AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AT COLLEGE LEVEL

Mr. Nasir Saeed and Dr. Vikas Saxena

Abstract

College students’ awareness of physical exercise and attraction towards sports participation has become frail in recent years. The exercising habit is hard to form and physique conditions decline year by year. Thus author carries out an investigation to find out the various factors that are affecting the student sports participation at college level. Total Five Hundred (N=500; Male-250 & Female-250) college level students from the city of Bhopal (M.P.) willingly responded to a self designed questionnaire. The results revealed that students have been influenced with peers and sometimes their own interest and wrong perception cause them to avoid participating in sports such as fear of attendance loss, risk of injuries, academic loss etc. Findings of the study suggest that students are need to b motivated for participation in students by organizing planned sports events with proper facilities, they must be educated about the advantages of sports and their myths regarding academics loss shall be resolved. A balance between supporting involvements without putting too much pressure is needed by the college management as well as from peer group and parents.

Keywords: Sports, Awareness, Supportive behavior and Motivation