Motivation towards the Practice of Physical-Sports and Recreational Activity of Secondary Students

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to detect the motivational orientation of the secondary students of the educational units of the city of Azogues to the practice of physical and recreational activity, in the same way the degree of notion that the students have about the sports offer from their educational institution, this research work was carried out on a sample of 308 (197 men and 111 women) students from the La Salle educational units, Luis Rogerio González and the University Unit of Azogues, all of them belonging to the city of Azogues, province of Cañar, with ages between 16 and 18 years, the sampling that was carried out was random, for the evaluation of the variables a quantitative social study was carried out, for which two questionnaires with the following dimensions were validated and designed: one on physical-sports and recreational practice habits and another to show if the respondents knew sports services provided by your educational institution. The results reflect that 71.9% of the investigated students express that they do not have information on the recreational and sports activities that take place in their educational institution, while 16% indicate that they carry out physical activity for recreation, and 44% of students externalize that carry out physical activity for health these are the main reasons that stimulate the secondary students of the city of Azogues to carry out physical activity.