%0 Journal Article
%T Alpine skiing habitual practices as free time entertainment for the students of West University of Timi oara ¨C case study
%A Felix Sinitean-Singer
%A Simona Petracovschi
%A Sergiu Urda£¿
%J Timisoara Physical Education and Rehabilitation Journal
%D 2011
%I Mirton Publishing
%X The students of the West University of Timi oara represent a numerous social category, thus quite significant, continuously in search of new ways to practice sports in their free time. The winter season brings to our attention a number of specific activities, most appealing, amongst which alpine skiing, too. The present paper aims at defining the students¡¯ habits regarding the way they spend their spare time, mainly as practicing alpine skiing. This sports branch enhances its attractiveness by the very special environment it can be practiced ¨C into the mountains, in the open air, which actually raises the students¡¯ interest for this free time activity, mainly during the winter vacation or the vacation between semesters, when the number of students largely exceeds the number of those practicing ski during the week or in weekends. We must take into account the fact that they prefer mountain resorts in Romania, not being picky at all when it comes to meals and accommodation facilities, but very demanding about the quality of the ski slopes and the correspondent facilities. The window of time allocated for skiing activities, an average between 1-3 hours/day, illustrates the students¡¯ interest in spending their spare time in an active way. The relatively high costs of this sports branch, mainly because of the expensive equipments but also because of the high costs of the activity itself- courses, utilities, etc.- haven¡¯t kept the students away; they have been manifesting their availability to invest the necessary amounts of money in order to be able to practice this sport. An excellent promotion factor of the alpine skiing amongst students has been the Timisoara West University by organizing theme camps ¨C like ski teaching, but also a number of activities related to such a camp.
%K alpine skiing
%K student
%K habit
%K sport trend
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