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COVID-19 Versus University Students Physical Activity

Received: 31 May 2021     Accepted: 10 June 2021     Published: 3 September 2021
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PURPOSE: The aim of the paper is to present the results of a recent research survey (February 2021) in a broader context of the issue to determine whether university students devote themselves as much as possible to specific sports and physical activities even at the time of the ongoing pandemic associated with the spread of COVID-19. METHODS: To meet the objectives of the research survey, the method of questioning – an online questionnaire – was chosen. The total number of the university students who were addressed was 1164, 530 first-year students answered. The questionnaires were subjected to the statistical classification of the first-level data. RESULTS: The results of the research confirmed that first-year students of all VSB-TUO faculties, who as graduates of the relevant secondary school could no longer complete the subject Physical Education due to pandemic measures, preferred unorganized physical activities in accordance with the situation, such as walks, including walking the dog. 34.8% of respondents answered that they “did not miss sport” or that they “were not interested in sport at all”. CONCLUSION: The study summarizes the latest reflections on impersonal forms of teaching of Physical Education on the motivation and intensity of sports and physical activities within the general level of foreign surveys as well.

Published in International Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijsspe.20210603.12
Page(s) 48-52
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Keywords

Physical Education, Sport, University Students, COVID-19

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  • Department of Social Sciences and Management, Faculty of Sport Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

  • Instituto Physical Education and Sport, Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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