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Young children are learning generic skills required in any number of sports. Crispin Andrews went to watch them The uninformed observer might find it a bit difficult to follow, let alone appreciate or understand. Are they playing football? Basketball? Rugby? Isn't that how you throw in cricket? Poor children - they must be so confused, no wonder England are so useless at sport if this is how PE is being taught in schools!

The uninformed observer might find it a bit difficult to follow, let alone appreciate or understand. Are they playing football? Basketball? Rugby? Isn't that how you throw in cricket? Poor children - they must be so confused, no wonder England are so useless at sport if this is how PE is being taught in schools!

Yet this is multi-skills, and the whole idea behind this particular session is to help reception children from Bedgrove Infant School in Aylesbury begin to develop some of the underlying physical competencies fundamental to a person's ability to perform in any sport. 'Whatever sport you play, balance, hand-eye co-ordination, sending and receiving a ball, spatial awareness are important, so why not learn these generic skills, together, at an early age?' says Graham Cato, a coach from Sportstoons Ltd. This local company is delivering the session as part of a wider package of school and community-based coaching activity for children aged between four and 14.

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