Interests and habits of practising winter sports with elementary school children in regard to their place of residence

Primarni cilj ovog istraživanja je bio utvrditi navike i interese djece do petnaest godina kada je riječ o bavljenju sa sportovima na snijegu. Kod današnje djece i mladih prisutan je trend tjelesne neaktivnosti koji je najizraženiji tijekom zimskih mjeseci, kada su dani kraći, a temperature niže. Ovim diplomskim radom želi se u različitim sredinama (selo, mjesto i grad) utvrditi interes i navike djece prema sportovima na snijegu. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 302 učenika osnovnih škola. Znanje ispitanika o bavljenju sportovima na snijegu utvrđeno je putem upitnika, temeljem kojeg su dobiveni podaci o navikama djece kada su u pitanju odlasci na zimovanje. Upitnikom se posebno željelo utvrditi znanje učenika o zimskim sportovima, o njihovom utjecaju na zdravlje, o zastupljenosti zimskih sportova u medijima te o mogućnostima bavljenja ovim sportovima u Hrvatskoj.The primary purpose of this research was to determine the habits and interests towards the winter sports in category of children up to fifteen years old. Today, children and especially young people at adolescents age, have a trend of physical inactivity, what is most conspicious during the winter months when days are shorter and they are cold climatic conditions. Therefore, it is important to create and offer physical activity in natural enviorement to children during the winter period. This graduate thesis is trying to project habits of the children thowards winter sports in different surroundings (village, town, city). 302 elementary school students were participated in this research. The children's knowledge about winter sports and their habits about preforming winter sports was identified through the questionnaires. The questionnaire specifically wanted to determine the knowledge about winter sports, the place that representation of winter sports have in the media and about the possibilities of preforming winter sports in Croatia