From the Torygraph:
UK Sport chief: Primary pupils 'unable to run or jump'
Thousands of “physically illiterate” children are starting secondary education unable to throw a ball, catch, jump or run, according to the head of UK Sport.
Rising numbers of pupils can “hardly move” at the age of 11 because of a lack of specialist PE teachers in primary schools, it was claimed.
Baroness Campbell said there was a danger that the Olympic legacy may be wasted as schools fail to convert a wave of goodwill towards sport into actual participation.
In other news, the ECB announced today that '"physical illiterates"' 'unable to throw a ball, catch, jump, or run' are being offered central contracts to field at slip for England.
Thousands of “physically illiterate” children are starting secondary education unable to throw a ball, catch, jump or run, according to the head of UK Sport.
Rising numbers of pupils can “hardly move” at the age of 11 because of a lack of specialist PE teachers in primary schools, it was claimed.
Baroness Campbell said there was a danger that the Olympic legacy may be wasted as schools fail to convert a wave of goodwill towards sport into actual participation.
In other news, the ECB announced today that '"physical illiterates"' 'unable to throw a ball, catch, jump, or run' are being offered central contracts to field at slip for England.