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, i.e. at a time when the possibilities of sports and physical activities are limited, and the contact Physical Education lessons (hereinafter referred to as PE) are cancelled at schools. 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 from all seven faculties of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (hereinafter referred to as VSB-TUO) answered. The questionnaires were subjected to the statistical classification of the first-level data. Another method was the comparative method of working with documents, comparing with the results of comparable questionnaire surveys from 2015 and 2018, and relevant scientific discussion in this contest 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”. A high percentage of respondents (44.3%) admitted that they “did not miss” organized Physical Education lessons “at all”, while some (31.3%) stated that thanks to the subject Physical Education, they were able to play sports “at least once a week”. CONCLUSION: Due to the high number of interviewed first-year students of VSB-TUO, it can be assumed that we would reach similar results in a vast population of peers, and the findings can be generalized. 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. Relevant research in our cultural setting coincidently conclude indispensable importance of growing role of regular physical activity in the field of school, family and leisure including its attractive innovation during lock down pandemic situation.
Naše kulturní sféra se nachází v situaci mizejícího významu fyzické námahy v kontextu sedavého způ- sobu života. Narůstá tím význam pravidelného provozování sportovně pohybových aktivit jako nedílné součásti aktivního zodpovědného přístupu k životu podporujícího dobrý zdravotní stav a celkovou tělesnou a duševní kondici jedince. Významným příspěvkem na tomto poli je podpora pohybových aktivit na všech úrovních našeho školství, univerzitní prostředí nevyjímaje. Katedra tělesné výchovy a sportu na Vysoké škole báňské – Technické univerzitě v Ostravě na základě vyhodnocení anketního šetření usiluje o zvýšení atraktivnosti nabídky sportovního vyžití pro své studenty.
Our cultural sphere is characterized by decreasing the importance of physical activity in the context of sedentary lifestyle. It results in increasing the importance of regular sports and physical activities as an integral part of the active responsible approach to life that supports good health and the overall physical and mental condition of the individual. A major contribution to this field is to promote physical activities at all levels of our educational system, including the university environment. Based on the evaluation of the public inquiry, the Department of Physical Education and Sport at VŠB – Technical University in Ostrava seeks to increase the attractiveness of the offer of sports activities for its students.
This article based on a research study aims at describing the profession of a sports manager – his/her qualities, abilities, skills and knowledge, and outline this profession in present-day managerial practice. The author relies on the results of the research aiming at mapping the main problems of the present-day sports management. The research was carried out from 2009 to 2011. The main methods of the research were the methods of qualitative as well as quantitative research, the questioning method, the method of analysis and comparison, the statistical method. 139 respondents – sports managers from all over the Czech Republic participated in the research. The result of the research was acquiring detailed list of all characteristics necessary for sports manager’s profession (e.g. education, managerial style, language skills, activities, qualities and abilities etc.) and view of the increasing opportunities as well as difficulties of this profession in the present-day managerial practice.
