Improving Basic Physical Abilities on University Students

Andreea Voinea ()
Additional contact information
Andreea Voinea: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Marathon, 2019, vol. 11, issue 2, 112-122

Abstract: The development of physical qualities, it is a primary goal of physical education and sport for all educational cycles. The purpose of this study was to find out if basic physical abilities can be improved through physical education classes on university students. This longitudinal study was conducted in the first semester of the university year 2018-2019 in the sports halls of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, on a sample of 71 female students with ages between 18 and 21 years old. We assessed mobility, strength, coordination, and endurance at the beginning and at the end of the first semester. After the statistic and graphic interpretation, we could say that the students’ physical abilities wereimproved.

Keywords: physical education; mobility; strength; coordination; endurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.marathon.ase.ro/pdf/vol11/vol2/Voinea%20Andreea.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rom:marath:v:11:y:2019:i:2:p:112-122

Access Statistics for this article

Marathon is currently edited by Jinga Gheorghe

More articles in Marathon from Department of Pshisycal Education and Sport, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jinga Gheorghe ().