École nationale d'éducation physique et sportive et Collége national de moniteurs et d'athlétes de 1941 à 1942: Complémentarités et concurrences

Abstract

The creation of the CNMA in Antibes in 1941 transformed deeply the landscape of Sports and Physical Education. At the national level, this institution, which taught training instructors in a reduced time, was closed to the ENEPS, which had been training sports teachers since 1933. Although complementary, these two national institutions competed one with the other, opposing a long formation to a short one, intellectualism to pragmatism, contents of Physical Education to sport contents. These differences of functioning were the consequence of the sporting policy of the Commissariat generalfor General and Sport Education, which massively used instructors to implement its action in favour of the youth. The CNMA became the organism of reference for the youth and the sport movement, especially since propaganda actions reinforced its image. © De Boeck Universite.