Successes of athletes such as Asher-Smith is inspiring but take-up of activity is more complex
Children should be taught “physical literacy” in the same way they learn to read and write if the gold medal successes of athletes such as Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are to translate into more people getting active, the head of the body tasked with increasing sporting uptake in
England has said.
Tim Hollingsworth, CEO of Sport England, told the Guardian that an “easy narrative” had developed around the
London 2012 Olympics that elite success would ensure greater participation, but that encouraging people – especially women and minority ethnic communities – to take up and continue in sport had proved more complex.