THE STUDY ON THE MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS TO PLAY HANDBALL OR OTHER SPORTS ACTIVITIES

The purpose of this paper is to find out the reasons why students are attracted to play handball or other sports activity and the reasons that lead them to abandon these sports activities. The study was conducted on a sample of 60 students, 40 boys and 20 girls, aged between 13 and 14 years old. To begin with, I made a questionnaire that I applied to the group of students, in order to be able to observe their interest in practicing handball sports or in practicing other sports activities, and I followed the students' interests, the purpose and what motivates them to practice handball. Some students also practiced other sports such as: football, volleyball, basketball, handball and swimming. Students are attracted in a special way by the desire to belong to a group, by the desire for affirmation, by the desire to develop harmoniously from a physical and motor point of view, all of which are Pro arguments in order to practice the game of handball. If we look at the other side of giving up playing handball, it is due to the lack of knowledge of the benefits of this game on the development of each individual, the lack of intrinsic motivation, the lack of positive models, the lack of materials necessary for the development of these sports activities, the lack of promotion