Effects of a Short Video Physical Activity Program on Physical Fitness Among Physical Education Students

Abstract

The Brain Break (BB) short video program is designed to improve physical activity (PA), motor skills, and fitness in children. In this study, we examined the effects of an 8-week short video-based Brain Break (HOPSports Company) PA program within physical education (PE) lessons on fitness and fitness knowledge among students. We studied 62 fifth-grade students (experimental group = 28; control group = 34) in the Ankara, Turkey school district. The experimental group received PE lessons once per week for eight weeks with the BB PA program, with extra videos viewed at home three days per week, while the control group received routine PE lessons during this period. We collected student responses to the Fitness Knowledge Test for Children and the Fitnessgram Test Battery before and after the experimental BB program. Results revealed that the experimental group showed increased fitness and fitness knowledge compared to the control group, showing that the BB PA videos can increase fitness and fitness knowledge in students.

Effect of a Three-Month HOPSports Brain Breaks® Intervention Program on the Physical Fitness Levels of Grade 6-Learners in South Africa

“…One of the possible explanations for the increase in physical fitness in the experimental group could be that after watching and participating in the various HOPSports Brain Breaks ® videos, the learners’ connected the importance and advantages of physical activity with their own PA, which led to an increase in their own PA. In accordance, Bulca et al [ 51 ] concur with this finding that HOPSports Brain Breaks ® contributed to the improvement in physical fitness seen in the experimental group and may have had a good impact on students’ overall PA levels.…”

“…HOPSports Brain Break ® video program can enhance PE classes in terms of physical fitness increases [ 51 ]. One of the possible explanations for the increase in physical fitness in the experimental group could be that after watching and participating in the various HOPSports Brain Breaks ® videos, the learners’ connected the importance and advantages of physical activity with their own PA, which led to an increase in their own PA.…”

“…Therefore, considering the above-mentioned results, the HOPSports Brain Breaks ® intervention program can encourage improvements in PA levels and physical fitness for learners and support the PE teachers in teaching learners PA content in an enjoyable manner. Furthermore, overweight, inactive learners or learners with poor motor skills can benefit from this program since it is non-competitive and can be executed at home [ 51 ].…”

An Empirical Study on the Influence of College Students’ Physical Fitness on the Level of Public Health

“…The results show the following: (1) There is no significant difference in the general data of college students, which can be compared statistically. (2) The matching degree of public health level, the intensity of publicity, the standard of investigators, the coherence, and complexity of sports are the main factors affecting the public health level, and the influence is very significant. (3) Universities should strengthen the analysis of the above indicators, formulate corresponding physical fitness programs, and promote college students to carry out physical fitness activities.…”

“…Hypothesis 1. The time of physical fitness is w, the age of the exerciser is O, the probability of disease is p, and the degree of value influence is F, then the public health impact value is shown in Formula (2).…”