One in four children class playing video
games as "exercise", survey finds
23 per cent of young people surveyed
viewed playing video games as a form
of exercise raising fears that young
people are becoming "hostages to
handheld devices":
30 "technology plays heavily in the lives of
young people" this fondness for gadgets
should not be taken as a sign of young
people's closed-mindedness to other forms
of social activity."
One in four British children believe that
playing video games is a form of exercise
according to a new report which warns that
sport in schools is at a "critical crossroads".
35 The report concludes: "There is no resisting
the march of technology. Policymakers can
feel nostalgic for a time before the challenges
new connected technologies have brought in
engaging young people, or they can harness
40 these technologies to their advantage."
10 Youth Sport Trust, a national charity which
promotes physical education and sport,
warned that young people risk becoming
"hostages to handheld devices" after
surveying 1,000 children aged between five
15 and 16.
The survey found that while three quarters
of children say they enjoy PE lessons and 40
per cent want to play more sport, 23 per
cent of children thought that "playing a type
20 of computer game with friends is a type of
exercise.
"In order to get children active from a
young age, a more holistic approach* to PE
is needed, one which integrates technology
and the delivery of a seamless, intuitive and
45 digitally enhanced form of physical activity."
Ali Oliver, Chief Executive of the Youth
'Sport Trust who has worked in education
and sports development for 20 years, said:
"I think that we're starting to see changes in
50 the way that primary schools are looking at
and thinking about PE and sport, to see it
much more as part of the holistic education
of the child rather than a kind of bolt on,
extra-curricular programme which I think.
55 if the investment continues, probably in
the next two to four years, we will see an
increase in participation in primary schools
as a result."
The survey forms part of a study called "The
Class of 2035", which warns that PE lessons
in schools are crucial in order "to avoid a
25 physically and socially disengaged future
generation, over dependent on technology."
It is suggested that schools should look
for ways to incorporate technology into
sports lessons and explains that although

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