Just a stopgap for 'real' sports? Experiences with digital sport and exercise activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 1.9 Q3 SPORT SCIENCES

German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI:10.1007/s12662-023-00881-y

Michael Mutz, Malte Jetzke, Arne Göring

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an increase of digitally supported home-based sport and exercise activities. This paper asks how these digital sport and exercise (DSE) offers are experienced by consumers and compares the experiential value of DSE activities with similar on-site, offline sport and exercise (OSE) activities. The paper is based on cross-sectional online survey data from active members of two university sports centers in Germany. Findings reveal that a relative strength of DSE compared to similar OSE offers is the higher degree of autonomy experienced by users. However, this comes at the expense of the social, physical, affective, competence, and motivational experience. DSE courses are somewhat better rated by self-disciplined and healthy individuals, but lower rated by participants with a high motor competence. Overall, data lend support to the notion that DSE was just a stopgap for many during the lockdowns. For becoming a real alternative to on-site sports, DSE offers should be developed further in such a way that emotional and social experiences are enhanced.

Supplementary information: The online version of this article (10.1007/s12662-023-00881-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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只是“真正的”运动的权宜之计？2019冠状病毒病大流行期间数字体育和锻炼活动的经验。

2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行导致数字支持的家庭体育和锻炼活动增加。本文探讨了消费者如何体验这些数字运动和锻炼（DSE）活动，并将DSE活动的体验价值与类似的现场、线下运动和锻炼（OSE）活动进行了比较。本文基于德国两所大学体育中心活跃成员的横断面在线调查数据。研究结果表明，与类似的OSE产品相比，DSE的相对优势是用户体验到更高程度的自主权。然而，这是以牺牲社交、身体、情感、能力和动机体验为代价的。自律和健康的个体对DSE课程的评价较高，而运动能力高的参与者对DSE课程的评价较低。总的来说，数据支持这样一种观点，即DSE只是许多人在封锁期间的权宜之计。为了成为现场运动的真正替代方案，DSE的提供应该进一步发展，以增强情感和社会体验。补充信息：本文的在线版本（10.1007/s12662-023-00881-y）包含补充信息，授权用户可使用。

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