The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Students’ Sport Activity

The rapid spread of COVID-19 virus in Romania has had a substantial impact on higher education, where almost all institutions have been closed and on-site teaching activities have been replaced by online courses (at the peak of the pan-demic, 90% of the world’s students were affected by the closure of institutions). International research papers show that these prevention measures have in-creased stress and anxiety levels and the number of cases of depression. This fact had a considerable effect especially among the students of the physical education faculties, who could no longer support their sports activities. As shown in the pre-sent study, 80.5% of the students confirmed that they were affected physically and mental/emotional by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aimed to identify the current physical condition, but also to compare the physical condition before and during the pandemic and to understand the emerging negative effects of the pan-demic on students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Keywords: physical activity, health, pandemic, lifestyle, influence, benefits