Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for youn... more Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for young athletes' sports participation. Sports facilities are those immobile infrastructures for sports training, competitions and events. While, sports equipment are items that are movable and are utilized for a period of time. Sports facilities and equipment management are referred to the process of planning, purchasing, administering, coordinating and evaluating the day-today procedure of facilities and equipment utilization. This paper explored the role of sports facilities and equipment management on young athletes' sports participation in Nigeria. The concepts of sports facilities and equipment management were critical reviewed. Related issues were also discussed, such as; sports facilities and equipment maintenance cost, standard sport facilities, modernization in sports facilities and equipment management and safety in sports facilities and equipment usage. It concluded among others that sports facilities and equipment management create a safe and healthy environment for sports participation among young athletes, which in turn set the tone for promising great future athletic performance. It was recommended among others that personnel that will be responsible for the management of sports facilities and equipment should be experience.
Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for youn... more Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for young athletes' sports participation. Sports facilities are those immobile infrastructures for sports training, competitions and events. While, sports equipment are items that are movable and are utilized for a period of time. Sports facilities and equipment management are referred to the process of planning, purchasing, administering, coordinating and evaluating the day-today procedure of facilities and equipment utilization. This paper explored the role of sports facilities and equipment management on young athletes' sports participation in Nigeria. The concepts of sports facilities and equipment management were critical reviewed. Related issues were also discussed, such as; sports facilities and equipment maintenance cost, standard sport facilities, modernization in sports facilities and equipment management and safety in sports facilities and equipment usage. It concluded among others that sports facilities and equipment management create a safe and healthy environment for sports participation among young athletes, which in turn set the tone for promising great future athletic performance. It was recommended among others that personnel that will be responsible for the management of sports facilities and equipment should be experience.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dec 31, 2022
Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. ... more Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. However, there is still insufficient information on the predictors of sports betting among this particular social group. The aim of this study was to examine social predictors of sports betting among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. Material and methods. A cross-sectional community survey was conducted among 470 youths from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Social predictors of sports betting (SPSB) were evaluated using a 23-item questionnaire consisting of three parts: Part I-socio-demographic variables (age, gender, employment status); Part II-items on sports betting engagement (SBE); and Part III-items on family influence, peer influence, and media influence. Frequency and percentage, the phi coefficient, and binary logistic regression were used for analyses. Results. The findings revealed a weak relationship between sports betting and family influence (=.218); a moderate relationship between sports betting and peer influence (=.523), and a moderate relationship between sports betting and media influence (=.559). Gender and employment status were significantly associated with sports betting (p < .05). Conclusion. The study showed that family influence, peer influence, media influence, and employment status were predictors of sports betting among Nigerian youths. Gambling regulatory bodies, parents, educators, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should sensitize young people on the dangers of engaging in sports betting as a sustainable source of income.
Aging is an inevitable phenomenon in every living thing and as human advance in age to older adul... more Aging is an inevitable phenomenon in every living thing and as human advance in age to older adulthood, which is associated with the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases especially in developing countries, of which Nigeria is one. Despite the abundance of information by researchers, participation in physical activities remains low amongst older adults in developing countries, especially those living in urban areas. Regular physical exercise has proved to be an essential (antidote) for total wellbeing of individuals irrespective of age. Evidence shows that regular physical exercise is safe for healthy and mobility of older people and the risks of developing chronic non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, obesity, falls, type 2 diabetes, stroke, sarcopenia, cognitive impairments, osteoporosis are reduced by regularly engaging in exercise ranging from low intensity walking through, more vigorous sports and resistance exercise. Based on the outcome of the reviewed, it was recommended that, older people should be encouraged to increase their participation in physical activities which will in turn promote their health status and healthy ageing. Adults should partake in at least two strength-training sessions a week that will improve the body's major muscle groups for healthy ageing. Older people between 50 years and above should engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week, while people who engage in more vigorous intensity exercise, such as jogging, should aim for 10-15 minutes, three days a week.
. Ilorin Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (IJOHPER), 2018
This study investigated the effect of free weight training programme on the muscular strength per... more This study investigated the effect of free weight training programme on the muscular strength performance of apparently healthy students of the Department of Human Kinetics Education, and muscular endurance performance of apparently healthy students of the Department of Human Kinetics Education students in Benue State University, Makurdi. Two hypotheses were formulated. The design of the study was pre-experimentalcontrol group design.Twenty-five (25) students sixteen male and nine female with mean age of 25.324.53 and height of 158.4014.33 were used in the study. The subjects were exposed to pre-test after which they under-went a five weeks training for three days a week, each training session lasting 45 minutes per day. At the end of five weeks training a post-test was conducted to make the comparisons of the two performances. The mean (), standard deviation (sd) and paired sample t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The paired sample t-test showed there was significant mean (x) different between pre-test and post test in the muscular strength performance pre-test M=15.08, SD=9.47, post-test M=25.00, SD=10.67, with a percentage difference of 34.43%, and in the muscular endurance performance, pre-test M=15.04, SD=7.89 post test, M=21.08, SD=6.72 with mean percentage difference 28.65%. This means free-weight training programme significantly affect the muscular strength performance of healthy students and muscular endurance performance of healthy students. Therefore, when free weight training programme is properly organized and executed will add value to the individual health fitness components of muscular strength and muscular endurances. The study thus recommended free weight training to be used to improve individual muscular strength performance and muscular endurance performance of healthy young men.
Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
Sports' betting is the most popular form of gambling among youths and it has strong appeal across... more Sports' betting is the most popular form of gambling among youths and it has strong appeal across classes, gender, sexuality, races and other social categorization. This study, therefore examined sports betting prevalence and its relationship with demographic variables of gender, age, education level and income level among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central, Nigeria. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted for the research; the population of the study was all 339,225 youths from the three local government area of Ilorin, Kwara State. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 470 youths. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-designed questionnaire, validated by experts and the reliability coefficient was .70. Frequency and percentage were used for answering the research questions, while logistic regression was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that higher proportion of youths with monthly income (69.5%) reported engaging in sports betting, likewise, higher proportion of youths with no formal education (69.2%) reported engaging in sports betting more than other categories and there was high proportion of youths (58.7%) that engage in sports betting. Furthermore, the demographic factors of age (OR = 1.67; p = .12), education (OR = 0.37; p = .23), and monthly income (OR = 1.22; p = .51) were not significantly associated with sports betting among youths, since the p-value is greater than .05 level of significance. It was concluded that monthly income was not a predictor of sports betting among youths. Furthermore, age and education level were not significant predictor of sports betting among youths. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that public health educators should embark on an informative campaign to reduce the degree to which youths overrate sports betting as an avenue for money making.
Journal of Nigeria Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation Sports and Dance (JONAPHER-SD), 2021
The study investigated Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary ... more The study investigated Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary School Teachers in Nsukka urban, Enugu State, Nigeria. One specific objective with its corresponding research question and four hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 43 PE teachers. No sampling was done as all the population was used. A descriptive survey design was used. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The research question was answered using frequencies and percentage and the hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics at 0.5 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that considerable proportion of teachers (54.4%) identified the factors studied as barriers to effective teaching of PE. There was no significant difference found in the barriers to effective teaching of PE based on gender, educational qualification and teaching experience, while there was a significant difference on barriers based on school types. Based on the findings recommendations to provide adequate and up-to-date equipment and facilities readily available to PE teachers among others were made.
Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. ... more Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. However, there is still insufficient information on the predictors of sports betting among this particular social group. The aim of this study was to examine social predictors of sports betting among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. Material and methods. A cross-sectional community survey was conducted among 470 youths from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Social predictors of sports betting (SPSB) were evaluated using a 23-item questionnaire consisting of three parts: Part I-socio-demographic variables (age, gender, employment status); Part II-items on sports betting engagement (SBE); and Part III-items on family influence, peer influence, and media influence. Frequency and percentage, the phi coefficient, and binary logistic regression were used for analyses. Results. The findings revealed a weak relationship between sports betting and family influence (=.218); a moderate relationship between sports betting and peer influence (=.523), and a moderate relationship between sports betting and media influence (=.559). Gender and employment status were significantly associated with sports betting (p < .05). Conclusion. The study showed that family influence, peer influence, media influence, and employment status were predictors of sports betting among Nigerian youths. Gambling regulatory bodies, parents, educators, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should sensitize young people on the dangers of engaging in sports betting as a sustainable source of income.
Abstract<br> The study was conducted to investigate the social factors influencing sport pa... more Abstract<br> The study was conducted to investigate the social factors influencing sport participation among secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government Area, Oyo State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the research; the population of the study was all 10,385 secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government, Oyo State. Multistage random sampling technique which included purposive, proportionate and random sample techniques were used to select 642 of the students. The instrument for data collection was a researchers-designed questionnaire, validated by experts and the reliability coefficient was r = .76. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics and inferential statistics of chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that the following factors: parental influence n = 642, χ2 (9) = 505.321 > 16.92, sport facil...
Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for youn... more Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for young athletes&#39; sports participation. Sports facilities are those immobile infrastructures for sports training, competitions and events. While, sports equipment are items that are movable and are utilized for a period of time. Sports facilities and equipment management are referred to the process of planning, purchasing, administering, coordinating and evaluating the day-today procedure of facilities and equipment utilization. This paper explored the role of sports facilities and equipment management on young athletes&#39; sports participation in Nigeria. The concepts of sports facilities and equipment management were critical reviewed. Related issues were also discussed, such as; sports facilities and equipment maintenance cost, standard sport facilities, modernization in sports facilities and equipment management and safety in sports facilities and equipment usage. It concluded among others that sports facilities and equipment management create a safe and healthy environment for sports participation among young athletes, which in turn set the tone for promising great future athletic performance. It was recommended among others that personnel that will be responsible for the management of sports facilities and equipment should be experience.
Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for youn... more Studies have indicated that management of sports facilities and equipment are imperative for young athletes' sports participation. Sports facilities are those immobile infrastructures for sports training, competitions and events. While, sports equipment are items that are movable and are utilized for a period of time. Sports facilities and equipment management are referred to the process of planning, purchasing, administering, coordinating and evaluating the day-today procedure of facilities and equipment utilization. This paper explored the role of sports facilities and equipment management on young athletes' sports participation in Nigeria. The concepts of sports facilities and equipment management were critical reviewed. Related issues were also discussed, such as; sports facilities and equipment maintenance cost, standard sport facilities, modernization in sports facilities and equipment management and safety in sports facilities and equipment usage. It concluded among others that sports facilities and equipment management create a safe and healthy environment for sports participation among young athletes, which in turn set the tone for promising great future athletic performance. It was recommended among others that personnel that will be responsible for the management of sports facilities and equipment should be experience.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dec 31, 2022
Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. ... more Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. However, there is still insufficient information on the predictors of sports betting among this particular social group. The aim of this study was to examine social predictors of sports betting among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. Material and methods. A cross-sectional community survey was conducted among 470 youths from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Social predictors of sports betting (SPSB) were evaluated using a 23-item questionnaire consisting of three parts: Part I-socio-demographic variables (age, gender, employment status); Part II-items on sports betting engagement (SBE); and Part III-items on family influence, peer influence, and media influence. Frequency and percentage, the phi coefficient, and binary logistic regression were used for analyses. Results. The findings revealed a weak relationship between sports betting and family influence (=.218); a moderate relationship between sports betting and peer influence (=.523), and a moderate relationship between sports betting and media influence (=.559). Gender and employment status were significantly associated with sports betting (p < .05). Conclusion. The study showed that family influence, peer influence, media influence, and employment status were predictors of sports betting among Nigerian youths. Gambling regulatory bodies, parents, educators, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should sensitize young people on the dangers of engaging in sports betting as a sustainable source of income.
Aging is an inevitable phenomenon in every living thing and as human advance in age to older adul... more Aging is an inevitable phenomenon in every living thing and as human advance in age to older adulthood, which is associated with the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases especially in developing countries, of which Nigeria is one. Despite the abundance of information by researchers, participation in physical activities remains low amongst older adults in developing countries, especially those living in urban areas. Regular physical exercise has proved to be an essential (antidote) for total wellbeing of individuals irrespective of age. Evidence shows that regular physical exercise is safe for healthy and mobility of older people and the risks of developing chronic non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, obesity, falls, type 2 diabetes, stroke, sarcopenia, cognitive impairments, osteoporosis are reduced by regularly engaging in exercise ranging from low intensity walking through, more vigorous sports and resistance exercise. Based on the outcome of the reviewed, it was recommended that, older people should be encouraged to increase their participation in physical activities which will in turn promote their health status and healthy ageing. Adults should partake in at least two strength-training sessions a week that will improve the body's major muscle groups for healthy ageing. Older people between 50 years and above should engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week, while people who engage in more vigorous intensity exercise, such as jogging, should aim for 10-15 minutes, three days a week.
. Ilorin Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (IJOHPER), 2018
This study investigated the effect of free weight training programme on the muscular strength per... more This study investigated the effect of free weight training programme on the muscular strength performance of apparently healthy students of the Department of Human Kinetics Education, and muscular endurance performance of apparently healthy students of the Department of Human Kinetics Education students in Benue State University, Makurdi. Two hypotheses were formulated. The design of the study was pre-experimentalcontrol group design.Twenty-five (25) students sixteen male and nine female with mean age of 25.324.53 and height of 158.4014.33 were used in the study. The subjects were exposed to pre-test after which they under-went a five weeks training for three days a week, each training session lasting 45 minutes per day. At the end of five weeks training a post-test was conducted to make the comparisons of the two performances. The mean (), standard deviation (sd) and paired sample t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The paired sample t-test showed there was significant mean (x) different between pre-test and post test in the muscular strength performance pre-test M=15.08, SD=9.47, post-test M=25.00, SD=10.67, with a percentage difference of 34.43%, and in the muscular endurance performance, pre-test M=15.04, SD=7.89 post test, M=21.08, SD=6.72 with mean percentage difference 28.65%. This means free-weight training programme significantly affect the muscular strength performance of healthy students and muscular endurance performance of healthy students. Therefore, when free weight training programme is properly organized and executed will add value to the individual health fitness components of muscular strength and muscular endurances. The study thus recommended free weight training to be used to improve individual muscular strength performance and muscular endurance performance of healthy young men.
Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
Sports' betting is the most popular form of gambling among youths and it has strong appeal across... more Sports' betting is the most popular form of gambling among youths and it has strong appeal across classes, gender, sexuality, races and other social categorization. This study, therefore examined sports betting prevalence and its relationship with demographic variables of gender, age, education level and income level among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central, Nigeria. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted for the research; the population of the study was all 339,225 youths from the three local government area of Ilorin, Kwara State. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 470 youths. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-designed questionnaire, validated by experts and the reliability coefficient was .70. Frequency and percentage were used for answering the research questions, while logistic regression was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that higher proportion of youths with monthly income (69.5%) reported engaging in sports betting, likewise, higher proportion of youths with no formal education (69.2%) reported engaging in sports betting more than other categories and there was high proportion of youths (58.7%) that engage in sports betting. Furthermore, the demographic factors of age (OR = 1.67; p = .12), education (OR = 0.37; p = .23), and monthly income (OR = 1.22; p = .51) were not significantly associated with sports betting among youths, since the p-value is greater than .05 level of significance. It was concluded that monthly income was not a predictor of sports betting among youths. Furthermore, age and education level were not significant predictor of sports betting among youths. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that public health educators should embark on an informative campaign to reduce the degree to which youths overrate sports betting as an avenue for money making.
Journal of Nigeria Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation Sports and Dance (JONAPHER-SD), 2021
The study investigated Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary ... more The study investigated Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary School Teachers in Nsukka urban, Enugu State, Nigeria. One specific objective with its corresponding research question and four hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 43 PE teachers. No sampling was done as all the population was used. A descriptive survey design was used. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The research question was answered using frequencies and percentage and the hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics at 0.5 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that considerable proportion of teachers (54.4%) identified the factors studied as barriers to effective teaching of PE. There was no significant difference found in the barriers to effective teaching of PE based on gender, educational qualification and teaching experience, while there was a significant difference on barriers based on school types. Based on the findings recommendations to provide adequate and up-to-date equipment and facilities readily available to PE teachers among others were made.
Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. ... more Background. Sports betting has been shown to be escalating among youths in developing countries. However, there is still insufficient information on the predictors of sports betting among this particular social group. The aim of this study was to examine social predictors of sports betting among youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. Material and methods. A cross-sectional community survey was conducted among 470 youths from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Social predictors of sports betting (SPSB) were evaluated using a 23-item questionnaire consisting of three parts: Part I-socio-demographic variables (age, gender, employment status); Part II-items on sports betting engagement (SBE); and Part III-items on family influence, peer influence, and media influence. Frequency and percentage, the phi coefficient, and binary logistic regression were used for analyses. Results. The findings revealed a weak relationship between sports betting and family influence (=.218); a moderate relationship between sports betting and peer influence (=.523), and a moderate relationship between sports betting and media influence (=.559). Gender and employment status were significantly associated with sports betting (p < .05). Conclusion. The study showed that family influence, peer influence, media influence, and employment status were predictors of sports betting among Nigerian youths. Gambling regulatory bodies, parents, educators, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should sensitize young people on the dangers of engaging in sports betting as a sustainable source of income.
Abstract<br> The study was conducted to investigate the social factors influencing sport pa... more Abstract<br> The study was conducted to investigate the social factors influencing sport participation among secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government Area, Oyo State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the research; the population of the study was all 10,385 secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government, Oyo State. Multistage random sampling technique which included purposive, proportionate and random sample techniques were used to select 642 of the students. The instrument for data collection was a researchers-designed questionnaire, validated by experts and the reliability coefficient was r = .76. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics and inferential statistics of chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that the following factors: parental influence n = 642, χ2 (9) = 505.321 > 16.92, sport facil...
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Key Words: Free-weight training, muscular strength, muscular endurance
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