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sical activity of persons with moderate mental disability otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
- trim trail
Jelena Komel
Elementary School Kozara Nova Gorica, Kidričeva 35, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Physical activity has beneficial effects on human performance, so from the
physical, psychological and social point of view. Any kind of body movement
that causes energy expenditure is beneficial. Trim trail is an ideal option for
movement. Persons with mental disabilities are not moving enough. Most of
them need outside motivation and encouragement in the adolescent period,
as well as in adulthood. Through the interest activity of hiking, I have decid-
ed to visit regularly the trim trail, located in the vicinity of our school and the
town, with the pupils attending the special programme. I have conducted in-
terviews with the pupils and concluded that they are attracted by the trim trail
tasks, they want to improve the time they need to walk the trim trail, and they
want to socialize with their peers. We have continued with the visits to the
trim trail. The pupils have honed the task executions on exercise stations, im-
proved the time they needed to complete the trim trail, and established friend-
ship amongst them. Trim trail has, with its trails of differently steep slopes and
various exercise stations, made all involved enthusiastic about it. Each of them
could perform and complete the tasks according to their best endeavours.
Positive experiences can be transferred also to other groups of people, so they
would exercise in nature and in the company of others to actively spend their
leisure time.
Keywords: movement, persons with moderate mental disabilities, motor
abilities, trim tail, nature
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- trim trail
Jelena Komel
Elementary School Kozara Nova Gorica, Kidričeva 35, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Physical activity has beneficial effects on human performance, so from the
physical, psychological and social point of view. Any kind of body movement
that causes energy expenditure is beneficial. Trim trail is an ideal option for
movement. Persons with mental disabilities are not moving enough. Most of
them need outside motivation and encouragement in the adolescent period,
as well as in adulthood. Through the interest activity of hiking, I have decid-
ed to visit regularly the trim trail, located in the vicinity of our school and the
town, with the pupils attending the special programme. I have conducted in-
terviews with the pupils and concluded that they are attracted by the trim trail
tasks, they want to improve the time they need to walk the trim trail, and they
want to socialize with their peers. We have continued with the visits to the
trim trail. The pupils have honed the task executions on exercise stations, im-
proved the time they needed to complete the trim trail, and established friend-
ship amongst them. Trim trail has, with its trails of differently steep slopes and
various exercise stations, made all involved enthusiastic about it. Each of them
could perform and complete the tasks according to their best endeavours.
Positive experiences can be transferred also to other groups of people, so they
would exercise in nature and in the company of others to actively spend their
leisure time.
Keywords: movement, persons with moderate mental disabilities, motor
abilities, trim tail, nature
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