Nagelsmann warns: lack of exercise is burdening the future of our children!

Nagelsmann warns: lack of exercise is burdening the future of our children!

Julian Nagelsmann, the current national coach of the German national team, recently emphasized the importance of popular sports and the sense of community in Germany. On March 23, 2025, he expressed his concern about the increasing lack of exercise among children and adolescents and urgently demanded more sports and leisure activities at the local level. These offers are crucial to offer young people opportunities for active activity and at the same time promote social interaction. Nagelsmann warned that the lack of exercise could not only endanger the health of the young generation, but also to be more likely to be strained by the already burdened health system, so reports Ennepe Ruhr .

In his position as national coach, Nagelsmann sees the need for consistent and permanent investments in the sports infrastructure and health. He particularly emphasized that a rethink was necessary to promote movement, especially in children. At the same time, he explained that physical activity not only increases fitness, but can also favor learning at school. For example, movement can help the children to be easier to do in subjects like math.

Current challenges in sports

Personal experiences from his childhood in Bavaria, in which he was actively in various sports clubs, underpin Nagelsmann's arguments. He regrets that club life is less pronounced today and says that many people are more busy with themselves. "We have to achieve a greater importance for movement and sport in society," demands the trainer and thus addresses a general problem.

The current challenges are further underpinned by studies and reports. An analysis of the Federal Ministry of Health is open that children and adolescents in Germany are less active on average than a few years ago. The reasons are diverse. The main factors include the spread of digital media and an increasingly inactive lifestyle.

The role of popular sports

The promotion of popular sports is not only important to improve health, but also to strengthen social contacts and to promote the sense of community in society. Local sports clubs play an essential role here by creating offers that address children and young people and motivate them to move regularly.

To overcome the challenges, it is important that politics, schools and clubs work together and develop long -term strategies to strengthen popular sports. These measures are necessary to minimize the health and social effects of the lack of movement and to improve the quality of life of the younger generation.