Bilal Saddik
Bilal is a PE educator, TEDX Speaker, Football Freestyle Champion, Sport Coach and a Tech Enthusiast with over 10 years of experience working with children. Bilal recently began exploring how technology can be integrated into Primary PE to make learning fun and enjoyable for students. Now, Bilal is on a mission to share his ideas with educators around the world.
The Future of PE: Learn Through Play
Globally, researchers have begun to emphasise the importance of play in developing children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional well-being. This research suggests that it takes over 400 repetitions of an action for our brain to create new connections known as synapses. However, if this action is conducted through initiated play, it only takes 10 to 20 repetitions, enabling us to generate new levels of understanding quickly. Learning through play is our superpower! But how do the children of 2022 play? We live in the age of technology, it seems that almost every month there is a new technology which can be leveraged to promote learning through play. Why not take advantage of this to help transform PE? Making it more engaging and meaningful and enabling our young learners to develop their superpowers better.
Video CV
Talks/Training
Presenter - Teach Meet in Singapore - at Steelcase office 2023
Presenter - Australian International School in Singapore - TeachMeet 2022
Imagine with me for a moment...
where will technology take us in the next 10 to 20 years from now. "Technology is evolving and we as educators need to evolve with it and use it to enhance learning"
Presented - Dulwich College in Singapore - Teach UP Event 2022
We live in an era of technology and we all seen in the last few years how we need to be adaptable and open minded and who knows where technology will take us in the next 10 or 20 years. We all seen and experienced the change caused by the pandemic and how it affected us as PE Educators. What I am trying to say here either we embrace change or we can fight it, but no matter what, change is always happening, sometimes change can be a good thing as it will bring new opportunities and new experiences, but at the same time, change can be a difficult thing as it will make it challenging for us as PE educators to adapt our PE lessons. This is why as a Lifelong learner and PE educator I believe that we should always be looking for new ways such as integrating technology into teaching to help us grow and become more adaptable to change.
Ways to leverage Technology in PE
Led a CPD online - Huili International School in China 2022
Ways to leverage Technology to Promote learning through Play in Primary PE
The children of today’s definition of play are often means being in front of a screen. In my experience I observed some children who are reluctant to participate in PE because it is out of their comfort zone. My solution to this has been to be bring technology into the sports hall alongside Play to create a familiar environment. I believe today's children are exposed and will always be exposed to technology in the future, as technology is becoming more and more part of our daily life. So my question here is, why not take advantage of technology to enhance students' learning through play? Some of you might be wondering, but why should we expose our children at school to technology in PE, they already get enough screen time, pe should be screen free? Technology can be a good thing if it used appropriately in teaching PE.
TEDX Speaker - Singapore 2022
The Future of PE: Learn Through Play
Globally, researchers have begun to emphasise the importance of play in developing children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional well-being. This research suggests that it takes over 400 repetitions of an action for our brain to create new connections known as synapses. However, if this action is conducted through initiated play, it only takes 10 to 20 repetitions, enabling us to generate new levels of understanding quickly. Learning through play is our superpower! But how do the children of 2022 play? We live in the age of technology, it seems that almost every month there is a new technology which can be leveraged to promote learning through play. Why not take advantage of this to help transform PE? Making it more engaging and meaningful and enabling our young learners to develop their superpowers better.
Achievements
TESOL STRATEGIES: SUPPORTING ESL STUDENTS IN MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
Child Protection for International Schools
PGCE in PE- University of Buckingham
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Business and Management
Google Trainer Skills Assessment
Google Certified Educator Level 2
Google Certified Educator Level 1
Annual Certificate in Online Safety for Teaching Staff (2021-22) (International Schools)
AustSwim - Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety
FAS C License in Football Coaching
Standard First Aid CPR and AED
SNCS Climbing level 1
SNSC Climbing Level 2
The FA Level 1 Introduction to Talent Identification _The FA Level 1 in Talent ID
Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity Certificate
Covid Safe Sport Coaches certificate
Videos
O.R.E System For Sports Organisation
bilAl saddik
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1990: Is the year that I came to earth and lived in Lebanon.
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2008: Graduated from High school, I won Redbull Football Freestyle competition and hired as a football coach assistant at Everton football academy in Kuwait.
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2009: Studied a diploma in Football coaching in the UK, while I am there I won the Bolton football skills competition and I met my Soulmate.
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2010: Got married. I had no money to continue my university, so I went back to Kuwait to work. I started a small Talent agency managing talent people as well as travelling around the Middle East working as a football freestyler performer.
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2011: I became a business partner of SKELPS football academy coaching and managing over 120 players.
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2013: Became a Dad. I began offering Sports consultation for academies as well as event management companies, helping them secure big events such as; Head and Shoulder Football freestyle competition.
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2015-2017: I re-branded the academy and I opened two locations as well as started my own brand called B1 offering personal football training.
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2018: I started studying an online business and management degree at the University of Essex, then I sold my academy and moved to Singapore with the family. I became a First aid certified and Completed my AFC level C in Coaching.https://www.myactivesg.com/Sports/Find-a-Coach/B/Bilal-Saddik
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2019: I was employed as a part-time Football Coach at Borussia Academy in partnership with well known Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach Coaching players u7's, u9's, u11's, u13's and u15's.
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2020: Selected again by Doctor Melvin at NTU to volunteer as a sport consultant and football freestyle expert at NTU University to create fun sport activities and coach students football skills. In the same year, I was employed by Tanglin Trust school as a Senior PE teacher Assistant.
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2021-2022: I successfully completed my Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Business and Management from the university of Essex. I also passed my AUSTSWIM swimming course, I am officially a swimming teacher. I have successfully completed a practice based International PGCE at the University of Buckingham in Physical Education. at Tanglin Trust School in Singapore and became the first person to win the World Football Legend competition in Singapore.
2023: I was employed as a full time Early Years and Primary PE educator at MIS in Singapore
Testimonials
Hey, I'm
BILAL SADDIK
PE Educator
Sports Educator | ⚽️Football Freestyle champion🏆 | 🎥 Online Content Creator | Dad
Dr Melvin Chen
Bilal is the resident freestyling expert of an NTU Hall 8 Residential Education Freestyling programme that I am currently organizing. From the get-go, Bilal has been able to demonstrate his sheer professionalism, meticulousness and unfailing attention to detail, organizational and leadership abilities, interpersonal skills, and love for the sport. The university students took to him from the very first lesson and have been motivated ever since to constantly improve their freestyling skills and techniques. Bilal possesses a unique abilty to work with learners from all genders and various age groups and skill levels. His patience, creativity in inventing appropriate drills and activities tailored to each participant, pedagogical strengths, and ability to make each session both fun and rewarding are second to none. I cannot recommend Bilal highly enough. If you are looking for a highly skilled, experienced, and top-quality trainer for football or freestyling, look no further!
