“The recommendation from the World Health Organization is 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity per day. This has a significant impact on the healthy growth and development of children and adolescents. It improves their fitness, thinking, learning, and decision-making abilities. However, we have heard absolutely no appeal to the children of this state, really at all. In some cases, even the parents have resigned themselves,” he said in a press release Zdenek Ertlchairman of the Association of Sports Associations of the Czech Republic.

According to the latest survey by the SANEP agency, the movement of children’s lives is still experiencing a decline. For example, 12 percent of kids play sports with friends, down four percent compared to 2021. Individually it’s only three percent. “It is evident from this that spontaneous sport is disappearing and the greatest responsibility lies with the sports clubs, divisions and, more specifically, coaches, coaches or instructors.” Ertl added. According to him, what is very concerning is the increasing number of children who do not do any physical activity at all.

According to the Association of Sports Associations of the Czech Republic, the state must intervene in this matter. Approximately 74 percent of parents feel a certain passivity from the state in this regard. “For more and more people, and especially children, movement is no longer a self-evident phenomenon. Together with the coordination of the country, we must stop this negative trend,” added the chairman.