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Read the attached article and give your opinion on whether the UK's Government is giving up on sport or continuiing to raise the importance of being physically active.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/basketball-youre-completely-demolishing-olympic-legacy-124508640.html
11 Comments
Charlotte white
1/30/2013 07:01:34 pm
The fact that the government are scrapping the 2 hour per week is not only going I increase the levels of obeasity which are increasingly worrying already, but it's reducing the chance of kids following in the footsteps of sporting heroes such as mo Farrah and Victoria Pendleton. The majority of sporting conversations arrise from pe lessons and the foundations hobbies and even future career prospects. I feel that the aspect of cutting te 2 hour per week participation in sport isn't damaging the legacy of the Olympics but the reactions of the Olympic and Paralympic athletes contradicting the government is what's causing the damage.
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Georgie
2/6/2013 02:18:51 am
I think by scrapping the requirements for pupils to do 2 hours of PE a week has had an impact on the Olympic legacy as at school you should get the opportunity to try all different sports and choose a sport to specialise in if you want to. The Olympics has tried to bring about all the different sports that everyone can play included able-bodied people and people with disabilities to try, but by somes schools not having any compulsory PE lessons has stopped the younger generations being able to get involved in new sports and can increase the obesity rates in younger children.
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Charlotte S
2/6/2013 03:05:42 am
I agree with Georgie with scrapping the 2 hours of PE a week had a huge impact on Olympic legacy. I think this because if children don't get the opportunity to do different sports at a young age, they aren't likely to have the opportunity later in life,. Therefore, won't know different sports to participate in because they won't have experienced them. In the Olympics, they had many sports that people haven't heard of before or experienced (e.g. Fencing) which were sports for both able-bodied and people with disabilities. In my opinion, UK's Government is giving up on sport after the Olympics because there is no legacy from the Olympics and if the 2 hours of PE got scraped in the UK then the younger generation will be less involved in sport and won't have the motivation to find new clubs to do a sport they like. Furthermore, by having less PE lessons a week, obesity levels can rise for children!
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steph
2/7/2013 08:35:36 pm
I think that by the government cutting the hours of pe in scools it will affect the sustainable legacy of the olympics. This is because if children dont get to experiance different sports then they arent going to take it up outisde of school, and the less heard of sports will suffer as seen with basketball. By stopping the 2 hours being compulsory children arent going to appreciate elte sportmen and disabled athletes for how hard they have to train and wont aspire to be like them as they dont know the back gorund of the sport as they wouldnt have played it.
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James
2/10/2013 06:06:25 am
I think that the government cutting the hours of pe in school required will cause bigger problems for overfat and obesity. It will lead to schools requiring students to do less pe per week so students don't get the same oppurtunities when growing up to experience a range of sports. Also the fact they are scrapping some funding for sports like basketball before the next olympics will mean that them athletes may stuggle with money. This may lead to them players dropping out of the team to get another job so he has an inflow of money. What kind of a legacy does that leave for kids? I think they made the wrong decision by scrapping the hour of pe and cutting funding for sports
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dan pogson
2/10/2013 04:23:51 pm
The stopping of 2 hours of pe will have an adverse effect on the youth of our population due to not getting enough exercise. This also means that there may be less participation in sport meaning there may be less sports performers in the future for the Olympics.
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Chris
2/11/2013 12:34:50 am
The motto for the London Olympics was "Inspire a Generation." As explained in the article the government are cutting down on PE hours, this a massive contradiction. The whole of the UK was convinced that the Olympics would bring about a whole new level of participation. However this is clearly not the case and cutting down the hours of PE is only going to decrease participation now and in the future. Children are going to grow up not experiencing different types of sports and as they become adults they will not be able to inspire their children to participate and act as role models as they will not have the fundamental skills to do so. So this will just turn into a never ending cycle.
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Hannah
2/11/2013 04:30:22 pm
Following the Olympics everyone expected a rise in participation, especially with the motto 'inspire a generation' and I think it's fair to say that the young generation have been inspired, seeing such amazing exhibits of sporting talent, however for this generation to go on and have a go, they need the opportunity which comes primarily in the form of the 2 hours compulsory pe. By scrapping this requirement the government are ultimately ruining te legacy of the Olympics and the chances for it in the future as with lower participation generations to come will be affected and these are the next load of Olympic participants.
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David
2/11/2013 08:09:34 pm
I do think that the government are ruining the legacy from the Olympics. This is because major sports such as Basket ball are receiving inadequate funding to help promote the sport in major countries, and around the world. Also the quote 'the proportion of pupils doing two hours of sport a week collapse from 90 per cent under Labour to 50 per cent now' shows that the government isn't doing enough to support the participation of sports and are accepting people becoming lazy.
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Frankie
2/12/2013 06:21:04 pm
Through scrapping the two hours a week of pe, it won't only decrease levels of participation, but may also have an effect on the number of elite performers, as they may not be introduced to the sport in the first place, through popportunities available in school. Also, it will also increase levels of sedentary lifestyles, as for some children, this is the only time when they take part in sport, so scrapping this may increase levels of obesity. People in the UK are encouraged to take part in physical activity, and with young people being a minority group, there should be a focus on them, rather than scrapping the 2 hours a week.
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Hanna Cross
2/22/2013 04:33:52 am
I completely agree that the government are ruining the Olympic legacy, as taking away the funding will only discourage young people from taking part in sports such as basket ball that will have no more funding. This means mass participation will be dramatically decreased leading to more obesity and heart disease than there already is due to a lack of interest in physical activity in extra curricular clubs and maybe even recreation. Further more, the government taking away the 2 hours a week of PE in schools also stops the popularity of basket ball as less young children will develop an interest because of little or no participation due to no curriculum sport. At the moment most schools use basket ball as one of the main sports in the curriculum as it promotes teamwork and gamesmanship, but in my opinion taking away the 2 hours a week of sport will mean the younger generations cannot develop these major skills learnt in team games, such as loyalty and leadership which could damage them in the future.
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