‘Sport’ has a high profile in many schools. It is a word that the sector is comfortable with, and sits unobtrusively in the title of this magazine. The word is defined as ‘competitive athletic endeavour, usually requiring skill or athleticism’. Thus, by definition, it excludes people who don’t have either skill or athleticism. It also ignores the science that explains that approximately 25% of the population are stressed by competition, perform worse in those circumstances and avoid the condition. Is it coincidence that this is about the proportion pupils that many schools identify as ‘hard to reach’? It explains why...

What is Veo?

At Veo, our goal is to help every student, educator, coach and school to improve their engagement, enjoyment and understanding of sport both in and outside of the curriculum. Veo cameras automatically record sport and include a state-of-the-art analysis platform, powered by artificial intelligence.

How can Veo Help schools?

Recording school sport until recent years has been an unenviable task. Prior to Veo you would need an elevated platform, an expensive camera, and a skilled camera operator who must stay focused throughout the entire game. After a match or training session, a member of...

“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark” (Shakespeare’s Hamlet), and in the Machiavellian buying of talented sportsmen from schools by coaches to enhance their own reputations. Sadly, ethics, integrity and decency are sacrificed on the altar of a mistaken belief that success in sport equals outstanding educational institutions.

There has been an unsavoury situation in schools’ rugby for some years where northern provinces have treated the Eastern Cape Schools as a feeding trough to poach rugby players

Some perspective is perhaps to be gained by consulting excerpts from an article published in the Sunday Times by...