PHYSICAL AND SPORT ACTIVITY AND THE RELATION TO THE EIGHT KEY COMPETENCES OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

The school realizes its work of formation through the processes of socialization and the learnings that between them they have an interdependent relationship. The article investigates value educative of the dimension social, cultural, emotional and cognitive through physical activity, motor and sports. The present study, the theoretical argument, try to clarify some aspects: the experience, the affectivity and the emotion can facilitate or hinder the evolutionary process of the student. The eight key competences approved by the European Parliament in 2006 are closely related to aspects of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in the period from 0 to 14 years. The education to the physical activity, motor and sports should be the center of the teaching-learning processes and help the process of construction of knowledge and skills within the school. It is also highlighted, how much this knowledge and skills system can be conditioned by social, cultural and emotional aspects. In conclusion, it is desirable to structure the learning environment with the bio-psycho-social paradigm of physical, motor and sports activities to achieve the goals of skills at the end of the first cycle of education of the National Guidelines for the curriculum of 2012

Physical activity and sports science in Italian scientific research products

Purpose. This study aims to measure the number of scientific production of Italian researchers, as framed on academic disciplines of Physical training and methodology (code M-EDF/01) and Sports science and methodology (code M-EDF/02), afferents to the academic recruitment field of Exercise and sports science (code 06/N2) and Didactics, special education and educational research (code 11/D2). Material and Methods. The sample consisted of the entire population of full professors (n=30) belonging to the two academic disciplines of Physical training and methodology and Sports science and methodology, plus a proportional representation of the two academic recruitment fields with at least one associate professor per university, for a total of 124 researchers. The titles of the first ten scientific products in terms of more citations from the Google Scholar database were analysed for each researcher. The full consistency of the title with the scientific statement of the two academic disciplines was assessed, identifying the number of articles afferent to sports and physical activity, biomedical and Psycho-pedagogical domains. One-way ANOVA was used to compare the two academic disciplines of the two academic recruitment fields with the three domains. Results. The aggregate data showed a prevalence of the biomedical domain over the sport and physical activity ones in both the academic disciplines, in the academic recruitment field of Exercise and sports science. On the other hand, in the academic recruitment of Didactics, special education and educational research, there was a prevalence of the sport and physical activity domain over the biomedical ones. In addition, modest Psycho-pedagogical and biomedical scientific production were found in the academic recruitment fields of Exercise and sports science and Didactics, special education and educational research, respectively. Conclusions. The problem of the different coherence of the scientific profiles of the researchers concerning the relevant academic recruitment field and possibly also to the two academic disciplines was confirmed

An Exploratory Study in Non-Professional Football on the Perception of Stakeholders about the New Working Professional Profile of Sports Kinesiologist

In Italy, recent amendments to Legislative Decree n. 36 of 28 February 2021, on sports work, may have made the application of the reform by stakeholders unclear, with the risk of generating further confusion among them. One of the most critical points concerns the possible equivalencies to the professional profile of the kinesiologist, which would be illegitimately recognized even for a different level of education, contrary to the requirements of the European qualification framework. The aim of the study was to understand the perceptions of stakeholders in the world of non-professional football regarding recent legislative provisions. A survey, divided into two sections, was administered to 112 presidents and 112 trainers of non-professional football associations of the province of Salerno. The first section presents five items common for both presidents and trainers, which seek to probe stakeholders’ perceptions of the enjoyment, appropriateness, usefulness, and scientificity of kinesiologists. The second section presents five differentiated items. Validity and reliability were calculated. A chi-square analysis (χ(2)) was performed to test the independence within and between-subjects (trainers and presidents) on their perceptions about the new working professional profile of sports kinesiologist. From the results, it was possible to appreciate a discordance of opinion among stakeholders. Although the majority of presidents and trainers are in favour of introducing such a professional profile (p 0.05). The perceptual contradictions found among stakeholders’ responses demonstrate how the complexity of recent regulatory provisions regarding possible equivalencies to the title of kinesiologist have inevitably generated further confusion among stakeholders

Different explosive strength and physiological demands between male and female basketball teams.

Background. The several types of running in the team sports such as basketball, soccer and rugby, vary according to physical characteristics and sports. In particular, in the basketball the running is characterized by continuous acceleration and deceleration phases, which entails greater energy expenditure. This study aimed to assess the strength decrease of the lower limbs and energy expenditure at different running conditions (n=4) with/without the ball during Linear running and Shuttle run (180°) in two groups (male: n=15; female: n=15). Materials and methods. Experimental approach required the following tests/devices: Squat Jump to assess the strength of the lower limbs before/after each test, and a portable Metabolimeter was used to assess the metabolic parameters. The T-test was used for independent samples and Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to assess the significant differences for each variable between each running conditions. Results. Initial hypothesis has been confirmed, showing a significantly different strength decrease in different running conditions (Linear Running and Shuttle run with and without ball) and between the two teams considered (male and female). In addition, different energy expenditure between the two groups increases even more during the running with the ball compared to running without the ball. Conclusions. The results of this study could be useful for coaches to optimize training with different training load related to gender and to the running conditions (with and without the ball), but also to optimize the work load of young players in relation to the abilities, skills and experiences of players

Disability and inclusion: swimming to overcome social barriers

Nowadays all people can and must practice physical activity and engage themselves in various sports specialties. Among the various sports, swimming is ideal in all situations where the weight of the body is a problem, such as in cases of lower limbs disability (amputations, paralysis, etc.). The objective of this study is to investigate if disabled and not-disabled athletes can derive performance benefits and if it is possible to reduce the gap between the competition times between athletes, through a single, performance and training activity. The sample is made up of 12 athletes, including 6 disabled, belonging to the S2 category, and 6 not-disabled athletes skilled in the back. After an anamnesis and a careful initial valuation, it was proposed to all the athletes to do the HIIT method (for 4 weeks), Tabata method (for 4 weeks), and Pilates one (for 8 weeks). Moreover, to the disabled athletes were given physiotherapy sessions to increase joint ROM for 8 weeks. The aim is to promote social inclusion for disabled athletes, often marginalized by the group, to break down those who are the pillars of difference

Comparison of Outlier Detection Methods on Astronomical Image Data

Among the many challenges posed by the huge data volumes produced by the new generation of astronomical instruments there is also the search for rare and peculiar objects. Unsupervised outlier detection algorithms may provide a viable solution. In this work we compare the performances of six methods: the Local Outlier Factor, Isolation Forest, k-means clustering, a measure of novelty, and both a normal and a convolutional autoencoder. These methods were applied to data extracted from SDSS stripe 82. After discussing the sensitivity of each method to its own set of hyperparameters, we combine the results from each method to rank the objects and produce a final list of outliers