CUBAN SPORT

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CUBAN SPORT
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CUBAN SPORT

• CUBA BEFORE 1959
• Influence of Spain and United States.
• Professionalism.
• Commercialisation.
• Sport was not an important social institution.
• Few development of the science of sport.
• Gambling.

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CUBAN SPORT

• The Government is in charge of the development of
  sport in general.
• The President of de government is one of the most
  important personality that have a big influence
  in the success of the Cuban sport.
• The most important governing bodies are
• The National Institute of Sport, Physical
  education and Recreation. (1961)
• The Cuban Olympic Committee. (1934)
• The National Institute of Physical Culture.
  (1974) (University of Sport) (14 Faculties in the
  whole country).
• The government and this tree institutions work
  together, sport run as a right for all the
  citizens as shown in the National Constitution.
• The administration and organisation have a big
  influence of the USRR .
• Business Cubadeportes S.A

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CUBAN SPORT

• MAJOR SPORTS
• Baseball National sport.
• Volleyball
• Boxing
• Basketball
• Athletics

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CUBAN SPORT

• PLACE OF SPORT IN EDUCATION
• Physical Education is at all levels of the Cuban
  Educational System as obligatory subject.
• The Physical Education is part of the Health
  System.
• Collaboration in many ways with others countries.
• Multiple use of sport facilities and arenas.
• These principles reflect the general system of
  physical culture an sport protected by the Cuban
  Constitution.

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CUBAN SPORT

• PRIVATE SECTOR Vs PUBLIC SECTOR.
• Nationalisation of all the private sector after
  1959.
• Prohibition of professionalism and gambling
  since 1962.
• Sport is developed just in the public sector.
• Amateur Sport.

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CUBAN SPORT

• MEDIA AND TV
• Because of the importance of sport for Cuban
  people TV covers all the events possible in the
  whole world.
• TV is public.

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CUBAN SPORT

• SUCCESS
• 25 of the population practice sport in one or
  another.
• Innovated infrastructure.
• Poisoned in the top of the best countries in the
  field of the Olympic and world sport.
• Physical education is obligatory and free for all
  the population.
• Physical Education in the development of the
  Health System.
• e.g Elderly people above 60 receive free physical
  education everyday in their
• neighbourhood.
• Mora than 30 000 graduates of the career of
  Physical Culture, work as manager,
• scientist, administrator, lectures, professor of
  physical education an so on not only
• in Cuba but in many countries in all over the
  world.
• Cuba is recognised as one of the most potential
  countries in the development of sport nowadays.

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IMPORTANT EVENTS
VENUES
CUBAN SPORT

• Latinoamerican Stadium
• Pedro Marrero Stadium
• Havana Coliseum
• Pan-American Stadium
• Pan-American Village
• Modern Sport Facilities for the practices of all
  the sport of the
• Olympic Programme