Green, Ken2009-04-292009-04-292004-05Green, K. (2004). Physical education, lifelong participation and 'the couch potato society'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 9(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408980420002081331740-898910.1080/1740898042000208133http://hdl.handle.net/10034/66574This journal article is not available through ChesterRep.This article discusses the need to encourage continuing participation in sport and physical activity by young people through catering for their preferences through a wider range of activities in more informal and individual and small-group settings. Consequently, school PE lessons would need to focus on 'optional', recreational, lifestyle-oriented sports and physical activities, rather than competitive, performance-oriented sport.enphysical educationparticipationlifestyle activitiesArticle1742-5786Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy