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Felix Neureuther vehemently calls for more exercise in school.
The ski star denounces the developments and criticizes politics.
Munich – It is not the first time that Felix Neureuther has spoken about the topic of exercise in German schools, but he never tires of emphasizing the importance of it.
In his ARD podcast “Pizza & Fries”, Neureuther spoke again with ex-Bundesliga coach Manuel Baum about the lack of exercise among children – and also criticized politics.
Felix Neureuther makes it clear: “Our system is so extremely rigid”
“Because our system is so extremely rigid, because the bureaucracy is so extremely complicated, it takes a long time to implement something,” said Neureuther in the podcast.
In the meantime, five different people are responsible for the issue and nothing is happening.
“For some it is more important, for others it is not so important.
And then he puts it back there.
That’s actually what makes me so upset, to be honest,” said Neureuther.
It's about the children and it's about the future.
“It’s about the health of the children.
You can combine everything wonderfully: exercise, creativity and education.
“But the colonels just don’t get it yet,” he also blamed politicians.
“At some point we have to try to find a solution so that we have a sensible system for the most important people who exist in our country.
And those are the children.” Neureuther is the father of three children himself.
Felix Neureuther criticizes the fact that children don't move enough in schools.
© Fabian Fruehwirth/imago
Movement in schools: Ex-Bundesliga coach takes politics to task
Former Bundesliga coach Manuel Baum can only agree with Neureuther on the subject.
“If I really want to promote the topic, then there have to be guidelines that have to be adhered to.
“That is the task of education policy,” he said in the “Pizza & Fries” podcast.
You have to have a vision and then implement it.
“Then I have to build a strategy and design all the regulations so that that happens.
Anything else is just lip service and won’t work,” said Baum.
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Children in Germany don't move enough
According to a WHO study, 88 percent of girls and 80 percent of boys in Germany between the ages of 11 and 17 do not exercise enough.
The WHO recommends that children and adolescents engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity at moderate to high intensities every day.
However, exercise in schools is not the only topic on which Felix Neureuther has a clear opinion - he is particularly concerned about digitalization in children's rooms.
“Our oldest just started school.
If it is then recommended that you get a tablet for your child to learn to write, I have to say clearly: Sorry, I'm out of that," he said in a recent interview with the Austrian portal
today.
(msb)