We decided to promote physical activity through a group of year 10 students at Macleans College. We did get the year 10s active over the course of five weeks, I would question for the need of more physical activity for this year group of students. When undergoing our planning process we assumed that this groups of students needed more physical activity, or perhaps that it was just an easy group to work with, as I myself had previous experience in working with a number of the students within the group prior to promoting physical activity, therefore I believed that they would be easy to communicate and relate with as I am familiar to them and that we would be able to show that being active is good for them. While I am not sure if the group really understood about the holistic benefits of being active and how it can benefit them.
Our second assumption was that sport (in particular badminton) was the only activity that they did or would like. In the survey we gave them, we only asked them what sports they did, what they liked, and what they didnt like. When we got to know them, we found out they were involved in a wide range of different types of activities, including speedball, dodge ball, dancing, swimming, kickboxing and badminton. We also asked them about the barriers and enablers, a barrier being something that prevents them from getting involved in physical activity, where an enabler is something that drives an individual into getting involved in physical activity. From the results of our survey we found that many of them had similar barriers and enablers, the most common barrier being a lack of time due to other commitments such as study etc. while the largest enabler towards physical activity was fun and enjoyment. We also asked how many hours of physical activity they partake on a weekly basis, it is advised that adolescence should be doing seven hours of physical activity minimum per week http://www.
