Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019): UNIVERSITY ARENA JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORT AND HEALTH
ANNUAL JOURNAL OF ARTICLES IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS: SCIENCE OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Full Issue
Physical education
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SPORTS LOISIR AS A WAY OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE - IN THE VIEW OF SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
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Background. The idea of free time has been circulated since antiquity. Today, the concept of free time has a wide circulation. Increasing the quality of life is one of the basic concerns of modern society. Recreational leisure activities contribute to well-being, have an essential role in maintaining the tone and maintaining health and implicitly improve the quality of life.
Methods. Method of bibliographic study; The survey method, based on an interview, applied to a group of experts in the field of physical education and sport.
Results. Following the interview with experts in the field of physical education and sports, the following are examples: Experts appreciate the concept of quality of life as the result of education and gradually acquired by the individual. Systematic and continuous exercise of physical exercise induces a well-being with positive effects on quality of life.
Conclusion. Following the qualitative research discussions with specialists in the field, the following conclusions can be drawn: Expert solutions also aim at increasing the number of hours allocated to institutionalized sports disciplines through curricula, but also increasing the quality of the educational act. Also, the modernization of existing sports facilities and the construction of new spaces for sport would stimulate the participation of young people in mass physical activities. -
PRE-ESTABLISHED FIGHTING EXERCISES IN THREE STEPS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS, SPECIFICALY KARATE-DO, BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY
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Premises: During the physical education in Karate-Do lessons and also regarding the grade examination for the orange belt at the end of the second year of study at Bucharest University, the students will include in their current practice the pre-established three steps fighting exercises (in japanese: Sanbon Kumite). Progress in Karate-Do will be established in the same way as in others physical education disciplines, following the principle of accessibility, by applying the three classical rules of didactic practice: from easy to difficult, from simple to complex and from known to unknown. The first step of Karate-Do is to correctly learn the fighting techniques by exercising alone, without a partner (in japanese: Kihon). The second step is learning how to apply the fighting techniques by fighting with one or more adversaries (in japanese: Kumite). In the case of Sanbon Kumite, the difference between this kind of exercise and Gohon Kumite (the pre-established five steps fighting exercises) lise in the number of steps. In this situation of fighting with a parter, three insted of five. Also, another difference lies in the possibility of continuous attacks with different techniques at different levels. By repeating practice in the Sanbon kumite fighting exercises the students can also attain the specific principals of physical education, by bettering physical development and motric capacities. Likewise in the practice of Gohon Kumite, a very important factor during practice of Sanbon Kumite it is represented by mental attitude, in a short matter of time the student will understand what it means the value of mutual respect between practitioners, the full implication in one activity, the control of emotions and techniques, the will power, mental concentration, fighting spirit etc.
Objectives: Learning varying basic techniques for attacking and defense, controlling the breathing techniques, moving the body in the right sequence. Mentally, the same like in Gohon Kumite exercise, the student will look for controlling emotions, fighting spirit, self esteem and determination.
Methods: The method used for this presentation concerning the specific Sanbon Kumite exercises, practiced in Japan universities by the Japan Karate Association, will also be used by the students of the University of Bucharest in the second year of studies. As in Gohon Kumite, the attacker must always aim for developing motric qualities, in particular speed in execution and in body movement, the force in action („Kime”) and coordination. From the defence position he warns the defender „jodan, chudan, mae geri!”, then concentrating his mind on the lower abdomen, attacks successively with forcefulness and with concern for accuracy. He must always possess the fighting spirit and make it explode in each attack.
Conclusions: During the lessons with the students of the University of Bucharest, one specific method of training it is represented by the exercise of Sanbon Kumite - fighting one one person with pre-arranged techniques in three steps. By exercising these techniques, students will develop mental capacity, motric qualities, rhythm, breathing control and also emphasize the training of basic techniques. The advantage of this kumite lies in its effectiveness as a complete training method to maintain the balance during a continuous movement. It should be executed from both sides. Corectly practiced, the Sanbon Kumite exercises will form a strong fighting spirit, a strong, focused mind and a solid base for the next fighting techniques needed in superior levels of instruction and knowledge. -
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SPORT EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
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Physical training and sport education in schools, high schools and universities is essential due to its biological character with positive effects and benefits from educational, social and cultural perspective. Through various forms of practice, physical training and sport involves emotional side of personality, contribute in strengthening the body and spirit, stimulates creativity, will of affirmation, inclusion in group, team building an development and evolution of students personality. Since antiquity latins affirmed: “Mens sana in corpore sano!” meaning: Healthy mind in a healthy body! Modern education in schools, high schools and universities should focus more on importance for students of physical training and sport, in addition to disciplines included in educational curricula since knowledge acquired is better integrated and applied by healthy and strong students. A great benefit for student’s health and education are the mandatory sport hours, part of the educational curriculum and pro-grams. Every student has to follow those classes, planned and performed through a variety of exercises, activities and sports like soccer, handball, volleyball or basketball. Accomplishing those classes, many students develop a spirit for competition and some of them also a passion for a sport or another. Nevertheless, the inter -schools competitions like “Cup of high schools” or universities competitions (such as Decathlon or Spartakiada) are opportunities for teenagers to taste the victory and performance. The teachers/instructors that select students with specific skills and abilities for a sport can foster the process of forming future champions in various sports or at least performers that become professionals athletes that could have a healthy and wealthy life.
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THEORETICAL-METHODICAL ASPECTS CONCERNING THE ORGANISATION OF SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT THE LEVEL OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Background. In the last years, both in Romania, as well as in other European countries, a series of changes were operated in the training process, including at the subject of Physical Education of pupils in the primary school, when actually the foundation of their multilateral development is formed. In order to achieve the basic objectives of physical education at the level of primary school, here are some suggestions of modern methodologies to change the training process of the above-mentioned subject. Therefore, in this paper there are described the basic requirements as related to the training process of pupils in the primary school at the subject of Physical Education, as well as the ways to optimize this, aiming to successfully meet the basic goals at the given subject and ensuring the multilateral-scoped training of the graduate of primary school.
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INCREASING THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST BY APPLYING PREPARATORY GAMES
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This work gives the possibility of practical and methodical recommendations on preparation of representative teams by increasing exercise capacity by applying the preparatory games. Research results can be used successfully in basketball training specialist in university teams. The novelty and originality of the research is that it aims to optimize the training of students, based on increasing their exercise capacity. It was developed and applied in the practice of rating games preparatory training and the methodology for selecting and implementing them in the sport of basketball training of representative team.
Sport
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THE IMPORTANCE AND UTILITY OF THE "DATA VOLLEY" SOFTWARE IN THE PROCESS OF TECHNICAL - TACTICAL TRAINING OF SENIOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
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Lately sports have become all the more technologized, which is why success is no longer mentioned without the
use of the computer and the new modern means. In volleyball, like in other sporting games, the analysis of the competition is considered to be an important means of performance diagnosis in view of determining some parameters for directing the training process of the concepts and competitional strategies. “Data Volley” is the most complete and complex software created for the tactical and technical analysis of a match or volleyball training session. Being modified and completed after the suggestions and indications of several specialists in the last few years, the programme answers to every demand and necessity of any trainer who wants to develop tactically and technically his team. The programme includes a quick system of recording the data through the use of the keyboard, therefore each technical process used in the volleyball game is represented by a code defined by a letter on the keyboard. Once the codes introduced, the programme will take care of the rest of the calculations. A wide number of pre-set functions will help in decoding the tactical schemes or the individual actions during a game, underlining the strong and the weak features of the opponents. Analysing all the basic codes, one can obtain a series of details concerning the abilities of a certain player, of the entire team, in a particular moment of the game, on a certain position in the field, in a single set, or for all the sets throughout an entire season. In conclusion, the "Data Volley" software can be used both before or during the games, to improve the game tactics depending on the opponent, or during the training sessions to optimize and correct the technical-tactical actions of one’s own team, as well as for each game position in part. -
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN STRENGTH INDICES THROUGH FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
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Designed in antiquity, functional training, is a topical concept, and is now being found more and more frequently in the fitness club schedule. Physical conditioning activity includes a varied and complex range of movements that have as main purpose the creation of performance in the daily activities and viewed from the perspective of performance sports this type of training aims to reducing the risk of injuries. Starting from the idea that indifferent of age any person can increase the level of this component (strength), from the sphere of conditional capacities, we have created an attractive training program according to the anatomical-functional characteristics and the motoric experience of the subjects. The study aims to implement and verify the effectiveness of well-organized functional training programs, on strength indicators, at the lower train level, after 4 months of training. The group of subjects participating in the research consisted of 18 female subjects, students of the University of Bucharest, aged between 19 and 27 years. Statistically analyzed, the results achieved by the subjects at the initial and final evaluations prove the efficiency of the proposed program.
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THE JUDGING ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL DANCE SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP, 2019
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From the desire to write a work paper entitled "The Judging Priorities in DANCE SPORTS", I have studied the National Championship judging from this perspective and I consider I have identified some tendencies. there were clubs and athletes who deliberately chose not to participate in this championship because they predicted what would happen.
Causes.Only one man is the one who determines the attributions and which referees have to judge each age and section category, depending on his interests. This allows the compilation of lists of referees in which are created majorities that entail the competition of objective results. Only one man was the holder of the full list of referees invited in 2019. Measures.The list of referees invited to the National Championship must be officially presented to all members of the federation at least two months before the competition, so that everyone can organize their informed training. This will give equal chances.
Conclusions.Normally, all schools of thought should have been represented equally in the team of the referees to ensure objectivity. Unfortunately, the school of thought that prioritizes the technical criterion was represented in the juries by 75% and the results, in our opinion, were not objective. -
OPTIMIZING THE FITNESS OF SWIMMERS BY USING PILATES APPARATUS
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Background: The paper wants to continue the research undertaken in this field by which we try to propose a set of specific exercises on Pilates Apparatus as an alternative method of physical training of the swimmers.
Objectives. The objective of the paper is to select and propose some physical training exercises on the Pilates Apparatus in the training of swimmers. The aim of the paper is to highlight the impact of programs on the Pilates Apparatus on the fitness and performance of swimmers. For this, we propose a set of exercises on Pilates, which can be applied by swimmers in physical training in the gym.
Methods. It was used a set of physical exercises on Pilates Apparatus, which contribute to: technique correction, muscle toning, breath control, optimization of posture, body and mental balance, as well as joint mobility. -
CASE STUDY ON MONITORING AND DIRECTING THE SPECIFIC EFFORT OF CROSSCOUNTRY RUNNING
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Within the framework of the theory and methodology of athletics, a wide range of issues are addressed, which concern both the performance and the aspects of high performance. Therefore, at the level of all the actors involved, there is a constant concern for identifying those efficient ways, means and methodologies that ensure the fulfillment of the specific educational objectives and tasks of each echelon. As a mean of physical education, athletics is a harmonious blend between natural movements - the jogging, jumping, throwing and motor skills specific to this sport, accessible and attractive. The fact that this is also practiced on a background of intense psychical solicitation entitles us to reveal, once again, its educational character. The present paper, through its content and its approach, aims to highlight the main aspects of the specific effort recorded in the training, especially during the competition, the subject being the quadruple university champion in the cross-country running, Olteanu Simion (Crosul Universitatii din Bucuresti Cora Lujerului). The data obtained is based on objective, efficient and modern monitoring, used for the first time in this univesity competition. Effective monitoring was achieved by using the SUUNTO electronic device during the training and during the competition. The obtained results provide an overview of the demands of this type of effort, while at the same time solid milestones in the programming of the future training strategies both at this level and at the level of other types of effort specific to the different sports disciplines.
Kinetotherapy
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STUDY ON THE EFFECTS INDUCED BY THE USE OF KINETOTHERAPY ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION MECHANISMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST STUDENTS
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Background. The way we breathe has a special role in maintaining health. This natural function with which we are born diffuses vital energy throughout the body. To neglect these vital gestures is to endanger our mental and physical health. We can say that the health of the body depends to a great extent on the amount of oxygen consumed per unit of time, which is considerably increased as the body is more trained.
Objectives. The purpose of this study is to highlight the evolution of some respiratory parameters in the students of the University of Bucharest, enrolled in the medical gymnastics course.
Hypothesis: Applying kinetic programs will improve respiratory function.
Methods. Method of bibliographic study. Experimental method. The statistical-mathematical method. Graphic representation method.
Results. As a result of the application of the independent variable, the following changes were made: at the end of the academic year, in the final test, the respiratory rate decreases significantly and the chest elasticity increases, following the application of the respiratory gymnastics programs.
Conclusion. Respiratory gymnastics results in improved breathing as well as low respiratory rate at rest. Improving the chest elasticity is the foundation and the purpose of the respiratory gymnastics, namely the increase of the vital capacity and the respiratory volume. Following the experiment, it was possible to determine a system of means of action, effective in improving respiratory function, which was the objective of this paper work. -
IMPROVING DEMENTIA THROUGH KINETOTHERAPHY AND MELOTHERAPHY
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Premises: By associating kinetotherapy with melotherapy in dementia patients, a much higher recovery percentage was found.
Objectives: The study on the improvement of dementia by recovery started with the establishment of the title of the paper, the study of bibliography, the determination of the hypothesis, the establishment of the place and the period, the groups of patients and methods of recovery.
Methods: In this experiment, the following research methods were used: observation, experimental measurement and recording of data and graphical presentation.
Results: Applying an early, gradual and individualized recovery program based on diagnosis, sex, age will shorten the duration of improvement and reintegration into socio-professional activity. Following the recovery process, there was an improvement in physical and mental state. The results of the observations acknowledge this improvement.
Conclusions: The findings of the recovery process show improvement of physical and mental state by increasing muscle tone and better articular mobility.
Varia
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THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL FACTORS IN THE MAKING OF SPORTS DANCE CHOREOGRAPHIES FROM THE SHOWS
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Background. Dance has existed since ancient times as an expression of the human instinct. Dance has had different roles in the history on mankind and has now come to be considered art, show, sport, recreation. In all these variants, weather you are an interpreter or a spectator, it is the transmission of emotions.
Objectives.We wanted to educate students participating in sports shows to learn how to convey the choreographic means of sports dance.
Methods. The working methods are represented by the individual study in the mirror of a given subject, the individual study in the mirror of a chosen theme, the improvisation on a well-known music and the study through video films and interpretations on some roles.
Results. Subjects evaluation was materialized in points. The highest score was made in the choreography chosen by the subjects, followed by choreography with the theme imposed and the last place was improvisation.
Conclusion. All the methods used have led to faster progress in the knowledge of the artistic potential. Each student progressed in artistic expressiveness and managed to convey strong emotions and through nonverbal language (body language). -
THEATRE THERAPY-METHODS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY A PART OF A COMPLEX PROGRAM FOR RESOCIALIZATION AND DELIMITATION OF THE PLACE BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
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Theatre therapy involves passing through a complex program of specific activities which involves the stimulation of expressing of the feelings, an aspect that leads to the recognition of the human potential in each person and the development of a culture of dignity and respect. Theatre developes social abilities, abilities that contribute to personal development, thus, ”the actor managing to progress in his discover of himself and to become more human, more empathetic closer to social reality.
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SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE PENITENTIARY
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The penitentiary and the activities carried out with the inmates have devoloped with the changes that have occurred in the postdecembrist society. Sport has gradually become one of the principal activities and has become an important factor in maintaining physical tone and improving the health of those in prison.
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THE GENDER GAP IN SPORTS AND THE EQUALITY PRINCIPLE
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Background: Nowadays, an under-representation of women in sports is denounced, especially by feminists, claiming that this is proof of the fact that we still live in a discriminatory society. Moreover, as arguments, they present facts showing that there is a pay gap between men and women in professional sports.
Objective: In this context, the purpose of the research is to illustrate that the gender gap in sports is not necessarily a consequence of discrimination. Furthermore, the study will emphasize that the hyperbolized perception of this gap is a result of a misunderstanding of the equality principle.
Methods: Two methods, based on bibliographic research, will be used to show that the gender gap in sports is not a consequence of discrimination. The first one will describe the equality principle and will facilitate its understanding as a normative concept, not as an empirical one. The second method will show that factors hard to quantify have a significant impact on the underrepresentation of women in sports. In this respect, I will apply the hypothesis of Ian Morris according to which resources create values.
Conclusion: The research will lead to the conclusion that the gender gap in sports is not necessarily a consequence of discrimination. Furthermore, the study will highlight the possibility of understanding gender equality in sports as a value derived from resources specific to certain societies. -
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, COMPREHENSIBLE TO THE YOUNG STUDENTS
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The true concern for lifestyle should include both concern for physical state of health and also concern for mintal and soul activities.
The physical body is nothing more than a vehicle for soul and spirit. For the young people, a lifestyle is gradually made with the help of the positive choices. -
THE INVASION OF ENGLISH IN SPORTS TERMINOLOGY
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This article is an attempt in the field of comparative lexicology. Observations have been made on basic basketball terms in Bulgarian and Romanian. The analysis of these terms in both languages has revealed clearly expressed trends of internationalization and increase in the use of their English equivalents. The author formulates a hypothesis about the reasons that may have led to these results.
Attention has been paid to the stylistic differentiation in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages, namely the domination of English language terms in informal situations in contrast to the greater persistence of native tongue expressions in the sport administrative style. Thus, the speech of basketball players and coaches, who are Bulgarian and Romanian native speakers, becomes markedly diglossic, if we adopt the terms of sociolinguistics. The final paragraphs of the article draw certain conclusions about the growing prevalence of English language terms and the possible consequences of this process. -
TAE BO BEYOND A SIMPLE AEROBICS CLASS
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For practicing Tae Bo will not be sufficient to perform a number of training sessions a week, in which to sweat or burn many calories. This discipline requires, more than any other, equal participation of our psyche during training. To achieve assimilation proper technique should always think about what we do to that Tae Bo is not a contact sport but a fight - with an imaginary opponent, a battle with ourselves, to be a dispute at a highest level of technical. Tae Bo is an exercise program that combines the best of several different disciplines. A combination of martial arts, boxing, aerobics and dance exercises posted on a trained musical background, here's the secret world of this new trend in exercise. The exercise is relatively easy and convenient for anyone who wants to do maintenance but the move may be designed workouts for weight loss or development and driving qualities.