Attitude of High School Students towards Sports and Games in Mangalore.

Attitudes are reflected by the opinions or views that people hold. For any person, attitude is variously related through motives, values, personality, and emotions. Attitude plays a very important role in identifying a positive or negative mind towards sports and games. The purpose of the study was to investigate, interpret, and ascertain the information regarding the attitude of students of various high schools of Mangalore towards sports and games.

The investigators have used the questionnaire as a tool to gather the data. A questionnaire consisting of 20 questions regarding sports and games was administered to 200 students of 10 high schools of Mangalore taluk. After completion, the filled- in questionnaires were collected from the student community to be analyzed and interpreted in light of the objectives of the study. As a supplement to the questionnaire, the interview method was also adopted.

The analysis and interpretation of study have been presented in the following tables.

Table1 shows that out of 200 students, 190 (95%) boys and 90 (90%) girls like sports and games. Whereas, 10 percent of the girls do not like sports and games. This shows that boys and girls do not share an equal interest in sports and games. The investigator posed a question as to whether the students are actively participating in sports and games in their schools. The results are presented in Table 2.

participate in sports and games. This shows that comparatively boys take more part in sport than girls do.

Table 3 indicates that 25 percent boys and 60 percent girls play about one hour in a day, while 20 percent boys and 28 percent girls play 2 hours in a day. The study also found that 55 percent boys and 12 percent girls play more than 2 hours in a day. Therefore, the study shows that majority of the boys play more than two hours per day.

Table 4 shows that out of 200 respondents, 75(37.5%) of them participated in sports and games because of their self- interest, 68(34%) of them to improve their physical health, 42(21%) to spend their leisure time, and the remaining 15 (7.5%) to reach higher level in sports and games. Therefore, it is found that most of the students‘ likeness for sports and games comes because of their self -interest and to improve their physical health.

Table 5 indicates that all girls and boys believe that sports and games are more appropriate for the good health of a person. So students believe that participating in physical activities will keep them fit and away from diseases. About 85 percent students believe that sports and games bring mental stability to a person, 82.5 percent students believe that sports and games improve personality and discipline, and 89.5 percent students opine that district and state representatives in various games and sports are getting respect in society. Finally, 76 percent of the students opine that they can get secured jobs through achievements in sports and games.

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Assistant Professor of Physical education, College of Horticulture, UHS Campus, Bengaluru