Assessment of Physical Fitness Status of Public and Private Secondary School Students in Katsina State
Assessment of Physical Fitness Status of Public and Private Secondary School Students in Katsina State
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to assess the physical fitness status of public and private junior secondary school students in Katsina State. An Ex-post facto research design was used for this study.
Two hundred and forty (240) junior secondary school students were selected through random sampling by dip, pick, record and return method.
The test items included push up, sit up, sit and reach, skin fold measurement and twelve minutes run/walk tests.
These were used to determine muscular strength, muscular endurance, trunk flexibility, body fat percent, and cardio-respiratory endurance.
The data collected were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels
The data of the study were subjected to descriptive statistic of Mean and Standard deviation then a further analysis using independent t-test was used to analyzed differences in treatment between public and private junior secondary school students and their physical fitness status.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page ……………………………………………………………………i
Declaration ………………………………………………………………….ii
Certification………………………………………………………………….iii
Dedication …………………………………………………………………..iv
Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………..v
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………..vii
Operational Definitions …………………………………………………….viii
Table of contents…………………………………………………………… ix
List of Tables………………………………………………………………. xii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION …………………………………….. 1
1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………..1
1.1 Statement of the Problem …………………………………………….4
1.2 Purpose of the Study ………………………………………………….6
1.3 Research Questions……………………………………………………6
1.4 Assumptions…………………………………………………………….7
1.5 Hypotheses……………………………………………………….……..7
1.6 Significance of the Study …………………………………………….8
1.8 Delimitations of the Study……………………………………………8
1.9 Limitations ……………………………………………………………..8
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………….10
2.2 Concept of Physical Fitness …………………………………………..10
2.3 Components of Physical Fitness….………………………………….13
2.4 Exercise and Physical Fitness ……………………………………43
2.5 Physical fitness of Active versus Inactive Persons…………………..47
2.6 Summary ……………………………………………………………….48
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Research Methodology ………………………………………………..49
3.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………49
3.2 Research Design………………………………………………………..49
3.3 Population………………………………………………………………..49
3.4 Sampling and Sampling Technique ………………………………….50
3.5 Testing procedures ……………………………………………………..52
3.6 Research Assistants…………………………………………………….56
3.7 Study Conditions…………………………………………………………57
3.8 Selection of Test Items and Justification……………………………….57
3.9 Statistical Techniques…………………………………………………….58
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.0 Results and Discussions………………………………………………….60
4.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………..60
4.2 Results……………………………………………………………………..60
4.3 Test of Hypotheses …………………………………………………………62
4.4 Discussion …………………………………………………………………69
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations ………………………73
5.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………..73
5.2 Summary ………………………………………………………………….73
5.3 Summary of Major Findings………………………………………………74
5.4 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………75
5.5 Recommendations…………………………………………………………76
5.6 Recommendations for further study……………………………………..76
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………77
APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………85
INTRODUCTION
Following man’s great revolution to make better what nature has provided, and his quest for better living resulting from technological breakthrough, man has finally ended up losing his natural qualities to artificial living.
Therefore, optimal health should not only be pursued but ought to be improved with exercise. Globally, there has been a remarkable change in the lifestyle since the advent of the industrial revolution.
Automobiles, aircrafts, the telephone, radios and several automatic machines have made life relatively easier, thereby relegating manual labour to the background.
This brings about a decrease in physical fitness, and thus led to the endangerment of health and normal functioning of organs and systems (Hollmann and Hettinger, 2000).
From time Nigerians have lived on farms or in villages and hamlets with agriculture as their main sources of livelihood, but with increased mechanization and its attendants rural urban migration,
Nigeria once a society of physically active and hardworking people is being gradually transformed into a population of anxious city dwellers and sub-urbanities purely on sedentary existence due to lack of opportunity for physical activities (Sule, 2009).
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