The politics of school sport
There is a long history of political intervention in the UK to encourage sports participation. In 1960, the Wolfenden report, Sport and the Community led by Sir John Wolfenden, was released. One of its...
Olympic legacy for sale
The upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games has primarily been sold to the public with two arguments:
That the games will provide economic benefits
That the games will increase sports participation
The government is quite keen to publicise...
Poster on validating exercise measures in the BCS70
I recently presented this poster at the internal IOE poster conference for a piece of work that provides evidence for the validity of simple exercise measures available in the BCS70 during adult waves. It shows...