[Suitability of various kinds of sports and exercises for the elderly]

This study is based on the experience of a two-year training course with fifty adults between the ages of sixty and eighty-six. 5,000 scientific publications were evaluated. The following sports were examined: callisthenics, hiking, golf, skittles, bowling, curling, games, jogging, cycling, rowing, swimming, alpine skiing, long-distance skiing, dancing, and tennis. The sports will be judged as to their suitability from four standpoints: improvement of physical fitness and motor skills, increase in well-being and maintaining mobility. With each sport conclusions will be drawn as to the method of physical education for different groups: senior sportsmen, older people doing sports only occasionally and older beginners.