Sky Up The Edit, 200 students for the fourth event: Abodi, Binaghi, Pennetta and Caruso present
The fourth in-person event with Sky Up The Edit, the digital inclusion project developed and promoted by Sky and aimed at students between the ages of 8 and 18, took place on the morning of Wednesday, April 2. Specifically, about 200 students from the Liceo Scientifico “Primo Levi” in Rome, participated in the debate that was attended by the Minister of Sport, Andrea Abodi, as well as the president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, Angelo Binaghi. The event precedes by about a month one of the major tennis events hosted in Italy, the Internazionali di Roma.
Moderating the meeting was Sarah Varetto, EVP Communications, Inclusion & Bigger Picture at Sky Italia. Also participating as exceptional testimonials were Flavia Pennetta, winner of the U.S. Open in 2015, and Salvatore Caruso, already in the ATP Top 100: both are currently technical commentators during tennis events broadcast by Sky Sport.
“It’s a great cultural challenge underway, we must ensure the right to live well through sport– said Minister Abodi -. Witnessing a great event like the Internazionali di tennis in Rome makes us want to practice it”. Binaghi also stressed that the recent successes of Italian tennis are due not only to Jannik Sinner“but also to the many other Azzurri who are achieving extraordinary results. Results that are the fruit of the development of a grassroots movement. These boys and girls promote the image of Italy in the world, through a path of values. Before we were making results but did not have an adequate narrative, now we do”.
Flavia Pennetta then reminded the players present of the importance of a correct and serene approach to the practice of sports: “Results are always the result of a sacrifice that comes from carrying out one’s dreams and desires. I hope the kids get passionate and learn how to fall and have the strength to get back up. Important that they are surrounded by coaches who make them grow humanly” too. Salvatore Caruso remarked in turn on the’importance of mental health beyond the result on the field: “I have been working for a long time together with my psychologist, focusing above all on improving the human element, as well as the more properly sporting element”.
Sky Up The Edit was born as a kind of generational debate on the values of sports and on great topics such as healthy eating, sustainability and climate change. The project, combined with Sky Up Academy Studios, has gathered about 25 thousand students from primary and secondary schools throughout Italy, offering the opportunity to test themselves in the creation of a multimedia journalistic content focused on one of the three themes indicated, using the educational materials and video content available on the dedicated portal.
