The benefits of sport participation and physical activity in schools
PE Scholar
JANUARY 11, 2024
Executive Summary Prior research documents that sport participation among secondary school children is associated with various benefits, including
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School sport participation
Learning Through Sport
MARCH 23, 2025
School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,
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