The topic of my master's thesis was the coordination of school and sport activities for students in 1 st and 2 nd triad. Nowadays, many children spend their free time in leisure activities that are organised outside the regular, compulsory education at school. Research objectives are to find out what kind of attitude students have towards work and trainings, how much time they have left to fulfil their school commitments, whether they are encouraged to do school work by their coaches on the one hand, and what kind of demands their coaches make on them in terms of sport on the other hand. The aim of the survey is also to find out what the students' own expectations of success in sport are. In the theoretical part, I have defined the importance of children's involvement in sport, the importance of sport for children's development, as well as the theoretical frameworks of today's postmodern society. In writing the theoretical framework I have drawn on Slovenian and foreign literature. In the empirical part, I present the results of interviews I conducted with student athletes in 1 st and 2 nd triad. For the purpose of the research I conducted semi-structured interviews. Each interview was conducted individually with each student. The results showed that the students do not experience any strain and have satisfactory support for their school work at school and in their home environment. They are successfully performing and achieving the demands of both school and sport. They receive structured trainings appropriate to their developmental level. The research certainly has room for improvement. Nevertheless, I believe that it is relevant to our times and certainly interesting to extend.
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