view on 'upping' school sports competitiveness tended to say that: Putting too much emphasis on winners and losers would turn some students off of sports, particularly those with weaker athletic abilities who could have their self-confidence harmed by an overly competitive culture in schools sports. You argued it was more important for school children to be able to find a sport that they are reasonably good at and enjoy doing. Some of you suggested that introducing individual, non-competitive sports, such as Zumba and yoga to the PE curriculum, would help increase physical activity in schoolchildren. " Life is full of winners and losers. Competitive Sport should prepare children for the realities of life. Be ambitious enough to win and be gracious in losing" AJ " Life is a competition and it's good to try to perform to one's best . Despite being the fat kid who always came last, I am still competitive and always try for little victories" Tracey, Aylesbury " We need competitive sports to make children aware that life is competitive . We also need to breed a new generation of competitive young people to take British sport to next level " Alex B, Keighley "Sport is an activity that's good for the health and if taught correctly encourages young people to continue doing something active. In increasing the emphasis on competition it introduces them to the concept of having to work to win " Anon " Too much mollycoddling in schools -- kids need to learn