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The aim of the research was to compare adolescents, both active and inactive in the field of sports, in terms of perceived parental attitudes and hope for a success, and to determine the mutual relations between the mentioned variables in sport-active boys and girls. The participants of the study were 98 students (50 from a sports school and 48 from a general secondary school) at the age of 16-19. In the study the Parental Attitude Scale (SPR-2; Plopa, 2012) and the Questionnaire of Hope for a Success (KNS; Łaguna,Trzebiński, Zięba, 2005) were used. The sport-active students differed from their inactive peers in terms of the perceived parental attitude of acceptance, autonomy and inconsequence of mother and father and the willpower. The perceived attitudes were significantly related to the hope for a success and its two components, the waypower and willpower, only in the group of sport-active boys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to determine the effects of specific exercise program on anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities of preschool children, a battery of eight anthropometric measures and 7 motor tests were applied. The current study was conducted on a sample of 60 preschoolers (31 in the experimental and 29 in the control group), aged 4 to 5. They were the respondents in the project implemented by the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Novi Sad. The obtained data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). It can be concluded that the application of experimental and control models of exercise resulted in substantial improvement of certain motor skills in the experimental group compared to the control group. In regard to the anthropometry there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. In fact, the practical value of this work is to analyze the model of kinetic activities, which as such can be applied to all clubs and schools that work with children of preschool and early school age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The school has enough reasons to support School Sports, since the sport is a perfect mediator for education and is the source of great excitement and pleasure (Valdano, 2002). The objective of this study aims to perceive problems that School Sports live now according to PE teachers. In this context, we interviewed six teachers who teach school sports for more than nine years, about its development and operation. The interviews were transcribed and coded verbatim with the help of software QRS - NVivo 10, in order to group and categorize the opinions and experiences of the respondents. The results show that it is necessary for the school to become more active and capable of producing new ideas, because the better the activity plan, more students will be captivated. It is also noteworthy that the increase we are experiencing in our country with regard to physical inactivity and obesity should be tackled in the School through physical activity: it is essential that the current model offers a number of competitive moments that are desirable and do not spend too much time in commuting and in the intervals between games. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]