 The most popular sports in the Czech Republic are football and ice hockey.  Football –tennis is an original Czech sport similar to volley-ball in which the players kick the ball over a low net.  Other popular sports are volleyball, tennis, floorball, swimming, or winter sports like skiing, skating and snowboarding. Aerobics, zumba or others fitness excercise are very popular in these days.

 Although Czech Republic is a small country, we have some well known athletes and maybe you know their accomplishments.  At Olympic games in 1998 our ice-hockey team won a gold medal.  Petra Kvitová won a Wimbledon.  Speed skater Martina Sáblíková won two gold and one bronze medal in Vancouver, Winter Olympic Games 2010,.

 Ball games such as voleyball, floorball, basketball…are much more popular. This team sports teach you how to cooperate with others and be a part of team.  There are also organized “friendly matches“ and tournaments between schools in the Czech. It's very entertaining and students enjoy it.  During all year students like to do outdoor activities. They go jogging or roller blading in summer or ice-skating in winter time.

 Students do not like to do track and field and gymnastics at school in PE classes.

 Students go to skiing course, where they learn or improve their skiing or snowboarding skills  Students go for canoeying course

 Tennis player Tomáš Berdych  Footballer Milan Baroš  Skier Martin Vráblík  Champion firefighter Honza Gášek  Ice-hockey player Jakub Štěpánek- Champion

Thank you for your attention Prepared: Tereza Ostřanská Lenka Maňáková