Parents important help

Young professional athletes: “It doesn’t work without family”

Why should you as a parent be a sports partner for your children in the broadest sense? Because you can't do it without support, as the two pros Samy (13) and Ruth (16) know.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/stock.adobe.com/S. Schober)

The older children get, the more screen time they spend and the less they want to exercise: This is shown by the "Children and Youth Report 2024". But this trend can be counteracted: as a family, for example. We spoke to two young local athletes about their motivation.

The fact that with exercise from an early age and the support of the family, children can stay on the ball when it comes to sport and exercise is shown not least by young local athletes. What do they have in common? Exercise and the joy of it right from the start. This was also the case with mountain bike pro and "Masters of Dirt" participant Samy Louis Fernbach (13) from Vienna and Upper Austrian ski racer Ruth Schweighofer (16).