SPORT AND COVID-19 – NEW CHALLENGES OR OLD ISSUES?

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm20s207
Keywords: coronavirus disease, COVID-19, athletes, training process, sports during pandemic

Abstract

Aim. The study proposes a rationale for sports perspectives during current epidemic situation and provides practical guidance for safe training practices. Materials and methods. 162 athletes of different age participated in an anonymous survey. The main sections of the survey included aspects of athletes’ competence and consciousness regarding the safety of the training process during COVID-19 pandemic. Results. It was found that although 100% of adolescent participants were informed about the negative effects of training load on physical health when suffering from cold-related diseases, meanwhile 49% continued training and competitive acti­vities. Moreover, 20.4% of athletes did not follow the announced restrictive measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. At the moment of the survey, 9.3% did not wear a mask and 11.6% did not use hand antiseptic. Conclusion. Athletes are in high risk during pandemic not only because of their thoughtlessness but also due to neglecting healthcare recommendations, as well as refusing to stop training and competitive activities despite of symptoms of virus disease.

Author Biographies

K. Mekhdieva , Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Doctor, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Service and Health Technologies Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy, Head of the Laboratory for Functional Testing and Integrated Control in Sports, Center for Collective Use, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 620002, Yekaterinburg

A. Zakharova , Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Physical Culture of the Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 620002, Yekaterinburg

V. Timokhina , Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Physician, senior lecturer at the Department of Service and Health Technologies of the Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy, specialist in functional testing of the laboratory of sports and health technologies, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 620002, Yekaterinburg

M. Vladelshchikova , Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

MS of the Russian Federation in karate kyokushinkai, undergraduate student of the educational program in the direction of "Technologies of sports training" of the Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 620002, Yekaterinburg

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Published
2021-03-23
How to Cite
Mekhdieva, K., Zakharova, A., Timokhina, V., & Vladelshchikova, M. (2021). SPORT AND COVID-19 – NEW CHALLENGES OR OLD ISSUES?. Human. Sport. Medicine, 20(S2), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm20s207
Issue
Vol 20 No S2 (2020)
Section
Современные педагогические и психологические технологии в физическом воспитании

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