Methods to motivate children to practise physical activity The most recent statistics have proven that children are becoming less involved in sports. Were kids to practise any physical activity regularly, they would feel the benefits that doing exercise entails. In this essay, a couple of ways to motivate young people to practise regular exercise will be broached to address the topic at hand. There can be no doubt that national authorities can help financially to motivate children to do regular exercise. For instance, governing bodies could give cheques to families so they can join sports centres mroe regularly. Nonetheless, these facilities are not only for kids which is a downside as children would rather not do activities with people of different age However, no one would dispute the fact that schools and teaching staff are elements of paramount importance in kids’ lives. Children’s motivation to practise sports would be increased if schools included programmes in which a variety of sports were combined. For instance, basketball and football, tennis and baseball, etc. It would be an original way to show children how to benefit from different physical activities and it would help them learn to teamwork and interact with their classmates. To conclude, schools could succeed satisfactorily in motivating children to practise regular exercise. Conversely, government funding would not be the most effective way as it would not increase kids’ willingness and willpower to practise regular sports.