The importance of soft skills in fitness-specific activities

Abstract

Communication in sports is a process that is of great concern to specialists, but information related to this area is very poor. Jean Caune [3] pointed out that “cultural phenomena and communication processes are, more than ever, part of any community life”. Communication positively influences the performance of fitness-specific activities, the genetic potential can be improved due to the interaction between practitioners. The present article aims to draw attention to the fact that the way people communicate is influenced, to a large extent, by the personality of the individual, with different interests and emotional states of their own, as well as the fact that their communication skills are essential in our society, they involve the transmission of data, by means of verbal or non-verbal signals, and the creation of different relationships between people. [6, 10] Regarding sports activities in general and fitness in particular, socialization is a very good means of communication [4]. Fitness is a means of promoting fair play, a means of socialization, being considered a complex phenomenon with positive influences and effects, which is another aspect this article focuses on. We also intend to emphasize that through socialization, athletes adopt certain rules and principles specific to society, then become members of a team, a group [9]. In the context of socialization, communication has a particularly important role, contributing to the integration and evolution of the athlete in society.

Keywords

• fitness
• communication
• soft skills
• improvement
• competition