Physical activity counseling: Creation of a formation for students in physical education

The WHO (2015) estimates to 1 million deaths par year due to physical inactivity in Europe. The promotion of children physical activity is the starting point as active children are more likely to remain active in adulthood than the others (ACSM et al., 2015). According to ecological model (Booth, 2001) school and teachers are essentials determinants to encourage children in this way. Then, we decided to implement a unit aiming to train physical education students to be able to counselling children and sedentary people. The first step was to interview 15 field professionals supposed to be involved in physical activity promotion in order to identify the essential factors to point out. The second step was to design a formation plan allowing to fill gaps in students skills. The last point will be to implement this formation and to analyse the impact on students actions.