Spent yesterday with the team from ProActive West London exploring the future role of the County Sport Partnership (or County Sport and Physical Activity Partnership as they might soon be known).
Really inspiring presentation from Justyn Price at England Squash and Racketball, with highlights from their Whole Sport Plan. The future for squash and racketball in the UK looks incredibly exciting. Interesting to note that 38% of their facilities are in Local Authority sites and 8.3% in Higher Education and they are looking to focus on these areas to assist venues in maximising usage.
It was also really refreshing to hear from an NGB that clearly recognises and celebrates the demographics of its participants. Of those currently playing squash 82% are male, 51% are aged over 35 and those in the higher social bands outperforming all other sports by 12%.
With so much focus on getting children, women, SMEs and those from deprived areas involved in sport, it's easy to forget that increased levels of physical activity benefit everyone's health. In the Active People survey over half a million people play squash, with an impressive 380,000 stating that they would be interested in playing in the future.
England Squash and Racketball are also developing programmes to appeal to a wider audience, with programmes for young women like 'squashaerobics', which include a group workout on court activity followed by basic racquet skills.
England leading the world squash rankings. If their other development managers are anything like Justyn Price then I have no doubt that squash and racketball will meet its goal to become on of the country's best known sports by 2012.
Really inspiring presentation from Justyn Price at England Squash and Racketball, with highlights from their Whole Sport Plan. The future for squash and racketball in the UK looks incredibly exciting. Interesting to note that 38% of their facilities are in Local Authority sites and 8.3% in Higher Education and they are looking to focus on these areas to assist venues in maximising usage.
It was also really refreshing to hear from an NGB that clearly recognises and celebrates the demographics of its participants. Of those currently playing squash 82% are male, 51% are aged over 35 and those in the higher social bands outperforming all other sports by 12%.
With so much focus on getting children, women, SMEs and those from deprived areas involved in sport, it's easy to forget that increased levels of physical activity benefit everyone's health. In the Active People survey over half a million people play squash, with an impressive 380,000 stating that they would be interested in playing in the future.
England Squash and Racketball are also developing programmes to appeal to a wider audience, with programmes for young women like 'squashaerobics', which include a group workout on court activity followed by basic racquet skills.
England leading the world squash rankings. If their other development managers are anything like Justyn Price then I have no doubt that squash and racketball will meet its goal to become on of the country's best known sports by 2012.
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