Attitudes of 2nd Stage Primary School PupilsTowards Games and Physical Activities Performed in Sport and Physical Education Classes

Abstract

Abstract. This study is concerned with implementing games as one of the methods used in sport and physical education classes at the 2 nd level stage of primary schools(grades 5 th -9 th ). Results of the study pointed to the fact that pupils are still very interested in playful activities. These activities are applied in the main part of the sport and physical education classes. Pupils themselves are of the opinion that playing games provides them with a better opportunity to make contact with their classmates more than any other activity, which creates positive conditions for making interpersonal relationships within a group or a class.

The Current Problem of School Children – Lack of Physical Activity

“…As the results of our survey along with other studies indicate,(e.g. Bebčáková et al, 2012;Bunc, 1996;Mužík, 1997;Novotná et al, 2009, Kolofík, 2015, Adamčák and Bartík, 2013, doing sports and exercise remain the only proclaimed need of a healthy lifestyle that will not be fulfilled for most children. The situation is not facilitated by closed sports school facilities, which are increasingly being used during extracurricular time by the employees of various companies and organizations more than by those for whom they were originally built.…”