Bundesliga: RB Leipzig launches an after-school sports programme in seven local primary schools

RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) has launched an extracurricular programme to develop sports in primary schools in the Leipzig region (Saxony, GER), announced the club on 20/10/2021. The programme, which will allow beneficiary pupils to learn about different sports after school, will be implemented in seven schools for the 2021-22 school year, before being "offered in as many schools as possible in the future."

"This new sports project aims to strengthen the health of children in Leipzig's primary schools. Both girls and boys should be able to independently strengthen their cognitive and coordination skills through playful incentives. The aim is to sustainably increase the children's general basic level of physical fitness. Sufficient physical exercise is immensely important in the early childhood development of pupils.ent of young children," explained the German club.

"The basic idea behind the project was that we wanted to give something back to the region as part of our social commitment. Since we recognise that physical education is increasingly being neglected in primary school…