APPRAISAL OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS COMPETITIONS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Bitrus Musa, Simon B. Kayit, Rebecca Enyikwola

Abstract


This study was undertaken to appraise the training programmes for improved performance in sports competitions in Nigeria tertiary institutions. An expost-facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of all the directions of sports in Federal Universities in Northern States in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sampled universities. Purposive sampling technique was use to select the directors of Sports. A researcher designed questionnaire was used to illicit the relevant information about the opinion of the respondent. Research assistants were employed, motivated and trained each from the sampled universities. The data collected from the variables were analyzed in form of means and standard deviation which was further subjected to t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that there was inadequate provision of training; there were no open and close campaign for the athletes for training. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that there should be adequate attention be given to sports training programmes for improvement of university sports competitions in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. 


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