Home quarantine - based rhythmic exercises: new fitness assessment and intervention in teaching physical education

Abstract

Background and Study Aim. The COVID – 19 pandemic has post threats on the physical and mental fitness of the people. Thus, the study determined the effectiveness of home quarantine - based rhythmic exercises to the fitness level of the university students in physical education.
 Material and Methods. University students were the participants of the study. 200 student populations who were taking physical education subject in the year 2020 were considered. Quasi – experimental research design was employed and 96 participants between the age bracket of 18 - 26 (74 females & 22 males) were chosen using simple random sampling in determining the population size of the study. SPSS program was used in the analysis in the obtained data.
 Results. The result shown that there is a significant difference between the pre – test and post – test results in the fitness level of the participants in body mass index (T= -3.482, p < .001), cardiovascular endurance (T= -4.193, p < .000), flexibility (T= -6.279, p <.000), muscular endurance (T= -9.553, p <.000), and muscular strength (T= -7.569, p < .000) performing the home quarantine-based rhythmic exercises.
 Conclusion. Further, it is concluded that engaging in two (2) months home quarantine – based rhythmic exercises from 30 minutes to 1 hour with moderate to vigorous intensity augment the physical fitness level of an individual. Moreover, it is recommended to put vision accounts in strengthening the inclusion of home quarantine - based rhythmic exercises in teaching physical education either in synchronous and asynchronous in teaching – learning process.

Sports activities and professional specialty influence on psychophysiological functions and orthostatic reactions indicators of pedagogical universities students

“…All students can also be recommended to use rhythmic exercises as homework. This coincides with the data of Garcia and Custodio [27], which showed the effectiveness of using rhythmic exercises in quarantine conditions. We also recommend that all students improve their knowledge in the field of sports education.…”

“…For this, it is relevant to determine whether the chosen specialty for study affects psychophysiological indicators and orthostatic reactions (i.e., reactions to a change in body position from horizontal to vertical). Also, determining the impact of lifestyle, in particular, sports, on indicators of psychophysiological functions and orthostatic reactions [27,28] is also an urgent task. Based on the above, the hypothesis was put forward in the study: 1 -there is a relationship between the specialty chosen by students for professional improvement and indicators of psychophysiological functions and orthostatic reactions; 2practicing any kind of sport has a positive effect on psychophysiological indicators and the state of vascular tone regulation.…”

The psychophysiological effects of the COVID-19 quarantine in the college students

“…Current researches [1,30] demonstrated that physical activity levels decrease during quarantine consist of higher sitting time at home. Previous studies presented that student might home-based activity during home confinement such as active short breaks, walking around the house, and self-paced exercise [31,32]. Therefore, when the daily behaviour of people changes some restrictions, psychological factors might affect physiological and metabolically factors consist of poor sleep quality and MSP pain.…”

The effect of using the two competitive teaching styles and stations on learning some basic football skills for physical education students

“…It states that it is a systematic planning process based on practical experience and sports science knowledge of structuring (long-term) training according to a training objective and individual level of performance. As a result, the development of the various training programs can be designed as a coaching program, a collective or individual program, over several years or annually, over a long cycle or on a training unit [35,36,37,38]. In addition, the individual training program contains the fundamental guidelines that will allow you to achieve optimal performance.…”