Physical profile comparison between basketball and netball players in Malaysia based on performance and playing position

The aim of the research is to compare the physical profile between Malaysian women basketball players and netball players. The physical profile measures were height, body mass, and body fat. The subjects were divided into two groups based on their playing performance and positions. The playing performance consisted of elite/senior, junior, and reserve players. Meanwhile, the playing positions consisted of forward/attack, centre, and guard/defence. The percentage of body fat was determined by means of skinfold measurement at seven different locations. Results showed that there were significant differences in body fat percentage between basketball player and netball players (p < 0.01). The elite/senior basketball players were reported to have the lowest body fat percentage as compared to other basketball or netball players. While for the playing position, guard/defence position basketball players were reported to be the shortest and have the lowest body fat percentage as compared to other playing positions. In conclusion, Malaysian basketball players were found to have better physical or bodily advantaged in terms of playing contact sports as compared to the Malaysian netball players

Coaching leadership styles and athlete satisfactions among Malaysian University Basketball Team

Purposes of this study were to identify the leadership style of coaches, player satisfaction and relationship between leadership style of the coaches and player satisfaction. This study comprises of 101 basketball players in Malaysian Intervarsity Championship. This study was conducted during the competition season. A descriptive study is used in carrying out this research. Two instruments, revised version Leadership Scale for Sport (RLSS) by Zhang, Jensen and Mann (1997) and Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ) by Chelladurai and Riemer (1997) were used to examined style of coaching behaviors whichuniversity football players preferred and their satisfaction in football team. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) The descriptive analysis of the data were analyzed using by means, frequencies, percentage, and standard deviations for each item were found for males, females and each level of sport involvement. For the purpose of correlation, Pearson’s was used. Correlation was done with leadership style against athlete satisfaction. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. Athletes were more preferred training and instruction coaching behavior which the highest mean score (M = 3.01, SD = .82) and followed by positive feedback coaching behavior (M = 2.94, SD = .85), social consideration coaching behavior (M = 2.87, SD = .86), social support coaching behavior (M = 2.61, SD = .90), democratic coaching behavior (M = 2.37, SD =.92) and autocratic coaching behavior (M = 2.03, SD = .96). Team integration (M = 3.74, SD = .83) was the most important subscale influencing athlete satisfaction in universities basketball team. Analyzed of the mean scores showed that training and instruction (M = 3.65, SD = .84) was the second highest mean scored for athlete satisfaction. The others factors were external agents (M = 2.84, SD = .92) factors most obvious of which are media and local community, the lowest rated satisfied for athlete satisfaction. The overall correlations were moderate and positive indicating a substantial relationship was democratic (r = .407, p <0.01), positive feedback (r = .442, p < 0.01), training and instruction (r = .456, p < 0.01), social consideration (r = .550, p < 0.01), social support (r = .428, p < 0.01) and autocratic (r = .413, p < .0.01)

College students perception on physical education classes during their high school days

This purpose of this study is to identify and investigate whether there are similarities or differences between genders regarding the perceptions on physical activities of college university students in one of the largest University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The focus was on three main categories, namely general knowledge, physical education and scientific basis of physical activities. Each category contained questions which serve to evaluate their perceptions about physical activities. The questionnaire was adapted from a journal article on a study done by Mowatt, DePauw and Hulac (1988). This study investigates the perceptions of 113 students (55 males; 65 females) aged between 19 and 25 about physical activities, using the above-mentioned categories. Results of the t-test showed significant differences for general knowledge, t(23) = 3.9, p0.05 no significant differences in means were found between the male and female students

The perspectives of unconscious winning myths in sports coaching.

The purpose of this paper is to identify and critically discussed the ten pre-eminent unconscious winning myths that seldom realized by coaches, which are that: 1)The power and knowledge of coaches is all; 2)Experience is everything; 3)The motivator is the one we want; 4)Media representations are taken out of all proportion; 5)Physical and tactical skills are more than enough; 6)Winning is not everything but the only thing; 7)A good player is a good coach; 8)The champions are always right; 9)I know who I am; and 10)This is our culture and we don’t need to change anything. Perhaps by understanding the affect of these myths will helps sports coaches understand that to win athletes need to change their mind-set into more positive ways

Faktor yang Menggalakkan Penglibatan Siswi di dalam Sukan Wanita: Satu Tinjauan Kualitatif

The objective of this research is to identify factors that influence the involvement of female university students in sports. Ten university students who were involved in the National Women’s Sports 2007 agreed to be interviewed. These respondents agreed to be taperecorded during the data collection for this research. All recordings were transcribed and analyzed thematically. The three main themes that emerged from the analysis were: involvement in sports, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects. The findings show that excitement was the main factor for the female students’ involvement in sports. The recommendations and other findings are also discussed in this research

Comparison of physical profile of Malaysian basketball and netball players by playing position

The aim of the research is to compare the physical profile of Malaysian women basketball and netball players. The physical profile measures were height, body mass, and body fat. The subjects were divided into two groups based on their playing performance and positions. The playing performance consisted of elite/senior, junior, and reserve, while for playing positions were forward/attack, centre, and guard/defence. The percentage of body fat was determined by means of skinfold measurement at seven different locations. Results showed that there were significant differences in body fat percentage between basketball and netball players (t (63) = –4.20, p<0.01). The elite/senior basketball players had the lowest body fat percentage, while the guard/defence basketball players were the shortest and have the lowest body fat percentage. In conclusion, Malaysian basketball players were found to be physically bigger and thus more domineering having been in a contact sport as compared to the Malaysian netball players