2009 Open Aerobics for Humanities Students: A Fresh Start

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities 1 team has excellently won the championship in the 2009 Open Aerobic Competition for Humanities Students – Song Da 7 Urban Investment Cup held last night (April 9) at the Thanh Xuan District Sports and Cultural House with a total score of 75/100. The Second Prize and Third Prize respectively belonged to the two teams: the University of Foreign Languages ​​(VNU) and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities 2.

Representatives of the Board of Directors, the Youth Union Executive Committee, a large number of university students, representatives of sponsors, sports coaches and representatives of press agencies came to watch and cheer for the teams. The tournament was hosted by the Student Union Executive Committee and the Department of Physical Education of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the sponsorship of Song Da 7 Urban and Industrial Park Investment Joint Stock Company under Song Da Corporation.

10 teams brought to the tournament 10 vibrant and beautiful performances with skillful movements and flexible structures. Some teams also impressed with the participation of male athletes such as the Team of Pedagogical University 1, the Team of Thanh Do College, the Team of Dai Nam University or the International Faculty Team (VNU) with 4 athletes who are Chinese students. That affirmed the attraction of the tournament as well as the elaborate training investment of the teams after nearly 2 months of implementing the tournament.

As per the rules of the tournament which were set out for each team before the official competition, the judges scored the teams based on the professional Aerobic competition rules with 2 criteria: structure score and performance score. Therefore, the scores that the judges gave to each team in yesterday's tournament were considered quite strict.

According to the judges, although some teams had impressive and unique performances, they confused them with some movements of general gymnastics or gymnastics such as somersaults, side rolls or rainbow bends. These are all movements prohibited in aerobic competitions, while the 7 basic aerobic steps stipulated in the competition regulations have not been focused on performing well.

Although the University of Social Sciences and Humanities 1 team still made some mistakes in terms of uniformity or accuracy of movements, they had many groups of movements at a difficult level and very flexible formation moves. For teams with questions, the judges also had explanations right after the competition ended. With the nature of a sports competition, the scores for each part are very clear and specific and that is the objective basis for the tournament to select the best teams.

However, regardless of their high or low positions, all teams contributed to creating a colorful and exciting Aerobic tournament, leaving a good impression on the delegates, judges and especially nearly 1,000 enthusiastic fans.

Aerobics is a sport that is very suitable for students to keep fit, train the body's flexibility and endurance - contributing to improving health for studying and working. The 2009 Open Aerobic Competition for Humanities Students, held for the first time in universities in Hanoi, has shown the efforts of the Organizing Committee as well as the response of the competing teams in joining hands towards the goal of expanding and improving the quality of this sport movement widely among students. Hopefully, this useful playground will help the Organizing Committee as well as the participating teams gain more experience in similar tournaments.