Physical Recreation and life quality in student athletes from a university extension perspective

Authors

  • Olga Lidia García Velazco Inder Provincial de Villa Clara. Degree in Physical Culture and Sports.

Keywords:

promoción de salud, calidad de vida, recreación, educación médica.

Abstract

Background: health promotion is important for life quality, it must be consciously applied by all professionals, including those of physical culture and sport because of its impact on the performance of student athletes, but it needs to be perfected by the educational action Objective: to assess the result of the implementation of educational physical recreation activities to raise life quality of student athletes from a university extension perspective.
Methods
: a development investigation was carried out in“Héctor Ruiz Pérez” Sports school in Villa Clara province, during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years. Theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic and inductive-deductive; and empirical ones: observation, documentary analysis, pre-experiment, brainstorming participatory technique and the criteria of specialists for the evaluation of activities.
Results
: the diagnosis showed a predominance of so-so and poor marks regarding the activities carried out, their orientation, mastery by teachers, interest in including them in the different processes and little preparation to promote health through them. After their implementation, the assessment instrument showed that most of the activities got good marks and few of them got so-so, which proved its effectiveness.
Conclusions
: the application of educational physical recreation activities was valued as adequate, by favoring the knowledge of contents related to health promotion, which influences the improvement of life quality of student athletes, from a university

extension perspective.

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Author Biography

Olga Lidia García Velazco, Inder Provincial de Villa Clara. Degree in Physical Culture and Sports.

Head of the Aspiring Department to Master in Physical Recreation. Community Mention. Eide Provincial "Héctor Ruiz Pérez". Villa Clara.

Published

2020-04-01

How to Cite

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García Velazco OL. Physical Recreation and life quality in student athletes from a university extension perspective. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];12(2):110-27. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1530

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ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL