posted Feb 28, 2007

Personally, i think the local councils take a lot of responsibility for the lack of sport clubs outside of school. My dad and i have attempted to set up a football team last year, largely for active sort of kids, but who dont play organised sport outside of school. Eventually we,ve been succesful, but have had no support from the local council, and only obstacles, for instance not being allowed to use their local community pitches with insurance that covers 'only' £3 million costs rather than 5. It also doesnt seem to be through lack of funding, as they have just subsidised the local sports centre building new floodlit 5-a-side pitches which they now charge £48 an hour to use, with no concessions for kids!
sorry about length of post just makes me angry

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posted Feb 28, 2007

Maybe we should just let kids get Fat and Lazy ... at least then they wont be able to waddle out and mug people because they will all be in McDonalds !

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Again another stereotypical comment from a 606 user. This talk of today's generation beating up or mugging adults and the eldery has to stop because most of the time it comes from their parents. I know we're getting off subject but if you actually got to know some of these kids you might find them to be either nice people or coming from a troubled background instead of picking up on reports from the Daily Mail or BBC News which likes to over dramatise situations.

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posted Feb 28, 2007

Nuggets,

most of these comments are just people having a laugh

No one actually thinks all 12 year olds are 15 stone muggers surgically connected to a playstation.

As a trend of averages though, kids are heavier than they used to be and diet and exercise seem to be the likley culprits. Not just in the UK either. Asia, Europe and North America are all coming up with the same findings.

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posted Feb 28, 2007

Thanks for putting me on track there but I find it immature that these adults continously make fun of a problem that they are contributing too. If they want a slim Britain then don't feed them junk food! Go buy a Dr. Gillian McKeith's recipe book but let's not make stupid jokes about today's generation because I think you'll find that many children like sport and in my spare time me and my friends don't play computer games around each other's house often, but play football outside. It's an insult to those who actually try and do something with their lives.

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posted Feb 28, 2007

As I have recently left school I would just like to give my opinions.

First of all I think that one thing to blame (especially in our school) is/was the pe curriculem. I remember first starting school and as I looked forward to the sports I enjoyed and could I was forced to do the things I didnt want to do. I was always a large child, and there was nothing that I dreaded more than 2 hours PE when we did cross-country. We spent 2 months of each year running different distances, do you have any idea how much confidence and self esteem is sapped from you after coming last in every simple race. I even asked this question and they said that there was nothing that they could do about it, as the goveernors decide on what to do. In my opinion they should listen to the students.

When I reached my last year we were aloud to choose which sport we wanted and I began to love PE again and I cant help but think that if we were given the choices we wanted then everyone would look forward to this lesson.

AQnother problem was that we werent actually taught anything, therefore the people who were good at sports continued to improve whilst we were just told to keep up with them and help ourselves.

Why is the government or anyone else complaining when things can be done about this. I think ive got a simple remedy to the problem so why are all these politicians and governers sitting, scratching there heads?

Its simple 2, two hour lessons per week. With after school oppurtunities to use facilities and learn. Whilst in the 2 hours of pe pupils/students get to choose from a range of subjects such as Football or Badminton or Swimming.

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posted Feb 28, 2007

>>If they want a slim Britain then don't feed them junk food!

halleluiah

don't know the validity of it, but I read China's child obesity problems skyrocketed after fast food chains moved in.

I did have a taxi driver in Singapore tell me his son who didn't eat McD's was thin like him and the other one was "big and fat".

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posted Mar 1, 2007

there are too many fat kids who cant be bothered moving their lard asses, i blame tim 400. bring back the whip

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posted Mar 4, 2007

Vlads where have you been. How is your Javlin throwing mate steve doing?

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posted Mar 6, 2007

steve is no friend of mine, i pity the fool

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posted Mar 10, 2007

Yes you are right Vlad,
Its all my fault, I personally buy up playgrounds and sports fields(over 300 a year I believe) and support healthy eating via junk food.
I am at the moment writing a seminal paper entitled" How to persuade parents that their child is getting 4 hrs exercise per week"
This involves such chapters as "active play", "jumping about in class during double periods" and "after school clubs".
This is full of rather dubious statistics and lovely graphics (but no big words of course).
I am sure you would like me to reserve you a copy?
A real steal at only £49.99!

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