{"id":18854,"date":"2026-10-12T15:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/change-the-game.se\/?p=18854"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:38:28","slug":"connection-i-fokus-vara-intryck-fran-iplc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/change-the-game.se\/en\/connection-i-fokus-vara-intryck-fran-iplc\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on \u201cConnection\u201d \u2013 our impressions from IPLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When participants from over 20 countries gathered for the International Physical Literacy Conference (IPLC) in Toulouse on October 1\u20133, one word came up time and again: “connection.” Connection to oneself, to others, and to the place. For us at Change the Game, it felt like coming home.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A theme that tied everything together<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The theme of “human connection” ran like a common thread through the keynotes and presentations. This aligns closely with our own work, in which movement is always understood through relationships: to one\u2019s own body, to the people around us, and to the environment in which we move. We view the fact that so many speakers arrived at the same perspective as a sign that the field is moving in a shared direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stora salen fylldes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our own session, led by Grim Jernudd and Tom Engl\u00e9n, on the power of relative comparisons was held in the main hall and attracted most of the conference attendees. The setup was simple. First, everyone got to try a classic form of physical activity: standing up and sitting down again. Next, we tested enriched variants, such as the rock-scissors-bag game with progressively increasing complexity and a Tom & Jerry-style speed workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a framework for the comparison, we used Inner Development Goals (IDG). The participants themselves had to discuss which abilities were confirmed through the various activities. The conclusion was their own: in the enriched variants, significantly more abilities are trained at the same time, across dimensions such as thinking, relating, cooperating and acting. That is precisely the point. When you get the chance to experience the difference in your own body, it does not need to be explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish and \u00c5landic participants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Swedish-\u00c5landic team of participants:
Tobias Lind (SWE3), Grim Jernudd (Change the Game), Pilo Stylin (Swedish Budo and Martial Arts Federation), Monika Stylin (SWE3), Tom Engl\u00e9n (Change the Game), Lisa Borglund (M\u00e4lardalen University), and Emma Falander (\u00c5land)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The activity is the tool, not the goal.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A lesson we like to highlight is that movement activities are used as tools to convey understanding of and ability to regulate underlying principles, they are not the goal in themselves. A common trap is that you get to try something fun and then think that you have to buy exactly the same material, for example juggling shawls, movement ladders or bird feathers, in order to continue doing the same activities without understanding the thoughts behind the design and the purpose of the activity. Then you get gadgets with limited value\/use, but the truly long-term and scalable effect lies in the movement leader’s ability to create, lead and adapt their movement activities with the help of the underlying principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same thought was present in Liz Durden-Myer and Kyle Pushkarenko’s session on the benefits of using analogies and metaphors to communicate the meaning of abstract phenomena. They proposed a description of physical literacy as partly fixed core, for example the holistic view of the human being, which applies regardless of context. Other parts are “liquid” or in “gaseous form” and can be adapted to local conditions. It provides a useful language for something we often struggle with: what must be the same everywhere and what must look different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built environments were given prominence.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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For the first time, the built environment featured prominently at the conference. Two panel discussions explored how physical literacy can be used to both design and validate environments. The sessions were led by Sam Fenton (AUS) and Natalie Houser (CAN)\u2014with Trevor Smith joining remotely from England and our own Grim Jernudd acting as a sidekick\u2014and a literature review linked to Physical Literacy Enriched Environmental Design (PLEED) was presented.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Europe steps up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The host university announced its ambition to become a European hub for physical literacy, and Sport for Life announced the launch of an upcoming European affiliate organization based in Slovenia. The next IPLC is planned for 2028, to be held somewhere in Europe. We hope for plenty of advance notice so that more people have the opportunity to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Physical literacy builds healthier, more confident and competent people, and stronger societies. IPLC France 2026 brings together leaders, policy makers, practitioners, educators, researchers, environmental planners, and changemakers from across the health, education, sport, and recreation sectors. Under the theme Stronger Together through Movement<\/strong><\/em>, we\u2019ll explore what physical literacy looks like across the lifespan, how we integrate it from participation through to policy, and how we turn cutting-edge research into practical tools for those on the front lines. This is where solutions are shared, ideas are sparked, and physical literacy is brought to life in practice.
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