Back to school, seven out of ten young people in Italy are planning to combine studies and sporting activity, as they consider that sport improves their lives. This is what emerged from a report by Skuola.net, the Italian website for middle school, high school and university students, in collaboration with sporting goods retailer Cisalfa Sport. Gen Z students want to combine “back to school” with “back to sport,” the research suggests.
The study, titled “I Giovani, lo Sport e lo Studio” (Young people, sport and study), was conducted on a sample of 2,800 boys and girls aged 14 to 24 in the weeks preceding the start of the school and academic year 2024/25.
For four out of ten students in the survey, physical activity allows them to feel less stressed, while half of the students in the survey play sports to have a harmonious and healthy look. The “athletes” in the survey were on average 10 percent more likely to have a positive approach to life and to be more self-confident, with a better relationship with others, and a higher academic performance.
Not surprisingly, among the most loved items in the Gen Z wardrobe are sport-related items like sweatshirts (22 percent) and T-shirts (16 percent), along with the equally predictable jeans (20 percent).
