Why sports human science now?

As you can see in the catchphrase "Let's release sports", the new faculty aims at education and research based on the original view of sports, which emphasizes enjoying and thinking, not the view of sports in a narrow sense. Materialization and promotion of sports.

In Japan, sports are often aimed at winning, training, and discipline rather than enjoying sports, and children's satisfaction with sports has been said to be lower than in Europe *.Also, in college and adult sports, a system has been established that gives top priority to competition, and many sports people drop out at the ages of 18 and 22, and overuse and burnout are also serious problems.What the new faculty entrusted to the word "liberation" is to break away from the current view of sports and sports culture in Japan, which is the basis of the teaching methods and sports education that gave birth to these.

On behalf of young teachers, Professor Toshiki Tate said, "It is important to train excellent athletes, but that is just the result. In Japan, which has reached a mature society, it is important for many people to enjoy sports. There is an urgent need to develop advanced sports human resources who can meet diverse needs such as community building, leisure, and health building, as well as improving competitiveness. However, it is also important to train instructors with a view to being able to continue playing sports. " He told me that he wanted to include "Human".

Background and background of the opening of the new faculty

Currently, in Japan, interest in sports is increasing more than ever, not only for 2020, but also for the super-aging society and the era of lifelong sports.Therefore, it is expected that highly-skilled sports personnel will be able to play an active role not only in teachers and sports instructors, but also in sports business and administrative sports promotion.In addition, the company's reputation for students who have continued to play sports is still high, and it is expected that the number of students who have received sports education will continue to increase.

From the perspective of children's education, the role of school physical education, including club activity guidance, is becoming more and more important as the number of playgrounds decreases, and it also provides an environment where adults and children can enjoy sports together in the community. In that sense, universities equipped with state-of-the-art equipment are also expected to play a central role in regional sports.

Another background to the opening of the new faculty is the advantage of Iwata, which is the home of Jubilo Iwata.In the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Sports Management, in collaboration with Jubilo Iwata, we are working to develop not only athletes and instructors in the field of sports, but also human resources who aim to contribute to the sports business and the community.

"Measuring sports" as a new model for sports education and research

For nearly 10 years, the Department of Sports Management has been conducting research on the use of digital technology in various sports situations by young researchers led by Professor Tate.One of them is the "measurement of sports" initiative. One of them is to measure the amount of exercise and speed of a player with a sensor using GPS, which can be used not only for analysis of sports such as soccer but also for teaching infants, children and students [Fig.]. Is expected.In a recent simulated tag experiment for elementary school students, it was found that by slightly changing the rules, the movement of a child who had been sluggish until then can be improved.

It is said that it is important to utilize physical education classes at school in order to increase children's exercise outside the school, but in the field of school physical education where the range of athletic ability is wide, children who are good at exercising increase the amount of exercise and are not good at it. There is also a concern that the amount of exercise for young children is small.Therefore, if we can further deepen such research and devise a rule that allows everyone to actively participate in one class for a certain period of time, we will enjoy the joy of participation by more children than ever before and self-affirmation that we can do it. You may feel a sense and even develop leadership.

Japan has abundant sports facilities, but is lagging behind in the introduction of technology compared to Europe and the United States.Expectations for the new faculty will be gathered as a driving force, including research that will lead to such a change in the concept of sports.

Message to high school students
--Do you start at the age of 18? 《Bunbu Ryodo》

The new faculty is trying to develop new methods for "watching sports," "examining the body," and "seeing movements" using digital technology, but it does not mean that everything is left to it. Mr. Haruo Ozawa, who has been involved in physical education for many years and is also involved in various committees of the national and local governments.When studying at university, it is important to understand the knowledge with your own mind, and to think about "body view" and "exercise view", that is, "what is your body" and "how to make it". Professor Ozawa, who thinks that it is to establish a philosophy, says, "If you don't reach that point, no matter how much you improve your sports performance, there is no point in studying for four years at university. I want you to aim for both Bunbu and Budo in Japan, "he sent a message to students aiming for a new faculty.

It is said that some of the students who enter the school because they like sports are not enough to study in junior high school and high school.However, they also grow steadily as they think about sports in their four years of college and science it, triggered by their favorite sports.In the words of Mr. Tate, "entering the world of" sentence "with" Take "as a medium." "I believe in the potential of 18 years old and want to make it bloom, so I don't want to lose to anyone with good care" (Professor Ozawa). Send it out to society as a young man.I would like to pay attention to the Faculty of Sport and Human Sciences, which challenges such a new university education model and disseminates it nationwide.