I would say. Especially for us, even when we're in class, we're talking about the football games being on the Wednesdays and just being excited to get to the games and stuff. So it helps you keep a real focus on your studies as well.