Not a single case: at the qualifying stages of the CASE-IN championship, students learned about baseball-5

Unusual sports and educational events held at the venues of the capital's leading technical universities have come to an end in Moscow. As part of the qualifying stages of the Student League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, future power engineers temporarily shifted their focus from engineering cases to sports and a healthy lifestyle. The organizing Committee held open baseball lessons for them-5.

The "Play for 5" project, which became the winner of the "Sport for All" competition of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation, has clearly proved that engineering thinking is successfully developing not only in laboratories, but also on the sports field.

On March 31, "Play for 5" was accepted by the Russian State Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev.

More than 100 students of Timiryazev Academy participating in the CASE-IN championship have mastered the basics of a dynamic and accessible sport. Baseball-5, with its simplified rules and reduced team composition, proved to be an ideal tool for quickly involving young people in active team sports.

The master class was conducted by Alexander Kolosov, Master of Sports in baseball, coach of the Olimpia baseball club and head coach of the Russian national youth baseball team. During the lesson, students not only learned the basic techniques — from throws to punches — but also learned how to open a section at their university.

"For future engineers participating in the CASE-IN, this experience turned out to be more than just a warm-up. Baseball-5 requires instant strategy, team coordination, and the ability to make quick decisions—exactly the qualities we value in project work.", — the organizers of the event noted.

On April 7, students of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MEI) took up the baton.

This time, the participants of the open lesson were students of the "Thermal Power Engineering" direction — current participants of the CASE-IN championship. Once again, under the guidance of Alexander Kolosov, the guys learned about field interaction and tactics of rapid realignments.

Despite the fact that the university sites are different, the students' conclusions coincided: the balance between intensive study, case solving and physical activity is not a luxury, but a necessity.

"Baseball-5 teaches you to cooperate, to hear each other and to act in a limited time. In the energy sector, as in sports, sometimes everything depends on teamwork.", — the participants from the MEI shared their impressions.

Why are Baseball 5 and the CASE-IN championship so close? The organizers emphasize that the choice of sports is not accidental. Baseball 5 is not just an outdoor version of classic baseball. This is a game where strategic thinking, role allocation, quick reaction and the ability to take responsibility are important, the same competencies that the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship develops.

The "Play for 5" project is being implemented with the support of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation and is aimed at popularizing sports as an integral part of the harmonious development of a modern engineer. Now students from MEI and Timiryazev Academy have another reason to say that a real engineer should play for five — both in his profession and in sports.

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