Students’ involvement in sports activities: basis for sports development program
International Journal of Development Research
Students’ involvement in sports activities: basis for sports development program
Received 14th June, 2018; Received in revised form17th July, 2018; Accepted 10th August, 2018; Published online 29th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Theresa Mee S. Habagat and Rolando P. Romasasa, C. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Participation in differ rent sports activities plays a significant role in the enrichment of a student’s social life and the development of social interaction skills. This study aimed to evaluate the Jose Rizal Memorial State University-Katipunan Campus students’ involvement in sports activities. It utilized the descriptive method that used 318 students participating sports activities. The result of the study revealed that volleyball, basketball and badminton are the sports participated by the students in and off the campus, 2-3 hours of sports involvement in a week and 6% and 2% are involved in regional and national competition levels respectively. The facilities for basketball and volleyball were identified for need of improvements while facilities for gymnastics and sports club were identified to be established in the campus. Thus, the researchers recommend the administration to design a sports development program to address the current needs of the students.
