Standard Facilities and Equipment as Determinants of High Sports Performance of Cross River State at National Sports Festival

Abstract

This study investigates standard facilities and equipment as determinants of high sport performance of Cross River State at National sports festival. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design which includes the Causal-comparative (Ex-post-Facto) method of research. The study population consists of 344 sports personnel and athletes drawn from the sample made up of the state’s sports director and his deputy, coaches, organizers, sport commentators/writers and athletes adopting the multi-stage and stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the instrument used to elicit information from 344 sports personnel and athletes, out of which 270 (78.5%) copies of the questionnaire were duly completed and returned. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and chi-square (x2) analysis tested at 0.05 level of significance with the aid of SPSS Version 21. The findings show that sports like athletics, tennis, table tennis, marathon, squash, and swimming have adequate facilities in the state. Sports like judo, boxing, wrestling and weight lifting have adequate facilities only at state headquarters while facilities for taekwondo, volleyball, cricket, badminton, handball, cycling, hockey and basketball are inadequate at both levels. The quality of equipment in Cross River State sports as reveal by the study was very low. Inadequate facilities in the state made significant influence on the performance of Cross River State. Also, inadequate equipment in the state made significant influence on the performance of Cross River State athletes both at National Sports Festivals.

Facilities of Badminton Field in West Sumatera

“…There is a strong relationship between the adequacy or completeness of facilities on the sports field and the number of participants involved in a sports club(Elmose-Østerlund & Iversen, 2020). Other results show that the sporting competition is still inadequate in the sport of badminton in the state (Ekuri, 2018). This is an important concern for organizers to pay more attention to the sports being contested.…”

Implementation of physical, sports, and health education facilities

“…The facilities management delegates the service-based industry to the expert consultants and the facility administration of the clients' buildings, including the settlement, the commercial compounds, the industrial compounds, the airports, the bus statons, and the office buildings. In relation to the statement, Ekuri (2018) explains that certain sports such as Athletics, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Marathon, Squash, and Swimming are provided with sufficient facilities in the states, while other sports such as Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, and Weight Lifting are only provided with the sufficient facilities in the central office of the states. In the meantime, the facilities for the sports such as Taekwondo, Volleyball, Cricket, Badminton, Soccer, Cycling, Hockey, and Basketball are not provided with sufficient facilities in both levels.…”

Observasi Kelengkapan Fasilitas Olahraga sebagai Pendukung Pembelajaran Olahraga di SDN 181 Sukamiskin

“…Pembelajaran olahraga adalah hal yang tidak bisa dipisahkan dalam pendidikan. Hal itu karena dengan pembelajaran olahraga di sekolah dapat membentuk manusia yang mempunyai pola hidup yang sehat, dan jasmani serta rohani yang sehat sebagai modal untuk menjalankan aktivitas sehari-hari (Ekuri, 2018).…”