Author(s): Shyla O Moreno

Abstract:
Students’ attitude and involvement to sports activities plays a significant role in the sports achievement of the University and sharpened the skills of individual athletes in different sports competitions with pride and honor. This study delves on the attitude and involvement of students to sports activities in the College of Teacher Education (CTE) which is geared to contribute to their understanding and ability to play sports successfully. This was designed to obtain qualitative and quantitative data which provides information to draw answers. The quantitative – descriptive, FGD and interview was utilized with a survey checklist and interview guide questionnaire to gather relevant data for Academic Year 2018 – 2019. To provide accurate result of the study, frequency counting, weighted mean and Pearson – Product – Moment – Correlation was considered. Among the fourty sports activities administered in CTE, volleyball was found to be “Always” conducted and is “Often” involved by the students. In terms of problems encountered by the students’ involvement in sports activities, the absence of knowledge on the rules and regulations of the game revealed. Students join sports activities whatever the result may be as long as they are happy in playing the game. The common problem that prompt students not to get involved in sports is the absence of information, knowledge on the rules and regulations of the game. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the extent of involvement, attitudes of the students towards sports competition. However, there is no significant relationship between the sports activities conducted and the students’ attitude towards sports and to the problems encountered by the respondents in different sports activities. Students has different perspective in dealing with sports activities.

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