COVID-19 Versus University Students Physical Activity

摘要

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.