중학교 태권도 남·녀 선수의 여가활동에 대한 실태조사

Abstract

This study examines consciousness of leisure activities, their environment and types with male and female Taekwondo athletes in middle school, provides the basic materials for diagnosing leisure and is significant in utilizing leisure more efficiently. It aims to increase exercise efficiency through actual survey of leisure activities of male and female Taekwondo athletes in middle school and provide basic materials for their physical and mental health and right social life. It uses interview through questionnaire with male and female Taekwondo athletes and divides the areas of research into four including recognition of leisure activity, time and place for leisure activity, types of leisure activity and satisfaction with leisure activity. 1) Recognition of Leisure Activity Taekwondo athletes in middle school had a great concern on leisure activity as 51.9% and the remaining had no concern on it. Thus extension of meaning and understanding of leisure activity is required. There was no significant difference in concerns on leisure activity according to sex, weight and training period, but higher graders had greater concerns on leisure activity. On mental state during leisure activity, feeling comfortable was preferred, followed by vitality, recognition of another achievement and self-esteem. Restriction factors on leisure activities were referred to as lack of time and fatigue rather than facility factors and it was found that athletes had no enough time to enjoy leisure activities. 2) Leisure Activity Environment Male Taekwondo athletes spent three hours a day in exercising and female ones did two hours and it was found that female Taekwondo athletes had more time to enjoy leisure activity than male ones. Places for leisure activity included PC room (41.0%), followed by theater (23.3%), amusement park, fast-food restaurants and leisure center. Male athletes used PC room most, but female athletes preferred theater, PC room and fast-food restaurants. On recognition of leisure facilities within school, 43.7% of respondents answered they were average, 18.0% answered they were enough and 34.5% did they were lacking. 3) Types of Leisure Activities It was found that 77.3% of respondents enjoyed leisure activities with their friends or companions. Types of leisure activities included game and PC room (25.4%) and taking a rest and sleeping (24.5%). On their favorite sports, majority of male athletes enjoyed football (43.4%), basketball (19.9%), swimming and bowling (7.2%). Besides, they enjoyed billiards, cycle, inline skating, tennis, etc. Female athletes preferred swimming most (24.6%), followed by inline skating (14.4%). They also enjoyed football, basketball and billiards. Female athletes showed clear difference in their individual favorite sport items (17.8%) from male athletes. 4) Satisfaction with Leisure Activities and Activation Methods Most of middle school Taekwondo athletes didn't have satisfaction with their own leisure activities. While 15.6% of middle school Taekwondo athletes answered they were very satisfied with their leisure activities, 28.3% answered they were generally satisfied with their leisure activities and 43.9% of all respondents had satisfaction with their leisure activities. While 38.9% of respondents answered so-so on satisfaction wit leisure activities, 17.1% answered they were very or generally dissatisfied with leisure activities. Important factor for leisure activities was time. 37.8% thought time was priority, followed by cost (25.1%), companion or association (22.4%) and facility and place (14.7%). In difference of important factors of leisure activities according to demographic characteristics, it was analyzed that male and female athletes had different opinions. 36.2% of male athletes thought condition for leisure activities was time, friend or association, cost, facility and place, but female athletes considered time, cost, facility, place, friend and association as important conditions (p<0.05). It was thought that for the activation of leisure activities, time to enjoy it is needed. 54.0% of respondents referred to as time to enjoy leisure activity, 20.9% security of facility and place and 13.6% regular education. Thus it was pointed out that time and place were most important issues in leisure activities of middle school Taekwondo athletes.