The importance of sport The importance of sport facilities for university sportfacilities for university sport

Dušan Gerlovič, Lecturer, PDušan Gerlovič, Lecturer, Professor of physical educationrofessor of physical education Vice-president of Vice-president of Sports Association of the University of Sports Association of the University of

LjubljanaLjubljana Sport Department – Faculty of Chemistry at University of Sport Department – Faculty of Chemistry at University of

LjubljanaLjubljana

University sport in Europe

There cannot be a general system of university sport in Europe.

Each country has its own:• history• Regulation/law• political system• financing• sports philosophy• quality of sports facilitiesEven in the same country there are often

different models and level of sport facilities development:

Good examples of university investments in sports facilities

• University Alpe-Adria: 3 million EUR Source: Uni Sport Centrum – 2012, Klagefurt, Franc Preiml

• University in Ghent: 8 million EUR

• University in Basel: 20 million EUR

• University in Dublin: 7 million EUR Source: ENAS – Basel 2008, Terry Mcauley, Marco Obrist, Ulrich Weber

University of Lyon1

• tennis halls: 4• football fields: 2• rugby fields: 2• sports halls: 2• dance hall: 1• swimming pool: 1• boxing&judo hall: 1• fitness hall: 1SOURCE: UNI LYON1 – 8.9.2012: ROBERT CRUDER

UNI sports facilities in Slovenia

• University of Ljubljana: 2 sports halls

• University of Maribor: 1 sport hall

• other public and private universities: 0

• national sports program includes standard (3 m² - outdoor sports area/person, 0.5 m² – indoor sports area/person)

• more than 400 sport facilities were built but none for students!

Student sports activities

We see lack of sports halls and facilities for uni sport (no investement since 1980) as one of the main reason for decrease of number of sport active students. SOURCE: BERČIČ, 2009; FILIPIČ – JERAS, 2009.

University of LjubljanaUniversity of Ljubljana((has has 6060.000 students.000 students and employees and employees))

WWe suggest e suggest

• construction of two bigger modular construction of two bigger modular sportsportss hallshalls by by 20202020 (in the amount of (in the amount of approximately 6approximately 6 mio. mio. EUREUR))

• Construction of few smaller facilities (in the amount of approximately 2 mio. EUR), for needs of fitness and group exercises (aerobics, dance, pilates, yoga, …)

Location and financing

• it is necessary to organize sports practice in smaller training centers, where there are residencies or study points for a large number of students

• resources for construction of sports facilities should be gathered from European founds and budgets of the city of Ljubljana, state and private investors

The idea of sports subcenters

Due to position of faculties and students dormitories all over the city would make sense to build:

• subcenter 1: Bežigrad (Faculty of education, economics, social sciences, administration, Students dormitories)

• subcenter 2: Rožna dolina (Students dormitories, Biotechnical faculty, mechanical engineering, arts, pharmacy…)

The idea of sports subcenters (cont.)

• subcenter 3: Gerbičeva (Students dormitories, Faculty of veterinary medicine, mathematics and physics, electrical engineering…)

• Subcenter 4: Slovan (Faculty of sport, medicine, University swimming center, …)

• subcenter 5: Politehnika (area under Rožnik – outdoor activities, where there are set up Faculty of chemistry and Faculty of computer and information science)

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Other slovenian universities

• University of Maribor has better sports facilities - modern UNI sport center Leon Štukelj

• University of Primorska does not have its own sports facilities; the same is true for other higher education institutions

• University in Primorska seriously starts the construction of sports facilities, the construction of two new UNI campuses are planned

Final wordFinal word

• Slovene Slovene UNIUNI sport can only sport can only develop successfully if there are develop successfully if there are appropriate sportappropriate sports s facilities, facilities, owned by universities, with owned by universities, with adequate financing system and adequate financing system and professional managementprofessional management

• A way to “sporty nation” is led by A way to “sporty nation” is led by “quality “quality universityuniversity sport”. sport”.

Thank you for your attention