Q&A with Gabby Logan on sport for kids - ANSWERS BACK

[RachelMumsnet]

Broadcaster Gabby Logan is joining us this week for a Q&A on children and sports. Gabby is an ambassador for Lloyds TSB's National School Sport Week which is hoping to get as many schools as possible participating and offer parents and children a chance to win tickets to London 2012 and carry the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. A former international gymnast, Gabby has worked as a sports broadcasters since 1996. She hosts many programmes for BBC Sport, mainly focusing on football as well as a lunchtime show on BBC Radio 5 Live. Gabby is married to former Scottish international rugby player husband Kenny and has five?year old twins. Gabby has recently been in the news speaking out about the effect of super-injunctions having been on the receiving end of unfounded twitter speculation.

Send your questions to Gabby on how we can encourage children to participate in sport both at home and in school, how to deal with children who excel in sports and those who are reluctant to engage, as well as her life as a broadcaster and mother.

[GabbyLoggon]

a cekicker thanks for posting. I thought mrs logan was playing safe. She has experience of people who are very keen, like herself. I think she needs to broaden her outlook. The things gabby thinks are cutand dried are often a matter of opinion. Get real gabby, NOT just competitive. I will be writing to schools.

[Acekicker]

Meh - am not hugely impressed with her answers - she has a huge amount of experience in sport one way or another and pretty much all her answers seem to be shoehorning in references to the Olympics or the Lloyds thing. I'm disappointed particularly with her Sports and Special Needs answers - a bit of reasearch (rather than just puffing what the Olympics and Lloyds PR's told her) would have discovered that coaching qualifications in a lot of sports include mandatory training in inclusiveness for all.

My experience is limited to one sport (cricket) but even our entry level coaching qualifications include sessions on how to adapt coaching for children with Special Needs - rather than just telling everyone 'the government should do something but in the meantime you've got Lloyds week and the Olympics' she could have been much more positive and listed specific sports that focus on inclusiveness.

[GabbyLoggon]

Gabby plays it like a royal princess never expain, never complain bless

[GabbyLoggon]

I think you should get in quick before this site goes

[GabbyLoggon]

re
Last post. I think clothes are a very large part of Gabby Logans career strategy. More model than broadcaster. I nicknamed her the "Queen Mother of Broadcasting" because of the limited amount she said on her noon 5-live prog. Like QM GL realised words can explode in your face. Her silences make her interesting not in a Harold Pinter type way; more bunny with nous. There seems so little to what she says; yet I could write a little book about her. She walks the tightrope of fame skilfully; but unexcitingly.

If logan thinks I am being a but unfair. I would remind her that my favourite phone-in presenter had the following slogan "I dont care what you call me, but call me" thats bravery

If I had been masnger at 5-live you Gabby precious would have been taking calls straight off the line. WOW

[lljkk]

Oooh! My question was first one answered [preen preen] (saddo)
I never thought Gabby looked like that.

[GabbyLoggon]

Ryan did not get a mention. Its bizarre. Becks was a fanatic for after hours practice. Some players practice in the pub. I think the structure at the top of footie is fatally flawed. (But I cant see anything being done about it. )
When I was a little old boy I worshipped footballers. I have swung to writers in later life. I remember the cup final around 1948...ah yes, I remember it well

[Cortina]

Re: Theo Walcott, whilst I am no football expert many I think would agree it's his lightening pace that sets him apart rather than superior ball skills & goal scoring ability. He'd won prizes for 100m quite early on and had the right 'hardware' to be a runner. So you could argue that both Walcott & Faldo do indeed fit with Matthew Syed's theories.

[GabbyLoggon]

it seemed low and routine advice mrs logan gave. By contrast a lot of PE teachers are whizz bang characters. I thought Gabby was low key in public and a feisty character in private. Her impressive career would suggest that.
So the jury is out on "mrs exercise" I would love to meet her one day. She could do the modern thing and buy me a martini and lemonaide. cheers

[Cortina]

Great to hear back from Gabby. She mentions that Nick Faldo disproves Matthew Syed's belief that talent is often a myth/hidden practice as Faldo came to the game relatively late.

Apparently he was known in the golf world for his unusual amount of practice: In the mid-1980s, Faldo decided to take drastic action to make himself a better player. He decided to change his swing, which many observers had considered a pretty, long swing. Faldo believed it was unreliable, and used too much wrist. With the help of coach David Leadbetter, Faldos's swing became more efficient, compact, and tight. To accomplish his goal, he hit 1,500 practice balls a day?(this quote comes from his biography I believe)

[RachelMumsnet]

Here's the transcribed Q&A

Gabby Logan Q&A

[GabbyLoggon]

I hope she has a lot of "in my opinion" in her answers....will add credibility

[GabbyLoggon]

Put out more flags I thought she would be in my county today. But a Minister bloke came instead.....one sided story

[RachelMumsnet]

Sorry for delay - we do have Gabby's answers back and the transcribed Q&A should be ready by tomorrow latest.

[swanker]

Am I going mad? Are there any answers yet?

[tjacksonpfc]

Shame she doesn't answer her questions on here so quick lol.

[GabbyLoggon]

Gabby does post regularly on twitter

[tjacksonpfc]

Maybe as its olympic linked we don't get the answers till 2012

[Cattleprod]

Any news from Gabby yet?

[tjacksonpfc]

MNHQ is there any signs of the responses yet or any idea when they might arrive?

[ScousyFogarty]

One is inclined to laugh out loud. Is it a later than usual aPRIL . fOOLS JOKE. (ITS PURE STEWART LEE )bUT NOT AS FUNNY.

[SameAsYou]

Look forward to the responses!

[RachelMumsnet]

Hi Scousy - We've sent all the answers over to Gabby and will create a transcribed Q&A page as soon as we have her answers back. You can see all transcribed Q&As here.

Mumsnet Q&As

When it's ready, we will be linking to the Q&A from this page and across the site. Hope that clears things up for you but do let us know if you have any other questions on how they work.

[ScousyFogarty]

Are we supposed to have answers on this site. Have I misunderstood something?If its just a general knockabout why does not everyone join in? I would like to be told the nature of Q and A I thought I was a world expert on mumsnet