The Korea Mountain Federation develops a 2025 youth sports foundation project through AR climbing

Dec 03, 2025

Courtesy of the Korea Mountain Federation

The Korea Mountain Federation (Chairman Cho Jwa-jin) is promoting the expansion of participation in school sports using AR climbing as a 「2025 Youth Sports Foundation Construction Project」.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Sports Promotion Foundation, the Korean Mountain Federation is promoting the '2025 Youth Sports Foundation Foundation Project'. In order to improve student fitness and expand the base of sports climbing, AR climbing provides opportunities to participate in school physical education.

About 4,000 students (accumulated number) from 20 elementary schools nationwide participate in this project, and it is characterized by AR (augmented reality)-based sports climbing programs tailored to elementary school students' eyes so that they can learn safely inside the school.

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In particular, it aims to increase the participation rate of physical activity and improve physical strength through customized programs that take into account the stage of physical development of youth. Students can use game-type content to naturally improve basic physical strength such as muscle strength, flexibility, quickness, and heart and lung endurance, and experience the charm of sports climbing easily and interestingly.

The '2025 Youth Sports Foundation Building Project' is operated in four areas: ▶ development of customized modified sports models for juveniles and supplementation and simulation of educational programs ▶ briefing sessions and job training for teachers ▶ distribution of school sports classes and support for supplies ▶ holding regional competitions for participating school students.

This year, in particular, we developed and proceeded with customized fitness improvement contents based on exercise data. It measures and analyzes individual student exercise to compensate for insufficient physical strength factors, and provides individual training programs linked to the School Physical Fitness Assessment (PAPS).

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Regional competitions will also be held for participating students. Six representative students from 20 schools will hold offline preliminary rounds from the 1st to the 5th, and the online finals will be held from the 12th. A total of eight schools from the preliminary round will participate to determine the ranking by summing up the scores of six students from each school, and awards will be given to the first to third-place schools.

Cho Jwa-jin, chairman of the Korea Mountain Federation, said "We will work hard to revitalize school sports and spread a healthy sports culture so that students can easily and enjoy climbing at school."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.