Sports and PE in Czech Republic
The most popular sports in the Czech Republic are football and ice hockey.
Football –tennis is an original Czech sport similar to volley-ball in which the players kick the ball over a low net.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVOC6AUzVA Other popular sports are volleyball, tennis, floorball,
swimming, or winter sports like skiing, skating and snowboarding. Aerobics, zumba or others fitness excercise are very popular in these days.
Typical Czech sports
Although Czech Republic is a small country, we have some well known athletes and maybe you know their accomplishments.
At Olympic games in 1998 our ice-hockey team won a gold medal.
Petra Kvitová won a Wimbledon. Speed skater Martina Sáblíková won two gold and one
bronze medal in Vancouver, Winter Olympic Games 2010,.
Success in Czech Republic
Ball games such as voleyball, floorball, basketball…are much more popular. This team sports teach you how to cooperate with others and be a part of team.
There are also organized “friendly matches“ and tournaments between schools in the Czech. It's very entertaining and students enjoy it.
During all year students like to do outdoor activities. They go jogging or roller blading in summer or ice-skating in winter time.
Physical Education
Students do not like to do track and field and gymnastics at school in PE classes.
Physical Education
Students go to skiing course, where they learn or improve their skiing or snowboarding skills
Students go for canoeying course
School courses
Tennis player Tomáš Berdych
Footballer Milan Baroš
Skier Martin Vráblík
Champion firefighter Honza Gášek
Ice-hockey player Jakub Štěpánek- Champion
Also from Wallachia, a region where we live, comes several successful athletes.
Thank you for your attention
Prepared: Tereza Ostřanská Lenka Maňáková