Playing sport is not enough In 2014, The Heart Foundation’s Active Healthy Kids Australia published a report, Is sport enough? 2014 report card on physical activity are low and declining. Also noted that “many physical activity for children and young people.9 Modelled on Australian children and young people, even those who a Canadian initiative, this report provides information on the participate in sport and meet physical activity guidelines, are physical activity and sedentary behaviours of Australia’s engaging in levels of recreational electronic screen use and children and young people. The report concludes that “while other sedentary behaviours that are likely to adversely affect it is encouraging that a large number of children are their health, growth and development”. obtaining some of their weekly physical activity from The Report Card rates young Australians a d- for overall organised sport, we need to ask ‘Is sport enough?”. The physical activity levels and notes that less than 50% of time Report Card results indicate a clear, No, as demonstrated by spent in organised sport is spent in moderate to vigorous overall current physical activity levels, physical fitness and physical activity . For example, during junior sports training obesity levels, participants may spend a significant time taking instruction, While Maroondah’s participation rates in organised sport waiting for a turn, observing a new skill, or discussing game remain high in comparison to Victorian data, participation in tactics with the actual time on task and the intensity of the other forms of unstructured activity being minimal.
Playing sport is not enough In 2014, The Heart Foundation’s Active Healthy Kids Australia published a report, Is sport enough? 2014 report card on physical activity for children and young people.9 Modelled on a Canadian initiative, this report provides information on the physical activity and sedentary behaviours of Australia’s children and young people. The report concludes that “while it is encouraging that a large number of children are obtaining some of their weekly physical activity from organised sport, we need to ask ‘Is sport enough?”. The Report Card results indicate a clear, No, as demonstrated by overall current physical activity levels, physical fitness and obesity levels, While Maroondah’s participation rates in organised sport remain high in comparison to Victorian data, participation in other forms of unstructured physical activity are low and declining. Also noted that “many Australian children and young people, even those who participate in sport and meet physical activity guidelines, are engaging in levels of recreational electronic screen use and other sedentary behaviours that are likely to adversely affect their health, growth and development”. The Report Card rates young Australians a d- for overall physical activity levels and notes that less than 50% of time spent in organised sport is spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity . For example, during junior sports training participants may spend a significant time taking instruction, waiting for a turn, observing a new skill, or discussing game tactics with the actual time on task and the intensity of the activity being minimal.