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Sport in Groups and Individual Sport
12 % of students prefer to take part in individual sports, 83 %
prefer in a group, of which one fifth in organised associations or clubs
IV. UNIVERSITY SPORT
Above all one must take note that University Sports in Switzerland
only represents - according to the character of its organization
and its importance (perhaps it is also the same in other countries) but
a partial aspect of students' sporting activities.
Both the Universities in question have a voluntary organization
of which an instructor and his associates assume charge. They offer
the opportunities for students to train in various types of sports regularly
and to take part in games, and competitions.
All reports on University Sport indicate their regret that there is
insufficient participation of students and their lack of understanding
of the importance of University sports.
1. Participation in University Sports
51 % take parti 82 % of the students practice sports. Only 60%
of these participate in one manner or another in University sports.
One must note, however, that the distance of the lieu of residence (week
ends) plays an important part in the interpretation of this matterl
As already mentioned the girl students take part in far less University
sports than the male students: Their participation in University
competitions is of about 23 %, and even then sporadically.
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