It is incredibly easy to create a bullying atmosphere in eg music as some of the horrendous stories about Chetham's show. The challenge of treating teenagers appropriately when training them for an elite and competitive discipline is one that it not restricted to sport. My favourite thing ever for promoting women's sport and activity at the grassroots level is the This Girl Can campaign. I'm really excited about the growth in women's sport at all levels, including the ways in which sports like cricket and football are really trying to grow the girl's game, and how the women's netball and hockey teams was celebrated in their recent successes.
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The men's game went through the same kind of big step up in fitness and sports science mainly in the 90s, and it's been amazing to see the women's game get the same kind of thought and treatment even without the vast sums of money that are pumped into the men's professional clubs. Posted by The River Ivel at 7:36 AM on August 19 I would ask if it’s fair to put children in this position, where they are trained for a sport they’ll probably be too old to compete in by the time they hit their mid-30s.
We’ve seen scandals in the UK with swimming and cycling training environments being particularly unpleasant, and having to make large scale apologies and alterations. Added to that, the grassroots of both sport and art and been financially underfunded for decades, so while the all-star academies for training football kids might have funding, the local track meet is making do with a bag of haribo and some old band-aids.įinally, the article is clear that the success of the womens team really took off when they started training kids from 12/13 with a special focus on football. Reading the article, I see that there’s been a great investment in training facilities, at a time when the UK museums have been forever to accept more and more sponsorship from dubious organisations. The uk funds sport under the cultural banner, meaning that funding for sport comes out of the pot that supports art as well. I’m very happy for the successful of the women’s football team, and the boost to women’s sport that it’s given the uk.
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