期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2012
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：78-83
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Sport for All represents a social activity field of national interest that supports the practice of physical activities by all the population categories.Physical activities are considered elements essential to health improvement,social integration,development of human personality,integration of moral values,but also to the promotion of self-discipline,respect and tolerance.These factors are fundamental to the life of any democratic society.Purpose.This study aims at investigating the reasons for which people of different age groups and professions,both males and females,choose to become Sport for All instructors.Methods.This questionnaire-based study analyzed the categories of age,gender and professional training in persons attending the Sport for All training and improvement stages organized by the Romanian Sport for All Federation (FRSPT).The research was focused on the following variables: age,gender,profession,previous sports experience,preferences related to physical activities specific to the field.Results.By analyzing the respondents’ answers to the questionnaire,we detached some reference data concerning subjects’ motivations to approach this specialization.Thus,we find on the first places the following motivations: desire to improve and update one’s knowledge in the field;desire to work as Sport for All instructors within different clubs for sport activities;pleasure and passion for movement;improvement of one’s own physical condition.Conclusions.The efforts made by the Sport for All Federation to develop programs assigned to specialists’ training and improvement have constantly determined more and more persons either to choose from the very beginning the career of Sport for All instructors or to become interested in a professional reconversion.Besides the professional concern,there are also motivations related to the perspective of starting some business,such as opening fitness rooms or clubs,promoting and trading sport equipment etc.
关键词：Sport for All;professional training;motivation.
