Sports in the lives of young people

In our city there are various sports schools, sports clubs, schools of the Olympic reserve in which professional athletes are engaged. Their trainings are held according to the schedule, they have frequent competitions and friendly meetings. But for Amateur athletes not created the proper opportunities. Many people who want to play sports in their free time and unprofessional can not do this because of the lack of sites and the right number of people in team sports.

Sport is an important part of life, it helps to strengthen health, promotes the development of international relations, educates character and forms personality.

At the moment, a variety of physical exercises are emerging and forming, new, unusual kinds of sports are improving, and this is what causes great interest among young people.

Currently, sport is of particular importance in the life of the generation, so there are grounds to consider it one of the main types of human activity. Sports, especially Amateur sports, are often seen not only as a way to maintain and preserve health, but also as a preventive measure to prevent drug addiction and other anti-social behaviours, especially among young people. This determines the relevance of the topic of this scientific article .

We conducted a sociological survey, with the help of which a pattern of youth interest in sports was revealed. The aim of this work is to find opportunities to promote sports in the country.

• •       up to 16 years ,

• •       17 to 18 years,

• •       20 to 25 years,

• •      over 25 years

• Figure 1.    Age of respondent.

Of all respondents, only 29.6% are engaged in professional sports.

•      Yes

•     No

• Figure 2.    Share of respondents interested in professional sports.

Of these, 72% of respondents decided to devote their lives to sports under the influence of their parents, and only 28% came to this decision on their own. These indicators confirm that the interest in sports, as well as to a healthy lifestyle is instilled in childhood. The Foundation of this structure is the formation of a stable and conscious interest in physical exercise [1]. The percentage of people who are indifferent to sports is only 31.5%.

• Yes

• No

• Figure 3.    The interest of young people.

The study revealed that 13% percent of respondents not attracted to occupations to sports.

• Yes

• No

• Figure 4.    The impact of international competition on the overall promotion of sports.

The main problem is the availability of all kinds of sports clubs for the General masses. The issue of popularizing sports is often raised, but not to say that any measures are being taken to achieve this goal.

The problem of payment for all kinds of sports clubs is not excluded. The survey revealed that not all schools can provide additional sports education that would be available to all. Including low-income families. Thus, only 47.5% of respondents were able to answer positively to the question presented in the diagram.

• Yes

• No

Figure 5. The situation with public sports clubs in the country.

Moreover, only 44, 3% of respondents can assess the possibility of implementing sports skills in their locality by 5 and 4 points. These indicators show that despite the active policy of our country aimed at the implementation of sports opportunities for young people, most small settlements still suffer from a lack of funding from the state.

Figure 6. Assessment of sports opportunities.

The study found that the rise of funding aimed at the implementation of sports opportunities in the country is carried out only during international competitions [2]. As soon as the competition comes to an end, funding is sharply reduced. The only correct solution in this case is an even distribution of the budget for sports opportunities, regardless of the competitions held in our country.

It is also important to encourage young people to devote their lives to sports. As mentioned above, people in adolescence and childhood, more subject to influence than already formed personality. The organization of the life of young people is chaotic and not properly organized. This fact leads to the fact that the younger generation ceases to monitor their way of life, which leads to a decrease in interest in sports in General.

Based on all of the above, the following conclusion can be made: the popularization of sports should be carried out during and after all kinds of international competitions, it is during this period that young people show the greatest interest in sports. Moreover, it is worth pursuing a consistent and organized policy to attract young people to sports organizations. Chaotic distribution of funds leads only to a decrease in performance, especially in regions where there are problems with the implementation of sports opportunities.