Surely we all know the slogan that sports lead to health (and permanent disability). And although this slogan has been around for years, it is no secret that children are getting less and less physical activity. One thing that should remedy this in some small way is physical education, which is compulsory in elementary and junior high schools. However, it is worth examining whether physical education is achieving its goals.

Of course, one hour of physical education per week cannot be expected to replace traditional physical activity. The purpose of physical education is to expose children to a variety of sports and physical activities and to get them enthusiastic about some of them. They should also be taught the basics of exercise, such as warming up and stretching before playing sports. Unfortunately, they seem to fail miserably in this regard. 17]

In the majority of cases, children who are physically gifted and already playing some sport are fine, but children who are However, children who are still in the exploratory phase are more likely to be discouraged in this respect. Several factors contribute to this. [The most important is the teacher. Teachers often do not know what appropriate physical activity should look like, much less how to get children excited about it. They also treat physical education as an unimportant minor subject or, on the contrary, strictly adhere to a grade point average that students must meet, regardless of their physical condition or ability.

The fact that failure is always in view of the whole class does not make matters much worse. In this way, the failures are essentially humiliated over and over again in front of others, and it is no wonder that they become a laughingstock.So this is certainly not the path that modern physical education should take. It would be much better if it were led by experienced professionals. Unfortunately, that will not be the case for the foreseeable future.