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Investigate The Factors Influencing The Performance Of Secondary School Students In Sports
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Familial support: Bloom’s (1985) work on talented youth, and Cote’s (1999) and model of talent development in sport emphasize the crucial role that family members play in the acquisition of expert performance, particularly parents. Both authors outline the multi-faceted nature of parental involvement in their child’s chosen domain, and how that involvement changes as the child grows older and skill levels increase. In early stages of involvement, parents provide leadership in a number of ways, from initially enrolling their child in the activity, to providing instruction or coaching, to arranging transportation and access to facilities. As the child moves from ‘sampling’ to ‘specializing’ to finally ‘investing’ significant amounts of time and energy into an activity, the nature of parental involvement changes. Leadership aspects tend to decline, while financial and emotional support remain important as parents help to mitigate the pressures that are part of being an elite performer.
Depth of competition: The number of active competitors in a sport and the depth of competition also influence the case with which students can realize performance. Undoubtedly, it will be more difficult to achieve elite performance in sports such as soccer, which have a worldwide base of competitors than, for example, trampolining. Simply put, it is easier to become an Olympic medalist from a competitor pool of 100 compared to a pool of 10,000. In a study of the development of expertise in decision-making sports, Baker (2003) found that it took significantly more hours of sport-specific training to attain expertise in basketball than in netball or field hockey.
In conclusion, the primary purpose of this sub-section has been to review the various factors contributing to or influencing performance in sport. To this end, a range of primary and secondary factors was considered. However, even the most advantageous genetic composition combined with training in the most favourable environments is not a guarantee of success. Complex and dynamic relationships, such as the development of expert performance, are dramatically affected by any uncertainty (or chaos) in the behavior of the variables.
Appraisal of Literature Reviewed
Attempt so far has been to review related scholarly works with a view to bringing out some salient issues as regard the subject matter. It has been argued by the scholars that sport in Nigeria has grown from a humble beginning as an entertainment to a prominent phenomenon whose influence is felt in all facets of lives of the citizenry. Considering the importance of sport in contributing to the oneness of the country and the overall development of the individuals, the Nigerian government deemed it necessary to introduce school sports.
According to the National Policy on Sport, sport, in recognition of its importance, is offered as a compulsory subject at the nursery, primary and secondary school levels of formal education system; all the schools are expected to have playgrounds for sports as a condition for approval for their establishments; etc. This is to establish the importance attached to sport by the government as a means of promoting fair play, discipline, social justice, self-discovery, gender equality, friendship, physical fitness and good health, peace, etc.
As Nwabueze and Nwachorchor (2011) opined, the power of sport is not limited to the context of foreign policy, because sports activity has been viewed as a positive influence on the growth and development of the individuals especially the students. Research has equally shown that sports can contribute to physical, mental and psychological well-being of the students.
Historically, Nigeria school sports started in 1933 as Hussey shield named after E.R.J. Hussey the then Director of Education for the Southern province. That was when he donated a shield for athletics competitions among Teachers Training Colleges in both northern and southern provinces. The Hussey shield later developed into all secondary school affairs. Since then, school sports have become an important aspect of formal education serving invaluable role in the students’ lives.
This notwithstanding, school sports face some challenges. According to Akraka (2004), the situation today is hopeless. It is faced with such problems as poor administration, dearth of facilities and equipment, parental attitudes, lack of societal support, poor funding, etc. Consequently, this has affected the performance of students in sport.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Purpose of the Study   The general purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the performance of secondary school students in sports. Specifically, the work intends:i.   to find out whether availability of sporting facilities affect students’ performance in sportii.   to investigate whether the socio-economic status of the students influence their performance in sportsiii.   to reveal whether parental attitude of the students affects the studentsâ€â ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODOLOGYThis chapter is concerned with the method of collecting related and relevant information needed for this work. It presents the research methodology adopted in this study. It has been presented under these sections; Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques, Research Instrument, Instrument Validation, Procedure for Data Collection, and Data Analysis Techniques. Research DesignThis study is a descriptive research of the survey type. A descriptive research describ ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FOURSUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSThis chapter presents a summary of study after which it gives a brief conclusion based on the findings of the result derived from the data analysed. Therefore, the chapter presents some recommendations with the hope that if they are implemented, there will be further success in the use of school sports.SummaryThere has been general perceived decline in students’ performance in sporting activities in and outside their schools. The poor per ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVEConclusionSport in Nigeria has grown from its humble beginning as an entertainment and recreational pastime to a prominent phenomenon whose influences are felt in all facets of lives of citizens. It is a very useful tool for all-round development especially of the students. It is used in Nigeria to foster national unity and socio-cultural integration. It is one of the most important phenomena which cut across all human endeavours and ethnic divides. Its invaluable role in studentsââ ... Continue reading---
