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tobie75 asked Laura Saperstein: "Sportsmen and Women have always been held as positive role models for young people, Amir Khan being an obvious recent example. At the moment there is a government intiative to get girls involved in sport...." Show more »"Sportsmen and Women have always been held as positive role models for young people, Amir Khan being an obvious recent example. At the moment there is a government intiative to get girls involved in sport. Do you think that a female boxer would be a good role model for young people and if so what could they do to get more girls involved in boxing?" Show less »
Laura Saperstein answer: "Yes definitely. As I understand it statistically girls aren’t taking up sport and it’s big problem. I would love to be involved in initiatives such as the one that Kelly Holmes is running for girls. I..." Show more»" Yes definitely. As I understand it statistically girls aren’t taking up sport and it’s big problem. I would love to be involved in initiatives such as the one that Kelly Holmes is running for girls. I was at a conference run by the women’s sport and fitness foundation that the Prime Minister opened recently about the obesity crisis which is a massive problem and will cause a huge strain on the NHS. Not only among girls but we’ve got an ageing population as well. We need to get all women doing enough physical activity. And it’s really important that it’s enjoyable. Sport should have a social aspect too and be something you want to do not have to do. I used to teach a lot of girls only classes and my coach runs a school from my gym which is a government enterprise. I don’t know if more girls are taking up boxing than other sports but I know the sport is growing and I fully intend in my professional career to help girls getting involved in the sport and to promote boxing for women in general. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 1:06:00 PM

tobie75 asked Vivienne Nathanson : "What do you think about boxing being reintroduced into the school curriculum for girls as well as boys?"
Vivienne Nathanson answer: "The inclusion of boxing in the school curriculum is very worrying. While, in schools, it would be non-contact fighting exercises it could encourage more people to take up the full-contact sport outside..." Show more»" The inclusion of boxing in the school curriculum is very worrying. While, in schools, it would be non-contact fighting exercises it could encourage more people to take up the full-contact sport outside school. Inevitably if people take part in “real” boxing they are exposed to the very real possibility of brain damage. The BMA believe there are two main reasons for banning children under the age of 16 years from boxing: • children have little understanding of risk, and are especially likely to underestimate the seriousness and level of risk of chronic brain damage, which develops only after a lag period measured in decades or more • there is no place in contemporary society for a youth sport which has, as its primary goal, the infliction of acute and chronic brain damage on an opponent. The BMA is calling for a ban on children’s boxing due to the severity of the risks involved. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 9:19:24 AM

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