Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

“[Speaker: Melitta McNarry] I would probably think it's about demonstrating the breadth of opportunities that are out there and not just focusing in on those kind of big-ticket sports that we all, as you say, know more about. But a key component of that is enabling children to have the fundamental movement skills they need to be able to go into a range of different sports. So, we need to be promoting movement, and we need to be developing these competencies in our primary school children so that those options are available to them, because the current situation we're in, something that has yet again been exacerbated by COVID, is that our children have lost the ability to perform what we might consider simple movements. They haven't got the proficiency, and if they haven't got that, they can't then take the next steps in becoming engaged in activity for their own enjoyment, or for their sporting success. So, we really need to take this back down to the level of primary schools and give those practitioners the resources they need to really develop those fundamental skills.”