The current contents and approaches to conduct extracurricular physical activities for lower secondary school students in Can Tho city

Abstract

In order to present reliable, scientific, and comprehensive information regarding the current contents and approaches of conducting extracurricular physical activities (EPA) for lower secondary school students in Can Tho City, the authors employed several methods including synthesizing documents, interviewing students, and evaluating gathered data. The findings revealed that students enjoy a wide range of extracurricular sports related to volleyball, athletics, football, badminton, shuttlecock kicking, chess, and table tennis; but dislike martial arts and basketball. Moreover, most of their extracurricular sports practice are now held in sports clubs without instructors, lasting 30 minutes to 1 hour (equal to 1 training session), taking place at schools, with training periods in the afternoon and monthly expenses ranging from 50,000VND to 100,000VND.