E81: The long-term problems of sports participation and how to solve them

In the latest Experts in Sport podcast, host Martin Foster is joined by Professor Paul Downward to discuss the UK’s low levels of sport participation. The podcast includes discussions on government policy and its impact on participation rates, and what needs to change to encourage more people to become active. Intro 00:00 Participation rates 7:10 History of monitoring 12:19 How have things changed? 17:27 General trends 22:46 Specific trends 25:57 Fitness industry 30:27 Biggest impact 37:18 Future of policy 39:29 What are we trying to achieve? 50:06 The future 55:04

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