Too many public school medal winners?

[DaisyNonna]

What do people expect? From the very first state school children are positively encouraged not to outdo their classmates. School sports are "everyone is a winner". P.E. in secondary schools teachers are expected to teach other subjects, not just specialise in P.E. Most first and middle school children have P.E. taught by their class teacher, not a specialist.

[DTCwordfan]

That's not a representative sample. ety - anyone can come up with lists of those medallists who have been to private or state schools, so stop coming out with boll-cks.

The issue is to encourage sport to all, then the identification of raw talent and its nurturing through resources, coaches, medical support and all the rest, just as it is for other skills. The US have a far better streaming system in their schools and there is a far higher chance for finding raw talent to then bring it on, built around schools, clubs and camps. I have one daughter over there high up in ice-skating at a very young age..... Our nearest rink down here is Plymouth, 60 miles away. Her reserve sport is archery...

[craft1948]

Pasta.............you'll have to watch the race to appreciate what I said.