Tiempo de lectura de los deportistas de las selecciones Santander categoría infantil, de voleibol, baloncesto y futbol

Abstract

In Colombia, children spend a good amount of time reading, however the government or parents must implement better strategies to increase the time and dedication spent reading for better cognitive development. Objective: To identify the reading time in the athletes belonging to the Santander volleyball, basketball and soccer teams, child and youth categories. Material and Methods: For the collection of information, a questionnaire was designed that was approved by the Research Committee of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Sports and Recreation, which included questions on sociodemographic variables such as sex, age, socioeconomic level, text format which refers to whether they do physical or virtual reading. Also, how many days in a week do you read, in a day, how much time do you spend doing the reading and if in a day, how much time do you spend doing the reading. Results: Overall, in terms of reading time, women (67%) spend between 1 and 2 hours on their weekly reading and 37% men do. Finally, between 2 and 5 days are the average dedicated to reading 30 men (60%) and most women 22 (73%). Conclusions: The majority of both men and women use one to two days a week for reading, but more women read every day than men. It was established that women (63%) usually spend more time reading than men (1 to 2 hours), since 45% of them do so for less than an hour.