The importance of physical activity participation among persons with disabilities

Participation in physical activity and sports is beneficial for psychosocial health among children and adolescents with a disability. People with disabilities are far less likely to engage in physically active lifestyles than are people without disabilities. This study was conducted to investigate the importance of physical activity participation for persons with disabilities. A total of 100 (men = 59, women = 41) persons with disabilities aged between 10 to 40 years old participated in the study. The instrument used was The Benefits of Exercise towards Persons with Disabilities and Social Support to Exercise for Persons with Disabilities developed by Rauzon designed to investigate the importance of physical activity for disabled persons. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire on demographics, the benefits of exercise and social support for exercise. Overall, both men and women agreed with five main statements regarding the benefits of exercise: that they can improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels, help to avoid disease, give more energy, help to relieve tension and to have a more positive outlook on life. There is no significant relationship between family support and physical activity participation. However, for social support, there is a significant relationship between friend support and physical activity participation. The most selected statements for social support for both men and women such as offer to exercise with them, complain about the time they spend for exercise, fun exercise, rewards and help to plan activities around their exercise. Physical activity participation for persons with abilities appears to have many benefits, and this knowledge should be shared not only among the disabled but also the non-disabled as it will help them to become better caregivers who will encourage and support the disabled in physical activities. For a deeper insight, further research with more variables is recommended

The motivation factors to participate in Physical Activity (PA) among persons with hearing impaired

The involvement among person with disabilities (PWD) in physical activity related to the health and social benefits. The benefits are such as to develop some new skills, the opportunity to meet new friends and also to increase the confidence level among them. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the motivation factors to participate in physical activity among persons with hearing impaired ability. A total of 100 (n=100) persons with hearing impaired (male N=50, female N=50) aged range from 13 to 25 participated in the study. Motivation for physical activity was assessed by 40-items of Physical Leisure and Motivation Scale (PALMS) which measured eight motives developed by Molanourouzi, Khoo and Morris (2014). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was used to analyze the descriptive and inferential data. The Independent T-test was used to measure the motivation level and difference motivation factor between the male and the female participants. The Cronbach alpha was used to check the Internal Consistency of the PALMS. Results revealed the female and the male participants had different motivation factors to participate in physical activity. Five highest motivations among the male are enjoyment (4.62±0.714), mastery (4.60±0.495), psychological condition (4.40±0.495), affiliation (4.30±0.544) and physical condition (4.20±0.606). The female tends to competition / ego (4.78±4.122), physical condition (4.52±0.614), enjoyment (4.48±0.609), mastery (4.48±0.646) and affiliation (4.36±0.631). There was no significant different on motivation between the genders among the person with hearing impaired (t (98) =-1.14, p>.05). It can be concluded that a person with disability can reduce his or her negative perception when participating in physical activit

Effect of easy five training programme on technical and tactical performance in Malaysian junior tennis players / Mohamad Rahizam Abdul Rahim

An athlete‟s success or optimal performance during competition is the ultimate goal of any coaches. This study is to explore the effects of Easy Five training programme on technical and tactical performance of Malaysian male junior tennis players. The motive of this study is to seek out a realistic and feasible solution in order to enhance the performance of Malaysian junior tennis players. It involved a discussion of the theoretical issues raised especially on the effectiveness of Easy Five training programme as well as its relation with previous research. A total of thirty junior tennis players (n=30) were selected in this study and were divided into Experimental and Control groups with each group consists of fifteen participants (n=15). All participants were tested on their performance variables namely the Groundstroke Depth, Groundstroke Accuracy, Volley Depth, Serve, Agility and International Tennis Number (ITN) total score. The Experimental group was engaged into the Easy Five training programme and Control group went through tennis match play for 8 weeks. These methods correlate with the objectives of this study which focuses on the technical and tactical performance of all the participants and investigating the effects of an Easy Five on the performance of the Malaysia junior tennis players. A mixed between-within subject analysis known as split-plot ANOVA (SPANOVA) was used to test the research questions. The pairwise comparison within group test of pre-test and post-test results indicated that there was a statistical significant difference in the performance of Experimental group in Groundstroke Depth (p = 0.001), Groundstroke Accuracy (p = 0.001), Volley Depth (p = 0.001), Serve (p = 0.01), Agility (p = 0.001) and International Tennis Number (ITN) total score (p = 0.001). The results proved that participants from Experimental group showed an improvement in all of the performance variables and also validate the positive effect of Easy Five training programme. Control group showed a slight improvement in agility performance with (p = 0.01). Results from statistical analysis also indicated that there are statistical significant difference between the two groups after 8 weeks treatment in Groundstroke Depth (F1,28 = 12.59; p = 0.01), Groundstroke Accuracy (F1,28 = 15.24; p = 0.01), Volley Depth (F1,28 = 29.55; p = 0.001) and ITN total score (F1,28 = 61.33; p = 0.001) but indicated no significant difference in agility (F1,28 = 1.53; p = 0.23) and serve (F1,28 = 1.14; p = 0.29) performance which dictate the optimistic effect of intervention training programme engaged in this study. The findings revealed that the Easy Five which reflects the game situations training approach is a viable method in formulating a training programme as it shows positive effects on the performance and provides significant recommendations to coaches and players about designing an effective training programme

The motivation factors to participate in Physical Activity (PA) among persons with hearing impaired

The involvement among person with disabilities (PWD) in physical activity related to the health and social benefits. The benefits are such as to develop some new skills, the opportunity to meet new friends and also to increase the confidence level among them. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the motivation factors to participate in physical activity among persons with hearing impaired ability. A total of 100 (n=100) persons with hearing impaired (male N=50, female N=50) aged range from 13 to 25 participated in the study. Motivation for physical activity was assessed by 40-items of Physical Leisure and Motivation Scale (PALMS) which measured eight motives developed by Molanourouzi, Khoo and Morris (2014). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was used to analyze the descriptive and inferential data. The Independent T-test was used to measure the motivation level and difference motivation factor between the male and the female participants. The Cronbach alpha was used to check the Internal Consistency of the PALMS. Results revealed the female and the male participants had different motivation factors to participate in physical activity. Five highest motivations among the male are enjoyment (4.62±0.714), mastery (4.60±0.495), psychological condition (4.40±0.495), affiliation (4.30±0.544) and physical condition (4.20±0.606). The female tends to competition / ego (4.78±4.122), physical condition (4.52±0.614), enjoyment (4.48±0.609), mastery (4.48±0.646) and affiliation (4.36±0.631). There was no significant different on motivation between the genders among the person with hearing impaired (t (98) =-1.14, p>.05). It can be concluded that a person with disability can reduce his or her negative perception when participating in physical activity