Kent Student 101 (Season 2024 Episode 6)
In today's episode, we're talking about sports.
We'll be looking at the different ways students throughout Kent have been keeping active, and challenging themselves in a range of activities.
We'll be looking at the different ways students throughout Kent have been keeping active, and challenging themselves in a range of activities.
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00:00 Hello and welcome to Kent Student 101. I'm Chantel and this is your weekly programme
00:24 all about student life across Kent. This is a show designed by students to help you through
00:28 your time at university and highlight a range of resources, opportunities and activities
00:33 open to you. In today's episode we're talking about sports. We'll be looking at the different
00:38 types of ways students throughout Kent have been keeping active and challenging themselves
00:43 in a range of activities. First tonight, the team of the recreation station looked into
00:47 ways in which students can keep fit and active while travelling to and from their classes.
00:53 They found that skateboarding has health benefits such as improving flexibility, coordination
00:57 and physical endurance. This week the team visited a community of university skaters
01:02 to explore further how beneficial this sport can be for students. Let's take a look.
01:13 Being a student often involves a lot of moving around. Walking long distances to get to lectures
01:18 can sometimes be a hassle. So some students use methods of transport such as bicycles,
01:22 electric scooters and sometimes skateboards. Skateboarding is both a useful and portable
01:28 way for students to get around faster as well as a fun activity you can do to help unwind
01:32 from your studies. On this week's recreation station I had a chat with members of the UKC
01:38 Skate Society to see how beneficial taking up skating might be for you. So we're the
01:45 UKC Skate Society and I'm the president. So we do skateboarding, any sort of roller
01:50 skating and we just introduce students to skating and get them to find something new
01:56 basically. We have a lot of people come and they don't know or have ever been skating
02:00 before and a lot of people try it and you know, it's transportation, it's a good way
02:04 to like make yourself feel better when you're feeling down. Skating and like learning tricks
02:08 just like makes you feel better, helps your mental health and it's just a good way to
02:11 make friends and there's obviously the culture to it. It's always like great fun. We go to
02:16 like pubs a lot, we played pool tonight so it's just like a great chance to like socialise
02:22 with different skaters and you meet so many different people, people at different skill
02:25 levels, people who can't ollie, people who can ollie and it's just like, it's always
02:30 fun. Now, there are many sports on offer across
02:39 campuses for you to try. From popular ones like football, rugby, tennis and cricket,
02:44 the list goes on. But how about the lesser known ones? Kristin Hawthorne went to visit
02:49 a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu taster class to find out more.
02:53 Here at the Waterfront in Medway, you can find taster classes for many sports, from
02:58 yoga to badminton and many more. This allows students to try new sports, pick up new hobbies
03:03 and gain new experiences, all free of charge. Hi, I'm Kristin and we're here at the Waterfront
03:08 to visit a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu taster class to find out more about the sport and what
03:13 it's really like. I think it's good for beginners because I
03:18 teach at a beginner level and then I take the people who are a bit more advanced to
03:22 one side and I bring up their skills. For young people, it brings so much more advantages.
03:41 You have more time awake. Through doing this, you tend to have a lot more adrenaline coursing
03:45 through your body, so you're more wide awake. Not just awake, but wide awake, physically
03:49 able to do more things. It allows you to embrace a lot more challenges in life. It's not just
03:56 sitting behind the computer all day. The fitness that these people get allows them to then
04:01 do many other sports at a higher level. I actually started off in this area doing
04:05 boxing and then I started doing freestyle wrestling, which got me into grappling. Because
04:11 there isn't many competitions in freestyle wrestling, I just switched to BJJ.
04:16 The sport in general, it's open to everybody. It tailors because you have the tap system,
04:24 which allows you to say, "I don't want to play anymore." You can stop whenever you want.
04:31 I would genuinely say anybody. Definitely. I think BJJ is definitely the
04:36 most accessible form of combat sport. It's very safe. You get to spar every day without
04:42 the issues of head injuries, CTE, and it's just good fun for all ages as it doesn't matter
04:51 what build, what age, what gender. If you are a skilled fighter in BJJ, you can win.
04:58 This is a sport recommended for all, so it would be great to see more women getting involved
05:02 in the future. This has been Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV.
05:06 Now, are you a part of a society or thinking about joining one? The University of Kent
05:13 offers a range of different sports from societies from badminton to boxing. But have you ever
05:18 heard of taekwondo? Well, earlier this week, Charlotte Bourne headed down to university
05:23 to learn more about the Taekwondo Society. Let's see what she found out.
05:27 A great way to get involved with sports as a student is to join a society through your
05:32 university. I'm here at the University of Kent Sports Centre to visit Taekwondo Society.
05:37 I've never seen taekwondo before, so I'm really excited to see what they get up to. Let's
05:41 go take a look. Basically, it's a career in martial arts.
06:00 It's supposed to be like way of the foot and fist, so we really train on our legs and our
06:05 agility and our speed. I started when I was in foundation year, so I want to say it's
06:09 going on three years now. When I first joined, I didn't know anything about taekwondo because
06:15 I wanted to do karate originally because that's what I know. But honestly, it has been a welcome
06:21 change. Okay, so I'm Melissa. I'm a second year LLB
06:24 Law student and I'm originally from Singapore and I'll be running for president next year.
06:30 So I did it as a kid back in Singapore and I really liked it. It was with a private Korean
06:34 institution. And I stopped doing covert, came back here, realised there's a club and decided
06:39 to join again. Some days we do patterns, some days we do drills. We do a lot of sparring
06:43 as well and everyone's paired with someone that's of similar height or built and just
06:48 have fun. I've been doing taekwondo for six years. I've
06:51 been doing it in the uni for about two. The sparring is definitely where it's at. It's
06:56 very adrenaline pumping, very exhilarating. I really like our coaches. They are strict,
07:01 but they're very down to earth. We have a lot of coaches and they really cater to what
07:06 you need. So we don't do only like advanced stuff. We have a lot of new people as well.
07:11 And so they really know how to adapt and change whatever we're doing to accommodate everyone
07:15 so everyone feels welcome. Being a university club, we do get anything
07:19 from total beginners to experienced black belts from all around the world. We've had
07:24 people that are not sporty or anything and you actually see their achievements where
07:28 they have to work really hard to actually get somewhere. That's great. And when you
07:32 get people who say some of the black belts I've got, when you get to see them start
07:36 to struggle with yourself, they've got no chance. But they do. They work hard and getting
07:40 that achievement, that's really good. We attend a few Bucks competitions. So our
07:44 last one was in February where we came home with a few medals. Yay! Our next one is actually
07:50 this weekend. So it's Friday and Saturday. That's the 9th and the 10th in Nottingham.
07:55 We also do a lot of social events. So we recently did rock climbing at Chimera. We do movie
08:02 nights. We do pub crawls a few times. We don't have a lot of drinkers so it's fine.
08:07 It's not like the films, unfortunately. You won't be Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee or whoever
08:12 the person is at the moment, overnight. But we was all that one person at some point when
08:18 you're walking in and you don't know anything. So yeah, give it a try. That's the only way
08:21 to do it. I had a great time learning about what Taekwondo
08:24 is and how students can spend their evening with the society. If you're at university,
08:30 consider joining a sports group to keep active and meet friends. This has been Charlotte
08:34 Bourne for KMTV. And now I'm joined by Alex Gave to share with
08:39 us this week's Alex's analysis on the film Moneyball. Alex, thanks for joining me. Do
08:44 you want to start about telling me about what the film is about?
08:47 So Moneyball is a 2011 film. It's directed by Bennett Miller. It stars Brad Pitt as the
08:54 coach of the 2002 Oakland Athletics team. They're a baseball team. And essentially his
08:59 issue is that they haven't got enough money to compete with the big teams. They have a
09:02 very low transfer budget essentially. So he has to devise a way with help from Jonah Hill's
09:09 character who's a Yale mathematician to use statistics to revolutionise scouting to find
09:16 players that no one else is going to get. So it's a bit of an underdog story and it's
09:21 a fun sports film. Can you talk us through some of the performances
09:24 throughout the film? So the main character is Billy Bean played
09:30 by Brad Pitt. He's a very kind of single-minded, uncompromising sort of person essentially
09:38 which is a detriment to him in his private life but professionally it actually helps
09:42 him push through this kind of revolutionising statistical way of scouting that no one else
09:48 was doing in baseball. And the other character is Jonah Hill who plays Peter Brandt who's
09:53 a fictionalised version of a real person. This is based on a real story. And he's kind
10:00 of more meek, unsure of himself but he's good with the numbers. So they kind of both have
10:08 flaws but together they're a strong duo. So it's also one of Jonah Hill's earliest dramatic
10:15 roles and I think it sort of showed him as a more diverse actor than people gave him
10:20 credit for at the time. Okay, that sounds interesting. And is this
10:24 your typical sports film? In many ways it is. It's got a lot of the
10:29 tropes that you might find in a sports film. It's your underdog story, you're rooting for
10:33 them from the beginning because you know that they're going up against pretty bad odds.
10:38 But I would say typically what you find in sports film, especially underdog sports films,
10:44 is that the team has a kind of lack of self-belief or something like that. It's sort of the opposite
10:48 in this. It's not that they lack passion or self-belief or any of that sort of stuff.
10:53 It's that they aren't thinking smart enough. And that's kind of what Jonah Hill's character
10:57 brings in. And I think interestingly what this film does that a lot of other sports
11:01 films does is it talks about the automisation of scouting and the use of computers in baseball
11:10 and other sports and kind of how that removes the human element. So it kind of raises some
11:15 interesting ethical issues as well I think. And why did you choose this film?
11:20 I chose this film because it's, well I watched it when I was younger and I thought, will
11:27 I still like it? And I did. So yeah, there you go.
11:31 Thank you so much for joining us today Alex. It's now time for a short break but don't
11:35 go anywhere. Coming up we will revisit your youth with a sports day and we'll be exploring
11:41 the world of bubble football. And we'll be checking in with Calamity Corner as they tackle
11:45 your sports related questions. All that and so much more straight after the break. So
11:50 don't go anywhere and we will see you soon.
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15:09 Hello and welcome back to Kent Student 101.
15:12 This week we've been talking all about ways for students from all around Kent to
15:16 keep active and seeing the different sports they have participated in.
15:20 Next, we're heading over to Calamity Corner, where this week,
15:24 Kristen is giving you advice about how to keep active without needing a gym
15:27 membership.
15:29 [MUSIC]
15:33 Hello and welcome to this week's Calamity Corner.
15:36 This week, I'm answering the question, how can I keep fit without going to the gym?
15:41 So if you don't have access to a gym, maybe you're not comfortable going to
15:47 a gym, you can't afford one, or it's simply too far away, I recommend doing
15:52 some running, there's always a place you can run nearby, keep a sports outfit
15:57 in a bag in your room waiting.
15:59 You can also find out more running tips online to keep yourself safe and
16:04 avoid unnecessary pain.
16:05 You can also do some sports with friends like badminton.
16:09 It's common to find societies like this one where people can come along and
16:13 play sports with their friends at no cost or commitment.
16:16 Keeping active is a proven way to better your mental health, and
16:20 playing sports as part of a group is an easy way to meet new people.
16:24 Societies such as these are great to go to alone or with friends, and
16:29 a great way to find people with the same common interests.
16:32 Universities often offer an enormous range of sports to choose from, and
16:38 there's no need to feel worried about trying something new.
16:41 Sports like cheerleading offer grouping in a range of experience levels, and
16:46 these are just a few ways to stay active without needing to spend your money on
16:50 a gym membership.
16:51 Thanks for watching this week's episode of Calamity Corner.
16:54 See you next week.
16:55 [MUSIC]
16:59 >> Now, do you remember going to sports day at your primary school?
17:03 Do you miss the freedom, fun, and range of activities?
17:07 Well, we joined a group of students as they rekindled those memories by hosting
17:11 their own budget-friendly sports day.
17:13 Dan Bellamy has more.
17:14 >> We all have fond memories from primary school sports days back in our youth.
17:20 However, they're gone by the time students reach uni age.
17:23 We're on a mission today to recreate some memories.
17:27 >> Well, the rain may have forced us inside Elliott Hall, but
17:30 that won't stop us in our quest to recreate a primary school sports day.
17:35 To do that, we're gonna use a group of students, and we're gonna be doing
17:38 the egg and spoon race, the sack race, and the three-legged race.
17:42 Let's check it out.
17:43 [MUSIC]
17:45 >> First on our agenda was the egg and spoon race.
17:48 Easy to do with a selection of spoons from our cutlery drawers and
17:52 some plastic Easter eggs.
17:53 When it comes to students, we can't risk wasting real eggs.
17:56 [MUSIC]
18:06 Next up, we had the sack race,
18:08 on a particularly tight budget using pillowcases for sacks.
18:12 We'd only recommend partaking in this one with a responsible adult present.
18:17 Fortunately for us, we're all very responsible people.
18:20 [MUSIC]
18:30 And finally, we had the three-legged race,
18:38 easily accomplished with a single length of cord cut into three.
18:41 [MUSIC]
18:44 Once that was done, we asked our participants on their opinions of sports
18:48 day and our impromptu event.
18:51 >> Yeah, it was nice to reminisce on primary school sports day.
18:54 Sports day at primary school is really good fun.
18:56 Like teachers would do their own races,
18:57 which is always encouraging for the students to get involved.
18:59 >> Yes, I did enjoy today.
19:02 Brought back some memories, but yeah, it was great.
19:05 >> I really enjoyed it.
19:06 I thought it was really fun to actually start doing things that I haven't done for
19:09 like six, seven years.
19:10 So it was really fun.
19:11 >> My favorite memory of sports day is probably when we got to go home.
19:18 >> Well, I'm knackered.
19:19 As you can see, I haven't lost my athletic skill on the track field.
19:22 Who knows?
19:23 Maybe primary school style sports days like this will become popular again with
19:26 students.
19:27 >> As you can see, it's very easy to do a simple budget sports day for students.
19:32 And with the reviews it received,
19:34 it might be an idea for other student groups to try them out.
19:37 [MUSIC]
19:41 This has been Dan Bellamy for KMTV.
19:43 [MUSIC]
19:46 Next tonight, we recently asked you, the Kent Student 101 viewers on X,
19:51 all about UN sports.
19:53 Let's take a look at your responses.
19:55 We first asked how many of you participate in sports competitively, and
19:58 25% of the voters said they do,
20:01 while the rest not only do not participate, but also would not want to.
20:04 We then asked you what kind of sports you prefer to participate in.
20:09 An overwhelming majority of participants voted land-based sports as their
20:13 favorite kind of sports, with others saying they enjoy winter sports.
20:16 And finally, we asked if you did a lot of sports as children.
20:19 Again, most of our viewers were sporty in their childhood,
20:22 with a small portion having done the opposite.
20:25 Have you heard of bubble football?
20:29 Playing football wearing large inflated orbs around you.
20:33 Would you want to give it a try?
20:34 Well, we followed Robert as he went to Give It A Go for the first time.
20:39 >> Well, I'm here at the University of Kent Sports Pavilion,
20:42 where I took part in a session of bubble football hosted by Give It A Go.
20:47 Naps all the time doing it, but
20:49 unfortunately my play was not as good as my part.
20:53 >> While studying, it can be particularly hard to find time to relax and
20:57 switch off from the workload.
20:59 It can be hard to find activities to do,
21:01 especially when students don't have a lot of money to spend.
21:04 Elise and myself gave their bubble football event a go, and
21:08 as you can see, loads of people joined us.
21:10 [MUSIC]
21:15 >> Well, Give It A Go is an opportunity for
21:17 students to make friends and try different things on campus.
21:20 It's really to get them out of their comfort zone in terms of
21:23 trying something different.
21:24 But the main aspect is just to be inclusive and to have fun and
21:29 to try something they normally wouldn't try.
21:31 [MUSIC]
21:34 Yeah, it's a bit like today.
21:36 So what we try and do is people like to have fun and
21:39 collide with each other as they did today.
21:42 But we also try and get the football out and play a match,
21:44 which everyone enjoyed.
21:46 It was good seeing the pink and the blue teams competing against each other.
21:49 So a little bit of competitive, but the main aspect is to have fun and
21:52 make friends.
21:53 [MUSIC]
21:56 Really good, especially in the last 12 months, since I've been working here,
22:00 it's gone up and up in each event.
22:02 And it's really thanks to the Kent Union promoting it on their social media and
22:05 with all their clubs.
22:06 And they really get the word of mouth out.
22:08 So everybody and yeah, the attendance has been really good on every event we've
22:12 done so far and up on last year, which is really great.
22:14 [MUSIC]
22:26 I think the benefits again is to do something different and
22:30 to get away from their normal sports that they might play.
22:33 But even it's not just for sporting types, it's for people to make friends,
22:37 to try different things, try something they've always wondered what bubble
22:41 football is because people have never done it before.
22:44 But not just bubble football in terms of nerfing the venue or arts and crafts.
22:49 There's just different things for different people.
22:51 And it's always just the main part is for people's mental health and to just do
22:55 something different and get some out of their classroom and
22:57 different friendship groups as well.
22:59 [MUSIC]
23:03 Yeah, as I say, if you go to Kent Union's website, give it a go.
23:06 There's tons of activities each term, which they can sign up and have a go.
23:11 And some of the events, there is a small price, but
23:14 some of the most of the events are free.
23:17 So there's no extra cost.
23:18 And again, the main thing is just to make friendships and
23:21 have a great time doing the events that we did today.
23:23 >> Engaging in these unconventional sports activities is a great way for
23:27 students to get some exercise.
23:29 They can also be a healthy contributor to students' mental health as well.
23:32 [MUSIC]
23:37 >> Now, after a long active day,
23:39 you'll need a nutritious meal to keep your body happy.
23:42 This week, the Budget Babes are back.
23:44 And they've got you covered with a protein dense meal that tastes great and
23:48 fills you up.
23:49 Take it away, babes.
23:50 >> Hi, I'm Peter.
23:52 >> And I'm Hannah.
23:53 >> And together, we are- >> The Budget Babes.
23:55 [MUSIC]
24:04 >> So this week's theme is sports.
24:06 So you're gonna need something highly nutritional and
24:08 easy to take on the go.
24:09 So that's why we're making- >> Kimbap.
24:11 >> That's one for the ingredients.
24:13 >> So today we have pickled radish,
24:16 spam, rice, cucumber, eggs,
24:20 nori sheets, carrots, mayo, sesame oil,
24:25 mackerel, tuna, and spinach.
24:27 [MUSIC]
24:30 >> First step, wash your rice.
24:32 Rinse three times or until the water runs clear.
24:34 Then place into a rice cooker or cook over the stove until fluffy.
24:37 >> Peel your carrots and wash your veg.
24:41 You need to make sure they're clean as you won't be cooking them.
24:44 Then begin chopping them into thin slices as shown on the screen.
24:47 [MUSIC]
24:50 >> For protein, today we chose a variety.
24:52 Cut spam into thin slices like the vegetables.
24:55 Tuna mayo is a classic combo, so of course we included that.
24:59 >> For even more protein and gains, we added four eggs.
25:02 It's a classic ingredient in kimbap, so don't forget it.
25:05 Adding to a preheated pan with one tablespoon of oil,
25:10 cook until it resembles an omelet.
25:11 It should be golden brown on both sides.
25:13 Then add your spam and fry until crispy.
25:18 [MUSIC]
25:21 To give it some vibrant color and flavor, we blanched spinach in boiling water for
25:24 20 seconds, then shot it in an ice bath to prevent overcooking.
25:27 [MUSIC]
25:30 Like the previous ingredients, chop your eggs into thin slices.
25:34 >> Once the rice is cooked and fluffy, add sesame oil and salt and mix it up well.
25:39 Every grain should be evenly coated.
25:41 >> Now for the fun part, rolling your gimbap rolls.
25:45 Add rice to the nori sheets and begin adding your ingredients.
25:49 This is your chance to create different combinations, so be creative with it.
25:53 [MUSIC]
25:56 >> And you should be left with these lovely gimbap rolls.
26:00 Be sure to enjoy them.
26:01 >> And that's how you make gimbap.
26:03 Now, let's enjoy our food.
26:05 [MUSIC]
26:07 >> Bye.
26:09 [MUSIC]
26:18 >> Well, that's all we've got time for on this week's episode of Kent Student 101.
26:22 Next week, we'll be talking about creativity.
26:24 From painting with your friends to making music, we'll have it all here.
26:28 Be sure to add KMTV on all your socials to keep up with us throughout the academic
26:32 term and have your voices heard in future episodes.
26:35 Don't forget to reach out to us on social media and
26:38 send in your dilemmas at Karamzee Corner.
26:40 That's it from me and the Kent Student 101 team.
26:43 Good night, and we'll see you next week.
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