Future of Sports for Kids?

What is the future of Sports for Kids?

Is it never going to be the way it was when we grew : lush, green outfields. Lots of open space. Multiple games going around, kids making up rules as they go etc etc.

In India: It does seem like this is increasingly another of our so-called "glorious past"! Given the changing urban landscape, haphazard planning and lack of focus on kids, play spaces are disappearing.

But thats not the point of this post. Given the change, what does it mean for our kids - and what will the future be? Tempting to write: "Que sera sera" - but for all the reasons that most of us know (and some listed in earlier posts), it is important to pay attention to this.

If we assume space (or a lot of it) is not going to be easily available, do we let kids just stop playing? One way of measuring value of something is to imagine life without it! Are you ok with your kids not playing from this point onwards?
Most people vigorously reject the idea.
If that is true, and we dont have spaces, what do we do to ensure that kids still get the health and fitness - as well as the social skills that they learn *only* through mediums like sport. Not in their classroom.

Is it time to think through a radical redesign of apartment complexes - such that there are multiple configurable playspaces?

Is it time to design a "magic box" that converts your kids bedroom into an activity zone?

Or will the future be played in front of the television through Wii? Maybe.

Dont know the answer - but clearly, there is a problem to be solved - and hence an opportunity!