INTRODUCTION
This report is based on the information I collected in a state primary school in the municipality of Brindisi. The pupils who answered the questions of the questionnaire administered attend the fourth class, have a stature between 1.33 and 1.57 meters, age between 9 and 10 years, and weight between 26 and 53 Kg. The survey was carried out in the presence of one of the children's teachers, with whose help I tried to give the children the necessary clarifications to carry out the questionnaire, avoiding that they could in any way be influenced by my words.
There are numerous topics on which I considered it appropriate to focus:
- the interest that the children showed for the sport to be practiced and that for the sport to follow as spectators;
- the interest that children show in particular for football to be watched on television, with reference to cheering;
- the interest in the practice of the same sport on the part of children;
- the effect of the mass media on children's conceptions of sport;
- the effect of the media on the diffusion of a particular sport (with particular attention to football);
- the influence that sports structures, with their presence or absence, have on the increase in the number of practitioners of certain specific sports (in particular football);
- the contrast between the concept of sport that is being promoted today and that which, in my opinion, should be promoted;
- the influence that culture has on the conception and practice of sport in children;
- physical education in compulsory schools (especially in elementary schools) in the current historical period.
The data collected by the questionnaire were elaborated on the basis of information drawn from different texts (dealing with different disciplines) and were used by me with the aim of producing opinions precisely argued with as much scientific rigor as possible. Below are the results of the questionnaire I administered to the group of elementary school students and, finally, the comment on them with relative conclusions.
EXPOSURE AND ANALYSIS OF COLLECTED DATA:
What are your favorite sports?
Answers
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Volleyball
5
8
9,1
30,8
Skating
1
0
2,3
0
I swim
5
4
11,4
15,4
Football
14
0
31,8
0
Tennis
4
1
9,1
3,8
Basketball
7
1
15,9
3,8
Kendo
1
0
2,3
0
Judo
1
0
2,3
0
Tae Kwon Do
3
0
6,9
0
Handball
1
0
2,3
0
Equitation
1
1
2,3
3,8
Karate
1
0
2,3
0
Gymnastics
0
3
0
11,5
Dance
0
7
0
26,9
Cycling
0
1
0
3,85
Total preferences expressed by children: 44
Total preferences expressed by girls: 26
As for the male sex, football is the element that dominates all the others in frequency. Also for the male sex there is a percentage high enough to distinguish itself from that of the other elements also for basketball and swimming. which concerns, instead, the female sex, volleyball is the sport that has received the greatest success, followed by dance, swimming and gymnastics.
Who is your favorite champion?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Keki
1
3
6,7
33,1
Kaka
3
1
20
11,1
Shewchenko
2
0
13,3
0
Nedved
1
0
6,7
0
Del Piero
2
0
13,3
0
Rossi
1
0
6,7
0
Ronaldo
2
0
13,3
0
Dida
1
0
6,7
0
Buffon
1
0
6,7
0
Nobody
1
5
6,7
55,6
Total children: 15
Total girls: 9
It is remarkable that all the characters that appear in this database except two (Valentino Rossi and Yuri Keki) are soccer players. Kakà, Shewchenko and Del piero are distinguished for the male sex; for the female sex, all the preferences fall on only two characters, among which gymnast Yuri Keki stands out.
Do you practice any sport?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Yup
14
9
93,3
100
No
1
0
6,7
0
Total children: 15
Total girls: 9
Only one child declared that he did not practice any sport.
What sport do you do?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Football
9
0
64,3
0
Volleyball
2
4
14,3
44,4
Basketball
2
0
14,3
0
I swim
1
0
7,1
0
Gymnastics
0
2
0
22,2
Dance
0
2
0
22,2
Cycling
0
1
0
11,1
Total children: 14
Total girls: 9
Football is the sport that is most practiced among children, volleyball among girls.
How many times a week do you train?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
1 time
2
4
14,3
44,4
2 times
10
4
71,4
44,4
3 or more times
2
1
14,3
11,1
Total children: 14
Total girls: 9
Male individuals usually train, mostly, twice a week, while, as far as girls are concerned, only one of them trains three or more times a week, while the others train all or one. once, or twice a week.
How long does a workout last?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
1 hour
7
8
50
88,9
1 hour and a half
3
1
21,4
11,1
2 or more hours
4
0
28,6
0
Total children: 14
Total girls: 9
Most of the elements of the sample usually have one hour training sessions.
Which of these movements can you do best?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Run
8
6
17
25
Jump
8
5
17
20,8
Throw
6
2
12,8
8,33
Grab
4
2
8,5
8,33
To kick
11
0
23,4
0
To climb
5
2
10,6
8,33
To roll
1
1
2,13
4,17
Staying in balance
4
6
8,51
25
Total preferences expressed by children: 47
Total preferences expressed by girls: 24
Most of the kids say they know how to kick relatively well. The frequency value obtained by the kicking element is followed by running and jumping. The girls, on the other hand, say they are able to run and stay in balance above all.
Which of these movements would you like to learn?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Run
4
3
12,5
15,7
Jump
1
2
3,13
11,1
Throw
4
2
12,5
11,1
Grab
4
0
12,5
0
To kick
1
2
3,13
11,1
To climb
7
4
21,9
22,2
To roll
6
2
18,8
11,1
Staying in balance
5
3
15,6
16,7
Total preferences expressed by children: 32
Total preferences expressed by girls: 18
One distinguishes the percentage of elements rolling, balancing and above all climbing, as regards the male part of the sample. For the female part, the elements stand out: balancing, running and, once again, above all, climbing.
Which sports you don't know or haven't tried yet would you like to practice?
No. of children
N ° girls
% children
% girls
Hockey
3
0
15
0
I swim
1
2
5
16,7
Basketball
1
0
5
0
Equitation
1
1
5
8,3
Motorcycling
2
0
10
0
Water polo
4
1
20
8,3
Tennis
3
1
15
8,3
Snowboard
1
0
5
0
Ski
1
0
5
0
Judo
1
0
5
0
Tae kwon do
1
1
5
8,3
Kendo
1
0
5
0
Karate
0
2
0
16,7
Dance
0
3
0
25
Gymnastics
0
1
0
8,3
Total preferences expressed by children: 20
Total preferences expressed by girls: 12
For children, the frequencies of hockey, tennis and especially water polo are distinguished; for girls, swimming, karate and especially dance are distinguished.
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