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Brichta, Robert

GDR mass sport as a stubborn social phenomenon?

Competitive sport, state security and doping are the terms that dominated the public and scientific discussion about sport in the GDR for a long time. This work on mass sport breaks with the prevailing patterns of interpretation in several respects. On the one hand, with the area of ​​non-performance-oriented sport, it turns to a research field that is less well known to the public. On the other hand, with the application of the everyday historical approach of the "participatory dictatorship"...

Helmholdt, Jennifer

Promotion of general fitness in school sports

Regular physical activity is the most important influencing factor affecting a person's health and well-being and is considered an essential prerequisite for a health-oriented upbringing of children and adolescents. In order to generate a comprehensive awareness of physical activity and health, effective training programs are necessary. These are to be used above all where all children and young people can be reached with a range of physical activities - at school. Based on previous fitness training models, this book is...