Studying the attitude of students towards tennis activities in the educational process of physical education in universities Cover Image

Проучване отношението на студентите към заниманията по тенис в учебния процес по физическо възпитание и спорт във висшето училище
Studying the attitude of students towards tennis activities in the educational process of physical education in universities

Author(s): Viktoria Ocheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, School education, Sports Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: survey; tennis; students; university; physical education and sports
Summary/Abstract: Physical education in in higher education is aimed at the formation of a need for physical improvement, since only such activity, which leads to development in an individual aspect, has properties inherent in modern culture [1]. Physical education and sports in higher schools have health, educational, professional – applied and social importance. Educational functions are directly related to the realization of educational tasks in the educational activity of physical education. An interest in the practice of holding sports classes in higher schools is that students share their wishes for practicing the sport of tennis and their goals for attending the classes. The aim of the present study is to determine the interest of the students from UNWE and Sofia University in the sport of tennis in physical education and sports classes. To achieve the set goal, literature related to the statement of the problem was studied, a survey was conducted, and the results were analyzed with SPSS program [2]. The survey provides information that students would practice the sport of tennis more than once a week. The motives are of a different nature – emotion, beauty, dynamics, pleasure, etc. Students say that they will attend tennis classes even if they are not mandatory and it would have a positive impact on the development of their health and physical condition.