In Ukraine, there are critically few children involved in sports. This was announced by Serhiy Bykov, Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning and Communications Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, during a special media project by Komersant ukrainskyi
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“Only 8% of our children go in for sports. That is, 92% of Ukrainian children are deprived of the opportunity to play sports. If we’re talking about regular physical activity, I mean not physical education classes, but regular football and basketball,” he said.
At the same time, about 16% of Ukrainian schoolchildren in grades 5-11 do not have any physical activity or do not play sports during the year. These are the results of a sociological study conducted as part of the Ukrainian-Swiss project “Acting for Health”.
At the same time, over 66% of children understand the importance of physical activity and exercise. They are ready to play sports and try something new. More than half of children, 54%, do something regularly.
We would like to remind you that a media special project “Children’s Sport: Business that is impossible without …” was recently held in Kyiv.
It was attended by Vadym Drobashko, owner of the Shakhtar Football School franchise, Olena Gulyamova, professional basketball player, entrepreneur and mother of four, Oleksiy Trofimov, professional boxer, winner of the World Amateur Championship (1999), multiple champion of Ukraine, coach and founder of the Oleksiy Trofimov Boxing School, Oleksiy Martynenko, head of the private sports school “Academy of Sports A” of the educational network A; Serhiy Frolov, professional swimmer, international medallist, Olympian, coach; Anna Rizatdinova, gymnast, coach, Olympic bronze medallist, owner of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy in Kyiv; and Vlad Sotnikov, producer of the football club of stars FC Maestro.
The project also discussed ways to develop children’s sports in Ukraine.