Section A- Competitive sports
In the text”Competitive sport for children at heart of Olympics legacy” from 2012, released just after the Olympic Games in London the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that competitive and individual sports will be in much more focus. Competitive sports will be a permanent part of the new primary school curriculum which will require every child in primary school to join competitive team sport. The government’s aim is to for all schools to take part of the school games which is a very important part of the encouragement of competitive sports. They are willing to give every pupil the chance to take part in the Olympic also handicapped children will be able to join the Paralympics. Over one billion will be spent over five years for youth sport, local sport venues will be upgraded and thousands of links will be made between sports club and schools. David Cameron concludes by saying that he wants to end the over competitive culture and let children enjoy and play the sports from a young age so they can pursue their dreams. 2.
Are mandatory competitive sports in primary schools a good idea? The British government thinks so and believes that all kids should be active in competitive sports and its healthy for kids, the government has invested a lot of money on this project and is convinced that sport is the only way forward, whereas Matthew green on the other hand think that it is a bad idea. He used to hate sports in prep school and believes that he was just something for other people to show off against. Winning only goes to those with a certain mental and physical aptitudes Matthew says, you shouldn’t be forced into something you don’t want to, if you don’t have right attitude towards sports it’s going to be painful. The retired British rower Sir Steve Redgrave is somewhere in between. Redgrave believes in competitive sports but it has to be done the right way so that kids are enjoying the sports and having fun, sport is not...
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