Science of sports serving as a means of PE

Introduction

The introduction of every day physical education is a special opportunity for teachers, at the same time it also means serious responsibility. There is no another subject in education that could promote the development of children’s personality so directly and effectively as physical education, in addition not in vitro but in vivo.

Nowadays possibility and responsibility require that the physical education teachers would also function as psychologists, physiotherapists or in some cases as doctors. There is a growing need to integrate the methods and outcomes of sport science into daily work.

More and more disciplines of other sciences have been applied in sport science. Some of them can easily be adjusted to specific tasks and integrated into physical education without any difficulties. But there are also those that require specific tools. Naturally we need to know how to use them. There are some which we have only heard about, but sooner or later we will meet and even apply them on a daily basis.  We should bear in our mind that there are many exciting areas that should be discovered. Even the professionals who got their diploma not long ago are surprised how quickly and to what extent this wonderful area of science has changed and developed.

We recommend this material to students, pre- and in- service teachers, parents who study to become professionals of sports science and also those who are interested in the latest innovative strategies within physical education.

Dr. László Balogh