MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE COMPETENCE THROUGH SPORT CLUBS

Abstract

The article discusses the pedagogical potential of sport clubs for developing
students’ social activity and healthy lifestyle competence. Sport participation is not assumed to
produce positive outcomes automatically; developmental effects depend on the coaching climate,
team norms, student autonomy, safety, family and community support, and explicit transfer of
sport-based skills to everyday life. A model of personal choice, competence experience, team
belonging, social responsibility and life transfer is proposed, together with peer support, sport
volunteering, healthy lifestyle mini-projects and reflective portfolios.