Many PE lessons are failing to improve pupils' fitness, while not enough youngsters are playing competitive sport to a high level, inspectors warned o...
As the London Olympics close no one is doubting they have been a huge success. Team GB have finished an unprecedented third in the medals table, fantastic crowds have turned up to watch, huge television viewing figures have been attracted and people young and old have been inspired to somehow get involved.
School sports provision is patchy in some places at the moment, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted on Monday. To continue the British successes...
When I think about the reasons for not liking sports, my answer comes down to this: school
I'm not suggesting we offer girls different PE. I don't believe our feeble muscles and cosmetic commitments require daintier pursuits, like needlepoint or medium-impact gossiping. No. We should offer ALL kids different PE, if they want it.
PE lessons are putting girls off sport and making them feel self-conscious or uncomfortable, new research suggests. Sport is too competitive, with ...
Children are not being taught the importance, nor the joy, of moving around over sitting over a computer. Team sports can be fun, but too often they turn into a very obvious gauge of success or failure: you're good, you get to go on the top field and play a match. You're not? Well then spend half an hour pushing a ball around with a stick.
When I was approached by Dean Callis to start a 12-week personal training program I was overjoyed. The gym just hadn't been cutting it - especially wi...
