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The factors of engaging in the hiking section as a sports recreation activity in high school

PURPOSE: Managing and understanding the mechanisms underlying enrollment of students in extra-curricular activities could alleviate teacher’s (i.e. expert’s) approach to the students and facilitate their engagement in mentioned activities. Therefore, the main goal of this paper was to establish the factors influencing the choice of enrolling in the particular extra-curricular hiking section as a recreational activity. METHODS: The study was conducted on a sample of 40 high school students (15.3±0.66 years old). Anthropometrical variables (body height, body weight, BMI, body fat, and body muscle) were measured and students completed a short recreational preference questionnaire. Frequency tables were calculated for asked questions and after comparative analyses were made. Correlation between variables was done to establish the existence of significant correlations.RESULTS: Results show a negative correlation (r=-0.42 ; p<0.05) between attending PE classes and body fat and relatively high correlation (r=0.63 ; p<0.05) between attending PE classes and preference to outdoor activities, namely hiking. According to the results of correlation, the greatest influence on the interest to join hiking section have students' preference for outdoor activities (r=0.43 ; p<0.05). CONCLUSION: An increase in the outdoor time expenditure, firstly initiated by PE teachers (and hopefully later adopted as a way of frequent independent recreational and leisure time activity) could be the spot-on strategy for the increase in physical activity levels in school-aged children during after school hours.

outdoor time, students, recreation

Sažetak je objavljen u BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019, 11(Suppl 1):7