PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AVAILABILTY DURING THE COVID--19 PANDEMIC

2020/2021 season Latvian youth basketball season started in September and lasted for a month without an audience. The championship’s regular season games were stopped for all Youth basketball league’s teams, as well as “BJBS Riga/Centrs” boys teams. Starting with 2020 October physical preparation workouts were happening in a park as well as 1:1 workout sessions –a trainer and a trainee. The country issued many regulatory documents for organizing workouts. Starting with the 21st of December 2020 it was prohibited to organize a workout indoors. Trainers and trainees continued to keep their physical shape in outdoor workouts and hoped, that the season will continue. At the time when the study wasconducted, from October 2020 till February 2021, the situation did not change and the season did not continue. During the study it was discovered what the key challenges were during training sessions. During the study a chance to attend 30 outdoor and 28 indoor workout sessions was given to group MT5 and MT6 students.During workout sessions the students developed their physical abilities and basketball technique mastery. The workout sessions provided communication, a chance to work practically, to move. During the 1:1 basketball workout with the coach, the students: developed the basketball technique elements they have already learned, learned new technique elements, learned to work on their own, and there was individual approach for each student. During outdoor workout sessions the students developed their exercise execution, were learning new exercises and developed their physical properties.