CORRELATIONS OF SPORT LEVELS AND POPULARITY OF SPORT PROGRAMMES AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Fintor, Gábor János and Szabó, József (2014) CORRELATIONS OF SPORT LEVELS AND POPULARITY OF SPORT PROGRAMMES AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. recreation, 4 (2). pp. 11-16. ISSN 2064-4981

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Abstract

The aim of our study is to examine correlations between the level of involvement in sport activities and the preference of watching sports. Our other question concerns the possible effects of the attitudes of the elementary school pupils regarding sports upon levels of competition. The questionnaire was completed (N=568) in five schools of the North-eastern Region of Hungary among pupils between the age of 10 – 14. We completed the survey between February and March 2013. According to our results, the level of involvement in competitions is determining concerning the attitudes towards sport programmes. The more active somebody is in professional (“pro”) sports the more he/she likes sport programmes on television. (Pearson Chi-Square = 0.000). This has also proven that 87% of the students who enter international or national sport competitions do sport activities at least three times a week. 55% of those students who love to watch sport and other related programmes on TV are involved in sport activities at least three times a week. Proportionality can be observed between popularity of sport programmes on TV and sport events followed on the internet because 74% of those who search for those kinds of information and contents on the internet prefer such TV programmes. Key words: sport, level of involvement

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