MOVEMENT GAMES IN SPORT IN LATVIA (1994 – 2012 - 2019) (Questionnaire survey of couches and athletes)

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Abstract

The promotion of children's healthful physical activity is important: to establish an early habit of lifestyle physical activity that can be sustained into adolescence and adulthood. As a result, habits developed at a childhood and adolescence can influence the habits and health indicators in adulthood. The aim of the study was to find out - did coaches’ use and what kind of games coaches used in different sports training classes in Latvia and to compare this data with the data obtained in questionnaire survey of 1994 and 2012. Athletes were also included in the study to compare the findings with coaches. The study was conducted in 2018 – 2019 in Riga, LASE. 97 coaches and 155 athletes participated in the study. Interrogated coaches represented 28 kinds of sport, athletes represented 42 kinds of sport, which were combined in groups of related sports. We studied the attitude of coaches and athletes towards movement games in training process in various kinds of sport, as well as found out what kind of games coaches and athletes used in the training process. In the statistical processing of the data we used establish t-test. We ascertained the tendency that in the training process coaches are using movement games less often, comparing 2019 with 1994 and 2012. Usage of movement games is different depending on kinds of sports. Both coaches and athletes admit that movement games are essential in the training process and they have a will to use movement games more than they are using now.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)36-51
Number of pages15
JournalLASE Journal of Sport Science
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords*

  • movement games
  • coaches
  • athletes
  • sport kinds
  • sports trainings

Publication Type*

  • 1.2. Scientific article included in INT1 or INT2 category journal of ERIH database

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