an "alternative" campus marathon at a vocational college in guangzhou attracted more than 10,000 students to participate
2024-09-18
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recently, guangzhou hua xia vocational college issued the "opinions on comprehensively strengthening and improving school sports". the document shows that starting from this semester, each student on campus needs to complete at least one "sunshine sports long-distance run" with a cumulative mileage of more than one marathon each semester.
according to reports, the long-distance running project mainly relies on the flashing campus app and uses big data monitoring to promote the quantitative indicators of students' participation in extracurricular sports. students participate in running on the main roads or sports fields of the campus, and the process is monitored by the positioning function of the mobile phone app. after completing the minimum mileage of the day, they can check in at the designated location on campus. the effective mileage is analyzed by big data and automatically counted into the individual's cumulative running mileage. extracurricular sports scores can be obtained by completing the corresponding mileage each semester.
"participating in sports is for good health. i enjoy the process of running. running 2 kilometers a day on average does not take too long, so it is not a burden, and it will not affect my original study and life rhythm." xia, a student from class 1 of preschool 23, who participated in the running, said. on the day the project was launched, more than 5,700 students of the school successively walked into the playground to participate in the long-distance running project, with a cumulative mileage of 7,144.2 kilometers, completing 2% of the total mileage. after the project was fully launched, more than 10,000 students in the school actively participated.
the flashing campus app background has set up a daily mileage list, which is counted and displayed separately by grade and gender. this makes it convenient for physical education teachers to monitor the running status of their students in real time, and also creates a sports atmosphere of "overtaking and catching up".
it is understood that the school has vigorously created a sports atmosphere on campus by regularly carrying out college sports and cultural festivals, color runs, basketball games, football games, school sports meets, etc. at the same time, it has vigorously promoted the selection of sports talents, and established more than 20 sports teams, including basketball, badminton, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, football, track and field, sports dance, taekwondo, sanda, handball, fitness and bodybuilding, cheerleading, martial arts, dragon and lion dance, roller skating, and shuttlecock teams. it also supports participation in various sports events at all levels and has won more than 100 provincial and above awards.
liu yueqi, vice-president of the school, said that by exploring the implementation of extended evaluation of physical education classes and extracurricular activities, and incorporating quantitative indicators of students' participation in extracurricular sports into the physical education performance evaluation system, the purpose is to guide students to enjoy physical exercise, enhance their physical fitness, improve their personality, strengthen their will, and develop good lifelong physical education habits.
text and photos | reporter cui wencan, correspondent song miaomiao, ji yao
