ACROSS Journal of Interdisciplinary Cross-border Studies

Analytical Study on the Development of Pupils’ Autonomy Through Sports Activities

2025-05-27T13:40:53+03:00

Sports activities are a particularly effective educational tool for the development of students’ autonomy. Through their active involvement in sport, pupils acquire fundamental skills and values in order to become responsible, confident and independent individuals, able to manage their resources and cope with everyday challenges. Sport thus contributes significantly to building a strong and balanced character, essential for success in life. Pupils' autonomy can be effectively developed through sporting activities, which represent a complex and dynamic educational context that supports the development of key competences. The research aims to investigate how participation in sports activities contributes to the development of pupils' autonomy, by analysing their influence on factors such as: decision-making ability; responsibility; time management; self-motivation; development of self-confidence and teamwork skills. Through this analytical study, we aim to monitor and demonstrate that sport can serve as an effective educational tool for the formation of essential competences for the personal and social development of pupils, preparing them for life. The tools used in the research were: questionnaires administered to pupils to assess their level of personal autonomy (e.g. ability to plan their sport activities, decision-making); semi-structured interviews with teachers/coaches on different sport events; direct observations during sport activities. It has been determined that through active involvement in sports activities, students become more capable of facing challenges, making conscious, balanced, responsible and responsible decisions, being autonomous and prepared for success in all aspects of life

Experimental Methodology of Psychomotor Training of Young Gymnasts (8-10 Years Old) Through Fitness

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This article explores the experimental methodology for psychomotor training in young gymnasts (aged 8-10) through fitness, providing a detailed analysis of the implementation of fitness-based methods within their training system. The research aims to optimise the instructional training process for girls aged 8-10 in rhythmic gymnastics through fitness methods. The following research methods were applied in this paper: analysis and generalization of data from the specialized literature; analysis of training documentation in rhythmic gymnastics for gymnasts aged 8-10, including the annual training plan, weekly schedules, teaching projects, and the FIG Code of Points (2022-2024; 2025-2028); pedagogical observation; the testing method; pedagogical experiment; statistical and mathematical methods for data processing and interpretation. Following a literature review, it was determined that psychomotor training is based on such abilities as motor coordination, sense of rhythm, sense of tempo, sense of balance, joint mobility and muscle elasticity, and strength under a resistance regime. These abilities are best developed in 8-10-year-old gymnasts through fitness. Additionally, the study presents evidence supporting the effectiveness of this methodology. The results of the research highlight the effectiveness of the experimental methodology in relation to all tested parameters, such as muscular endurance of the abdominal, back, and arm muscles, joint mobility, motor coordination, as well as the sense of rhythm, tempo, and balance. These results show statistically significant validity at a significance level of P < 0.01–0.001, with Student's t-test values ranging from t = 3.44 to 5.83.

Trends in Sports Training of Football Players for the Position of Goalkeeper

2025-05-27T13:40:53+03:00

Modern football has become a very fast-paced game, with changing situations on the pitch and high
demands for each player. The success of a match or a competition in general depends to a large extent
on the level of their preparation. In order to increase the effectiveness of a football team, adequate
preparation is required for all players, regardless of their playing position. One of the most important
playing positions in a football team is the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper's safety of play largely depends
on the success of the game. It is no coincidence that more and more research is currently being carried
out into the differentiated training of football players, especially goalkeepers. The article comes up
with several requirements and recommendations for the successful training of goalkeepers.

The Role of University Championships in the Socio-Cultural Integration of Foreign Students

2025-05-27T13:40:52+03:00

In the context of increasing international academic mobility, the sociocultural integration
of foreign students is a key challenge for higher education institutions. This study examines the role
of university championships in the integration process, using both qualitative and quantitative
methods, including surveys conducted with foreign students, interviews with coaches, and direct
observations. The results indicate that 75.9% of students perceived sports competitions as an
important tool for social integration, while 65.5% emphasized the development of intercultural skills
through collaboration in mixed teams. Additionally, 69% of participants reported increased selfconfidence, and 55.2% considered sports activities a conducive environment for improving language
skills. However, 20.7% of students faced adaptation difficulties due to cultural and linguistic
differences. Interviews with coaches highlighted their essential role in promoting inclusion, reducing
language and cultural barriers, and facilitating collaboration through extracurricular activities and
intercultural workshops. Direct observations revealed positive interaction patterns, such as informal
leaders and mutual support among participants, contributing to a diverse and inclusive environment.
Thus, university championships serve as a valuable platform for the sociocultural integration of
foreign students, yet optimizing organizational strategies remains necessary to overcome the
identified challenges.

Complex monitoring of the sports training level depending on dietary lipids

2025-05-27T13:40:52+03:00

The essential components of food are proteins, fats and fuels. In this paper, we will analyze one of
the main macronutrients: fats, also called lipids.
First, dietary lipids are indeed exceptional sources of energy. In some organs, particularly the liver,
heart and resting striated muscle, more than half of the energy required is supplied by triacylglycerols.
An essential particularity of the energy value of fats lies in the fact that they represent stores of energy
substrates. Thanks to nutrition, funds (deposits) of energy resources accumulate in the body, which
will be needed later.
In an adult's body, lipid reserves perform the same three basic functions: energy, thermal insulation,
and defense against injury. The last two functions derive from the notion of "indispensable
components of rational nutrition". At the same time, nutrition ensures, in interaction, many other
aspects of the vital activity of living organisms.
Another function of subcutaneous fat reserves is somewhat forgotten, even if it is constantly perceived
visually. It is about "softening the sharp corners" of the skeleton, which gives the body a fine
roundness: the aesthetic function of the subcutaneous adipose tissue. It is often observed in
performance sports that athletes have aesthetically unacceptable silhouettes with prominent
anatomical contours of the bones.
In special living conditions, the priority function of reserve subcutaneous lipids becomes that of
thermal insulation. It is about environments with low temperatures, being temporarily or permanently
in an aquatic environment, etc. The vital activity of aquatic and semi-aquatic mammals directly
depends on the existence of the subcutaneous adipose layer of thermal insulation [4].

Actual lipid consumption in sports training. Functional role and importance in metabolism

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Currently, many athletes, including coaches (except nutritionists), unilaterally evaluate the lipid
component, considering it mainly a source of energy. The large number of overweight (obese) people
has led to the fact that the main goal of rational nutrition has become the "fight" against excessive fat
consumption. However, fats (lipids) are indispensable food factors, as are, for example, proteins.
In highly developed countries, on average, no less than 40% of the daily energy requirement is
covered specifically by fat consumption.
Carbohydrates are also a source of energy. They can accumulate in the body in the form of glycogen.
However, the volume of glycogen stored in the body is immeasurably smaller than that of lipid
reserves. Moreover, if the intake of carbohydrates is excessive, the energy from their consumption is
also stored in the form of triacylglycerols, which are much more "convenient" for long-term storage
and metabolism, if necessary.
About 95% of the total volume of biologically accessible energy in the triacylglycerol molecule
contains residues of three long-chain fatty acids, and only 5% belongs to glycerol (glycerin) residues.
Oxidation of these fatty acids with a high energy value until their transformation into CO2 and water
is accompanied by the release of energy. The oxidation of fatty acids and carbohydrates has only one
final pathway: the citric acid cycle, the Krebs cycle, the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
The biological meaning of fat accumulation can be easily understood by comparison with fetal
metabolism. In the intrauterine environment, reserve lipids are lacking. The fetus receives the
nutrients it needs through the placenta from the mother's bloodstream. At the same time, this intake
of nutrients is continuous, unlike newborns and adults, who have different diets. The fetus does not
need energy reserves (reserve lipids) for long periods, as it is in a thermally regulated environment, it
is well protected, thanks to the amniotic fluid and the tissues of the mother's body, from mechanical
shocks. Only a short time before it is born, the body of the fetus creates its lipid stores. From the
moment of birth, these lipids perform three main functions in complex: a) they are energy reserves;
b) ensure thermal insulation, thanks to the subcutaneous fat layer; c) protect the child from external
mechanical actions and cushion internal mechanical movements of organs and systems.

Forming the pupils' motivation using functional music and non-standard sports equipment

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Physical education is a component of general education that uses physical exercise as the main means
in the formation of high school health skills, motor qualities and health culture. The concept of
physical and sports education imposes in the foreground the formative function of physical exercises
(A.D. Novikov, I.P. Matveev; I. Boian, A. Lungu). To achieve the general objectives and the final
model, the Physical Education School Curriculum provides objectives for each class. The pedagogical
process of physical education is based on all the peculiarities specific to the educational process, it
has an objective character, it is not carried out randomly, but, according to the requirements of the
current society, which impose a harmonious physical development, an increased work capacity, the
recognition of the system of values, integration into society - all this being obtained by means adapted
to the age period, sex, psychomotor peculiarities specific to the individual. The opportunity to practice
non-standard equipment in physical education lessons, the use of functional music, is determined by
the physical development of pupils, the level of development of basic and applied motor skills. In the
training process, knowledge is information about objects and phenomena of the material world. In
this paper, we aim to demonstrate that the use of modern methods accelerates the acquisition of
knowledge, the formation of skills, and capacities, contributing to the development of all psychic
processes.

Management of Tourist Sports Activities in the Republic of Moldova

2025-05-27T13:40:51+03:00

The Republic of Moldova maintains its traditions regarding the management of sports tourism
activities, the primary role in this regard being assumed by the Sports Tourism Federation and the
Sports Orientation Federation. Thus, every year the two federations have a competition plan that is
approved by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova. It involves the
participation of athletes in national and international competitions in various sports tourism events,
as well as a series of sports tourism events that take place in the Republic of Moldova. The Sports
Tourism Federation of the Republic of Moldova ensures the management of sports tourism activities
for events such as hiking, mountain, nautical and cycle tourism, and the Sports Orienteering
Federation's sports orientation activities. All this is organised taking into account a regulation which
is applied within sports tourism activities. The objectives of the study are represented by the analysis
of the management of the activity of the professional federations that organize sports tourism activities
by identifying the number of sports tourism activities, their locations and their selection criteria, in
this sense the analysis of the specialized literature, the statistical-mathematical method were used,
observations being made on the two structures that ensure the management of sports tourism activities
at the national level. Moreover, the management of the federations that organise sports tourism
activities in the Republic of Moldova they focused on their popularisation and the organisation of
sports events that attract athletes both from the country and from abroad.

Analysis of the Training Model for the Individual Physical Training of Junior Strikers in the Football Game

2025-05-27T13:40:51+03:00

This research explores the individualised physical training of junior football strikers, emphasising the
importance of a well-structured training plan, particularly during the winter season. Effective training
planning in football requires a thorough understanding of the content, effects, and application of
various methods, techniques, and training forms. These elements must align with the specific demands
and characteristics of the game at the junior level.
Individualised physical training plays a crucial role in enhancing a striker’s performance, contributing
significantly to overall sports achievement. The study aims to identify the most effective training
model for junior strikers, optimising their physical development and game readiness. To ensure the
validity and accuracy of the research, several scientific methods were employed. These include the
study of bibliographical materials to establish a theoretical foundation, the documentation method for
gathering relevant data, and the experimental method to assess the practical application of training
techniques. Additionally, statistical-mathematical methods were used to analyse the collected data,
while graphical methods provided a clear visual representation of the results. By integrating these
research approaches, the study seeks to offer valuable insights into improving the individualised
physical training of junior strikers, ultimately enhancing their speed, endurance, and overall
effectiveness on the field.