Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess the interest in physical activities in first year students of second (LF 2) and third (LF 3) medical faculty of Charles University. The sample of 407 students took part in the survey where 182 students were from LF 2 and 225 from LF 3.
Students of both faculties (LF 2 and LF 3) practice a sport less than 2 hours per week (37 %, respective 38 %) and 2-4 hours (38 % respective 34 %). There are 14.5 % of students who regularly compete in a sport discipline and 4.6 % of students do not practice any physical activity at all.
Cycling is practised by 111, swimming by 98, running by 63, volleyball by 62, skiing by 47, fitness and "turistika" by 40 students. Interest in participating in physical activities is focused among traditional activities like swimming, volleyball, fitness, tennis, cycling, health oriented physical education and among "new" activities like sport climbing, squash, beach volleyball,in-line skating, nordic walking, slackline, golf, floorball.
It was showed that including "new"physical activities in curriculum may enhance the interest of students in physical education.