About Sports and Recreation Section
The YMCA of Hong Kong Sports and Recreation Section is a leading provider in sports and physical education training. We offer a wide range of professional sports training courses and activities as well as recreational facilities. We aim at promoting healthy lifestyle and enhancing participants' physical, mental and spiritual developments.
Vision
- To create an environment that meets YMCA's mission, to help individuals develop healthy lifestyles and enhance physical, mental and spiritual developments;
- To develop an efficient and professional programme team to promote the health and personal development of members and programme participants;
- To enable members and programme participants' personal growth through providing organised professional sports and recreational programmes;
- To support children and young people's character building which will help them develop social awareness as well as strengthen their physical and mental development, to nurture them as future leaders.
Mission
- To improve the the community's participation in sports;
- To use the positive influence of sports to change people's lifestyles;
- To improve the population's quality of life through sports activities;
- To encourage participants to pursue excellence.
Our Services
Our services cover mainly of three areas: The Aquatics Units, The Sports and Physical Education Unit, and Indoor Climbing Wall Activities, each of which specialises in the development and delivery of physical activities in respective fields. Our experienced team work with schools, local authorities, community groups, businesses, NGOs and individuals to provide quality services to the community.
Aquatics
The Swimming Academy aims to promote a healthy lifestyle to the general public through our integrated swimming programme. The curriculum caters for and meets the needs of individuals and groups at different ages and stages of life.
The Sports & Physical Education Unit
We are committed to providing a variety of recreational and sports programmes such as badminton, squash, basketball, martial arts and gymnastics, etc, to all ages, from toddles to masters. We also work with businesses and community organisations to develop and deliver sports programmes, events and tournaments of all types.
Indoor Climbing Wall Activities
In addition to offering regular climbing courses and private coaching to different age groups, we organise special events such as Climbing Fun Day and birthday parties, working with parties and corporate partners to ensure fun and challenging experience for participants.