Author(s): Dr. Ramesh Naik K

Abstract:
Women’s sport history started back in the 19^th century. By the end of the 19^th century, horseback riding, archery, golf, tennis, skiing and skating were being enjoyed among women in the upper social class. The first time for female athletes to participate in the modern Olympic Games was the second Olympic Games in 1900. Only free male Greek citizens were allowed to participate in the 1st modern Olympic Games as well as the ancient Olympic Games. In most societies, participation in sports has been primarily a male domain. When the first female ball player circled the bases at Vassar College in 1866, sportswomen have taken their sports experiences to heart (Sandoz & Winans, 1999). One out of every two women over the age of 60 suffers from osteoporosis (brittle bones). Females today should not desire to relive the experiences of previous generations of women who were not permitted to play sports or encouraged to participate in weight-bearing exercises that are necessary in establishing bone mass. To achieve the purpose of the study necessary data was collected from total 80 subjects of which 40 from urban area and 40 from rural area. The subjects selected were from district, state and national tournament participants. The subject’s age ranged between 14 to 25 years during 2020-2021. As it was a comparative study and the purpose was to determine the parental support, questionnaire method was used to collect the necessary data. Questions (statements) covering main aspects such as parents sports carrier facilities for daughters, religious aspects, sportswear, customs and traditions emotional aspect, social aspect and miscellaneous were prepared. An attempt was made to make the test of the questionnaire clear, relevant, simple and free from ambiguity. Provisions was made on the right side of the each statement to note the attitude of the respondent by “ticking” (√) one of the response viz Yes /No respectively. The collected data were tabulated for the purpose of analysis. The chi-squire was used for testing the hypothesis for significance of testing difference in the statistical formula. All the statistical calculation was carried out with the help of SPSS Windows package. This study attempted to evaluate the parental support towards female athlete’s participation in the competitive sports as well as to discover the comparative difference between rural area and urban area. The conclusion was that there is a significant difference to female athletes to receive sufficient support from their parents to participate in competitive sports among urban area compared to rural area.

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