A Study Of Current Situation And Factors Of Extracurricular Sports Activities In Universities In The South Of Jiangsu Province

As an important part in school physical education, extracurricular sports activities play a crucial role in realizing the college physical objectives. The unfolding of the extracurricular sports activities in college facilitate the cultivation of students'physical awareness and habit as well as their lifelong physical usual practice. In recent years, for the intense innovations of the college physical education, and the release of the related policy documents, the status of the extracurricular sports activities has been greatly improved. However, as a result of the concern on extracurricular athletics fall behind of the reform of class sports, a large portion of the colleges didn't place emphasis upon the extracurricular sports activities comparing with the class sports. On the great idea of curriculum of physical education, college extracurricular work remains to be refined and strengthened.Employing the following instruments as documents analysis, interview, statics, this thesis conducted a research of the current situation of extracurricular sports activities in the South of Jiang Su colleges. According to the research, this study made clear about the overall situation of the extracurricular sports activities aiming to find out the existing problems, and analyze the affecting factors, which support the organization and the administration of the college extracurricular sports activities in Southern college. Furthermore, this study provides the theoretical and practical evidence of the reform and development of the college extracurricular sports activities.By data collection and analysis, some major findings are as following:1. The awareness of the extracurricular sports activities among Southern college students: most of the students have a comprehensive perception about the function of the sports activities. Meanwhile, they regard the extracurricular sports activities as a positive part in promoting their physical, psychological well-being and social adaptation. As far as the gender concerned, the male students'attitudes towards extracurricular sports activities are more active than those of females'. As for the motivation, it presents diversity both in their inner psychological, emotional and the external physical health needs.2. Behavior in terms of extra-curricular sports activities: the frequency of students'participation in extra-curricular sports activities focuses on 1-2 times, and 30-60 minutes each time. It indicated that the females are in a desperate shortage of both time and frequency. The main activities time is in afternoon and evening. As far as the selection of activity form and activities form, both boys and girls reflects the diversity of sports events and the main activities are in the form of: group activities, organized activities by college or class, and individual activities. The college venues are focused by most students. Whereas, there is a growing tendency in terms of the space, students tend to the community sports. The available time of college sports facilities are concentrated in the afternoon and evening, and some of them are not free of charge. Contrast with the high enthusiasm of students, there's a contradictory with the deficiency in organization and guidance of the college associations.3. The aspects in the organization of the students'extra-curricular sports activities. The main form of the extra-curricular sports activities in college are free exercise, participation of the sports associations, and the college organized after class activities. Referring to the morning exercise, it just become a mere formality, and there no lack of the guidance from the teachers in extra-curricular sports activities. On one hand, the organization system is not so complete with the absence of the effective supervise measurements to protect the conduction of the extra-curricular sports activities. A great proportion of the colleges haven't the scoring measurements and methods to motivate the students to join in the extra-curricular sports activities letting them do what they like. On the other hand, it lacks of planning in college sports competition and the scoring method of students'extra-curricular sports activities. A more comprehensive evaluation system is urgently needed.4. In this paper, R-factor analysis is employed to determine the influencing eight factors towards students'attending extracurricular sports activities in Southern colleges. The factors are: sports values, school sports environment factors, organizational factors, cultural factors in school sports, school sports policy regulatory factors, social support factors, leisure time lifestyle factors, and physical ability factors.Summing up, aiming to provide a guideline for the development of the extracurricular sports activities in Southern colleges, the thesis analyzed the existing problems as well as the eight influencing factors in current extracurricular sports activities situation in the South of Jiangsu colleges, and present some suggestions and measurements.