Evaluación de la condición física en estudiantes que ingresan a pedagogía de la actividad física y deporte de la Universidad de Cuenca 2021 – 2022

Abstract

Background: The physical condition allows the individual to function independently in all the contexts in which they develop (Ordóñez Hernández et al., 2019). The studies by García and Álvarez-Álvarez mention that university students who enter the Pedagogy of Physical Activity and Sports career show high levels of sedentary lifestyle, presenting low values in the different components of physical condition in the variables studied. For this reason, it is important to know the physical condition of those who enter the Pedagogy of Physical Activity and Sport career. Objective: Evaluate the physical condition of the students who enter the Pedagogy of Physical Activity and Sports career at the University of Cuenca 2021-2022. Methodology: Study with a descriptive cross-sectional design, qualitative type; the sampling used is nonprobabilistic for convenience; The study population will be made up of students enrolled in the first cycle. The Eurofit test battery was applied to assess physical condition in two instances; For the statistical analysis, the statistical program IBM SPSS version 25 was used. Results: In the resistance test (course navette) there is a higher value in medium and very low levels, in speed (plate hitting test) there is 100% of students in levels below the average; while in the balance (flamenco) the students lean towards good above the average. Conclusions: Most of the physical qualities studied are average, only two physical qualities proved to be below average, as well as plate hitting (upper limb speed) and course navette (aerobic endurance). It was evidenced that there was no significant variation when comparing the tests of the posttest stage with the pretest stage.