FACTORS AFFECTING THE NETBALL PLAYING OF ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN THE 40TH NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES CHONBURI GAMES

Abstract

This research aimed to study the factors influencing the participation in netball among athletes who competed in the 40th National Youth Games, Chonburi Games, and to develop guidelines to promote the playing of netball. This study employed a quantitative research approach. The sample group consisted of 100 netball athletes and coaches representing the province participating in the 40th National Youth Games, Chonburi Games. The participants were selected through convenience sampling. The research instrument was a rating-scale questionnaire administered to 100 athletes. Data were analyzed to determine the mean and standard deviation. The results showed that organizational leadership, policies and planning, facilities, equipment and amenities, training and competition, the development of sports personnel potential, as well as support and welfare were all positively correlated with netball participation among the athletes at the 40th National Youth Games, Chonburi Games, at a significance level of .05. Descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used for further analysis. The research findings revealed that Three main factors significantly influenced netball participation among the athletes, ranked from the most to the least influential, as follows Training and competition (X3) Facilities, equipment, and amenities (X2) Support and welfare (X5) These three factors together could statistically predict 70.70% of the variance in netball participation among the athletes at the 40th National Youth Games, Chonburi Games, at the 0.05 significance level