B2 – Upper intermediate
They say, sports helps the soul. This rugby team is nothing like any other. The team is consist of prisoners in an Italian jail. They compete but not outside of prison walls.
Watch this video and talk about how rugby is helping these prisoners lead a better life.
Discussion Questions:
- What is the mission of this sports project/initiative?
- Who leads the initiative?
- Describe how the players are able to have their matches within the facility.
- What are the positive effects of this project?
- What are some of the sports you enjoy practicing?
- What are the advantages of playing a sport?
- Are there other activities you would like to try?
2 replies on “Italian Prisoners Play Rugby”
1. The mission of this sports project is to help the prisoners for rehabilitation and to give some rules to them because they used to be problematic people outside the jail.
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3. They can leave the prison when there is a match with another team.
4. The positive effects are that they learn to be more polite, they also feel alive, balancing and calm when they practice rugby.
5. I enjoy doing sports in a Gym as cycling, pilates and yoga.
6. The advantages of playing sports is to get relax for disconnecting of the rutine and to have social contact with other people. Yo can evade your mind and also the physical advantages like to improve your health.
7. Yes, I would like to practice skating and judo.
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