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Figures reveal why children in NZ don't play sport

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 17 Nov 2019, 2:02PM
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Figures reveal why children in NZ don't play sport

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 17 Nov 2019, 2:02PM

Figures show that a competitive nature of sports is pushing New Zealand kids out of exercise.

50 per cent of children don't play any form in sports. 70 per cent of those figures show that kids had played sport but had dropped out. 

Biomechanist Greg Pain joined Andrew Dickens to talk about the disconnect between the parents and coaches and the children themselves that is contributing to the low turnout. 

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