Some associations divide children into different teams even before they are teenagers. Photo: TT
Some children who play sports
may be selected for
to get extra exercise.
They get to be on a better team
than other children.
The coaches believe
that those children can
become particularly good at sports,
better than other children.
So it can be
in, for example, football.
But research
shows that it is wrong.
It is impossible to know
what children will be
good at a sport.
The important thing is
that the children continue
keep doing sports for a long time.
Many children can stop playing sports
if they are divided
in good and bad teams
early in life.
Researchers write that
in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
Now the government wants to make sure
that children are not selected
way too early.
The government wants to
sports federation, RF,
will check it.
The Confederation RF gives money
to many associations
for sport in Sweden.
RF already has rules
that children under the age of 13
shall not be divided
in special groups.
But it is not certain
that all associations
follows the rules.
Therefore, the government wants
that the association must now do
better controls.
The union must tell the government
how they ensure that
the associations follow the rules.
That’s how it will be from next year,
says the government.
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