Practicing physical exercises should be a primary concern of today's society. Sedentarism, low-quality food and the polluted environment are factors that need to be tackled by society and, implicitly, by physical education specialists.Ideally, man should practice physical exercise from the age of childhood to the old-age, but for the independent practice of physical exercise, man has to be accustomed to it from the earliest years of his life. Practicing physical exercise within the school is beneficial to human body, but it should continue even when individual is no longer engaged in an organized form of practicing them.Methods used in the study are, analysis of specialized literature, investigation, observation. Hypothesis is based on the hypothesis that children involved in a form of physical exercise, additional to school, increase their chances of independently practicing physical exercise. Important results and conclusions: 1.Following the research, by monitoring the pupils, questioning them, we found that the pupils in the experimental group increased their exercise pace in leisure time, while the pupils in the control group kept constantly this rhythm of practice.2.In order to have a healthy life, people have to practice their lifelong exercises, to have a better chance of getting used of practicing physical exercise, it is necessary from the very early age for the children to be engaged in practicing physical exercises in a organized form additional to school, thus ensuring a transfer between school, out-of-school activity and self-employment.3.Non-formal education must occupy an important place in society by linking formal and informal education.