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Play Their Way created some incredible opportunities for young people around historic sporting events in 2025 to continue encouraging coaches, organisations and people to champion every child's voice, choice and journey in sport and physical activity. Ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup @playtheirway headed to Broughton Park Rugby Club to host a session for a group of 25 young female players.

🤔 How do you get feedback from the children you coach? 🎈 @EnergiseMe_ - one of our #PlayTheirWay Community Builder organisations - did it using balloons! 💬 What's the most creative way you've ever received feedback from a child or young person?

Dorney Boat Club coach Hannah Vines, who won the 2024 UK Coaching Community Coach of the Year (Children & Young People) Award, shares how they set expectations with parents from the start that their club is focused on fun and development: bit.ly/3JJwjme

400 coaches 🧢 1000s of children 🤸 Just a snippet of feedback from the children who attended sessions as part of our coach engagement pilot - including 9 clubs, coaching organisations and Active Partnerships - who are building strong communities of child-first coaches 🌱

When children enjoy sport, they’re more likely to stay active for life ⚽🏉🎾 That’s why we’re proud to support the @playtheirway campaign, which offers free resources to help you champion a child-first approach. 👉 Find out more and join the movement: playtheirway.org

Physical literacy 🤝 Activity level Why does this positive relationship matter? - Children and young people with no positive attitudes are less likely to be active than those with one positive attitude. Those with three or four positive attitudes are the most likely to be active. Read more on #ActiveLives sportengland.org/news-and-inspi…

Coach Ali at @CatleapsGC shares why he thinks learning and having fun is more important than winning, and how he instills those same values in the children he coaches 👏 bit.ly/49QPupn

Brilliant news... children across England are getting moving more 🤸 We strongly believe this is partly thanks to the work of thousands of parents and coaches who support children to get active in a way they enjoy. There's still a long way to go, but we're seeing progress🙌

We're here to support every coach 👏 Part of that is making sure our website and resources are accessible to all by using the @ReciteMe Assistive Toolbar - here are 5 of their tips on making your digital content more accessible. #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities

💭 How do you tailor your coaching for neurodivergent children and young people? This is the first article in a three-part series created with Neurodiverse Sport on athletes with ADHD, starting with Zane’s story and his mother Claire’s advocacy: bit.ly/4roKnTF

🎞️ Highlights from our #PlayTheirWay coach engagement day with @BritGymnastics last week, with special guest Olympian @maxwhitlock1! We did education on children’s rights in sport from @UNICEF_uk and a child-first coaching session led by British Gymnastics coach developers 🤸

"Sport and physical activity improves health and wellbeing for everyone, but for children and young people it delivers a ‘triple dividend’." @StreetGames head of knowledge and insight blogs on our latest Social Value of Sport and Physical Activity report, as well as the need to ensure all children and young people have access to the benefits of being active. Read more: sportengland.org/blogs/closing-… #SocialValueReport25

This makes me very happy. Well done @TheRFL rugby-league.com/article/64414/… So pleased @playtheirway continues to grow across youth coaching. @EnglandFutsal are ready to join the party😉

On the #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities next week, we're hosting a coach catch-up hosted by @AllForActivity focused on inclusive coaching strategies for children with disabilities and additional needs 💙 Join us on Wed 3 Dec from 4:00–5:00pm: bit.ly/47haXGk

Play Their Way 🤝 @BritGymnastics Yesterday, gymnastics coaches came together to grow their child-first coaching practice, with a session led by their coach developers & Olympian @maxwhitlock1! Download our free resources for gymnastics coaches: bit.ly/3XhkhUQ

We have published a new report that found only 3% of young disabled people meet the Chief Medical Officers’ recommended 60 minutes of daily activity. But what stops them being active? A few key themes were identified. Read the full report on our research page.

🎉 Congrats to all! To celebrate hitting 10,000 #PlayTheirWay members earlier this year, we held a creative competition 🎨 our winners are... 🏆 1st place (Ks1): Elise (age 7) 🏆 1st place (Ks2): Seb (age 9) -- 🏅 2nd place (Ks1): Ezra (age 7) 🏅 2nd place (Ks2): Zara (age 11)

Rugby Football League 🤝 Play Their Way 🫡 The RFL are proud to become the first governing body and sport in the UK to partner with @playtheirway to transform the way children and young people take part in rugby league. Find out more here - bit.ly/4422vsH

📢 My day, my rights! Today is #WorldChildrensDay; some of the brilliant young people who make up the Youth Advisory Board from Children's Coaching Collaborative (CCC) member StreetGames share what the day means to them 🙌