Sport for Business Children and Sport 2021
In order to change behaviour, you have to start at the beginning.
We are more acutely aware than ever before of the importance of physical movement to our physical and mental wellbeing. That applies at every stage of life and the best way to ensure a lifetime devotion to the idea of sport and exercise is to educate our children.
And yet, in 2019 research by Sport Ireland and Sport NI showed that only 17 per cent of children in the Republic of Ireland were achieving the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity.
That same year researchers at DCU led by Dr Stephen Behan published data that revealed that one in four primary school children cannot run properly and less than one in five can throw a ball.
On Thursday, September 9th Sport for Business will host a conference on Children in Sport looking at a number of areas on how this can be improved.
We will talk to the researchers to see where we stand now in 2021 with regard to key metrics on children’s sporting engagement.
We will talk to sporting bodies on programmes they have created to bring children into their sport.
We will talk to advocates for Children in sport
And we will talk to you with an interest in this very important area.
Among our speakers will be Dr Stephen Behan, of the Moving Well – Being Well project at DCU on the importance of Fundamental Movement Skills; Emma Larkin, author of the Izzy Sports series of Children’s books and Paddy O’Reilly creator of the PExpo event for school children.
Here is the full schedule for the morning:
1000: Welcome Comments from Rob Hartnett, Sport for Business
1005: Through the Eyes of a Child – Emma Larkin, Children’s author of Izzy Sports Books
1020: Dare to Believe – Olympic Ideals in the Classroom with Roisin McGettigan
1035: Cúl Camps – Taking Sport into the Summer with Charles Harrison of the GAA
1050: Fundamentals of Movement – Dr Stephen Behan of DCU
1105: Sport in the Wider School Community – Patrick O’Reilly, Co-Founder of PExpo
1120: Creating a Pathway for children – Will Clarke Academy director of the FAI.
1135: Closing Comments and next steps
If you feel this would be of interest to you, register at the link attached and we will see you on the 9th.
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