Declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a number of measures taken to reduce the spread of the virus. Returning to normalcy will certainly have a major impact both on pupils, students and teachers, through dynamic activities carried out in the formal framework of the school but also through extracurricular activities, so that everyone is aware of the benefits of participating in such activities.: the feeling of belonging to a community, the need of the others, co-participation in the formation of their own personality and culture, the integration in society, the creation of a balance between individual and collectivity, as a model of behaviour which is to be reached. This article proposes to present a research project aiming at the implementation of extracurricular activities having in view the discovery and capitalization of the local potential (cultural, geographical, historical and sport). This way of approaching is more efficient because there is a need to identify the information acquired in the real environments, answering thus to more associated challenges with the students' theoretical preparation, general experience and design of extra-curricular activities.
The pandemic COVID-19 has globally affected the physical activity behavior, forcing many people to isolate themselves for a long period of time. These actions caused and increased sedentary behaviors such as excessive sitting or using mobile devices. The lockdown and sedentary behavior have affected the health status and decreased the physical fitness, weakening one’s body and inducing a low immunological response. The aim of the study was to determine how elite handball players were affected at physical and mental during the restrictions imposed by the spreading of the SARS - CoV - 2 virus. A questionnaire-based survey was used to conduct the study. For the questionnaire design we used Likert style with three or five level items. The participants voluntarily consented to anonymously participate in our study before completing the questionnaire. The participants were informed that the data would be used only for scientific purpose. The results of our study suggest that pandemic negatively influenced the sport preparation of the handball players due the fact that subjects trained themselves for a period of over 2 months and that meant a reduction of the physical activity (influencing the physical fitness level) to half comparing to a collective preparation for competition. At mental level more than 2/3 felt an increased level of anxiety due to the pandemic, the way that their life was changed and worries concerning their personal and professional future. This period of incertitude had a negative impact at mental level confirming our hypothesis.
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