Thai Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

The Development of a Tracking and Evaluating Application of Basic Swimming Skills for Early Childhood Students

Suwanna Kalharn — 2024-04-19

This research was a research and development (R&D) model which aimed to 1) develop a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students, 2) evaluate the quality of a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students and 3) study user satisfaction of a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students. The target groups consisted of 5 experts, 2 PE teachers, and 30 parents of early childhood students who studying at Kensington International Kindergarten Bangkok. The research tools were the tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students, suitability assessment form and satisfaction questionnaire and the statistics used to analyze the data were Mean and Standard Deviation. The results showed that; 1) a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students had accuracy value was equal 0.93 and the 6 levels of swimming practice test for early childhood had total mean accuracy value was equal 0.97. 2) The quality averages of the suitability of PE teachers and parents on a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students were at the highest level. 3) The satisfaction averages of PE teachers and parents on a tracking and evaluating application of basic swimming skills for early childhood students were at the highest level.

The Effects of Circuit Training Program on Health-Related Physical Fitness for Secondary School Students at Watchotikaram School

Manachai Khanthachai — 2024-04-19

The study aimed 1) to compare the effects of the circuit training program on health-related physical fitness between the experimental group and the control group, 2) to compare the effects of the circuit training program on health-related physical fitness between males and females, and 3) to compare the effects of health-related physical fitness after week 4 and week 8. The samples in the study included 44 secondary school students from Watchotikaram School by Multi-Stage Sampling. Research instruments included 1) the circuit training program developed by the researcher 2) a physical fitness test by the Sport Science Bureau, Department of Physical Education, Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Regarding research methodology, the data were collected by the experimental group for 8 weeks and 3 days a week, which are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The practice began from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Health-related physical fitness was tested at 3-time intervals, namely before training, after week 4, and week 8. The results of the pre-training physical fitness test were used as a covariant in the research. Statistics for data analysis included mean, standard deviation, Three-way analysis of covariance with repeated measures, Two-way analysis of covariance with repeated measures, and Tukey’s Pairwise Mean Comparisons.

Results
1. Health-related physical fitness between the experimental group and the control group found that the body mass index: BMI, sit and reach, 30 seconds modified push ups, and 3 minutes step up and down had no difference while 60-second sit-up had a statistically significant difference of 0.05 2. Health-related physical fitness between males and females found that the body mass index: BMI, sit and reach, 30 seconds modified push ups, 60-second sit-ups, and 3 minutes step up and down had no difference. 3. Health-related physical fitness after week 4 and week 8 found that the body mass index: BMI had no difference sit and reach, 30 seconds modified push ups, 60-second sit-ups, and 3 minutes step up and down had a statistically significant difference of 0.05.

Effects of Elastic Band Circuit Training Program on Health-Related Physical Fitness of Lower Secondary School Students

Fueanglada Boonloet — 2024-04-19

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the effects of elastic band circuit training program on secondary school students’ health-related physical fitness before and after the experiment of the experimental group. and 2) to compare the health-related physical fitness of secondary school students between an experimental group and a control group after the
experiment. Forty students participated in the study. The students were divided equally into two groups of 20 students each: an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received an elastic band circuit training program. and the control group exercised as normal. The experimental group program lasts for 60 minutes a session, 3 sessions a week for 8 weeks. Physical fitness tests related to health were performed before and after the experiment. The data was analyzed using the mean standard deviation (SD), and the t-test was run at a significance level of.05. The results of the research were as follows: 1) After the experiment, the experimental group had better health-related physical fitness than before the experiment. statistically at the significant .05 level. 2) After the experiment, the experimental group had better health-related physical fitness than the control group at the significance at .05 level.

Developing Guidelines for Promoting Physical Activity for Employees Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University

Oraya Butaum — 2024-04-22

The objective of this research was to develop guidelines to promote physical activities for employees of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University. This was mixed method research. The target audience is divided into 3 groups. The first target group is 5 executives, the second target group is 288 employees of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, and the third target group is 7 physical activity promotion specialists. The instrument used in this research was a Semi-structured Interview, and a rating scale with IOC 0.80 - 1.00 that was approved by 5 experts.

The results of this research found that; The development of guidelines for promoting physical activities for employees of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University has a total of 7 aspects, 16 items; 1) planning to promote physical activity, (3 items); 2) organizing to promote physical activity, (2 items); 3) staffing to promote physical activity, (3 items); 4) directing to promote physical activity, (2 items); 5) coordinating to promote physical activity, (2 items); 6) reporting to promote physical activity, (1 item); and 7) budgeting to promote physical activity, (3 items), The development of guidelines for promoting physical activities for employees of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University can be used to promote physical activities for employees of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.

The Development of Survival Swimming Practices to Protect Themselves from Drowning for Children Aged 9 – 12

Nuttanun Tummanont — 2024-04-19

The objectives of this research were 1) to development of survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12 2) to compare survival swimming skills for self-defense from drowning in children aged 9 - 12 years before and after training. The sample were 30 children aged 9 - 12 years who had never learned to swim before obtained by a specific selection method. The research instrument was a development of survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12. Data from these tests was statistically analyzed by examining mean, S.D., and paired t-test with in groups testing for a difference in mean.

The research found that 1) the survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12 with content accuracy equal to 0.80 - 1.00 2) the results of comparison survival swimming skills for self-defense from drowning in children aged 9 - 12 years before and after training were significantly different at the .05 level.

Analysis of Intensity of Wheelchair Tennis Man Match - Played

Nattawut Maneesai — 2024-04-19

The purpose of this study was to compare intensity during simulated wheelchair tennis matches played between winners and losers. 8 male wheelchair tennis athletes from Thailand Team were participated in this study. Installed a Polar H10 wireless heart rate monitor and recorded the data using Polar Team software. The researcher simulated best of 3 match to measure the heart rate during the competition. Data were analyzed, using mean, standard deviation. The differences were compared using Independent T-Test at the 0.05 level of significance.

The result showed that HRMax of winner group and loser group during the competition were no different at 0.05 level of significance. And heart rate at variables of intensity of winner group and loser group were 61% - 70% HRmax. difference was statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

The result of this study will be helpful in developing a specific training program for wheelchair
tennis players.

Knowledge and Exercise Behaviors of Student and Staff at Chitralada Technology Institute

Onuma Natseeta — 2024-04-22

A study of knowledge and exercise behavior of students and personnel of the Chitralada Technology Institute has the following objectives: 1) to study knowledge of exercise, 2) to study exercise behavior, and 3) to study the relationship between knowledge and exercise behavior of students and personnel of Chitralada Technology Institute. The sample consisted of 275 students and staff. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, and correlation test by Chi-square.

The results showed that most of the sample were male 57.50%, were students 75.60%, aged 20 years or younger 47.27%, studying in the second year 32.21%, had a high level of exercise knowledge representing 95.30 percent. They exercised by walking, cycling, and running on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, 3-4 times/week, more than 30 minutes/time. Most of them exercise at their houses and the areas around their villages and public parks. The reasons for exercise were friends persuaded, keeping good shapes, and controlling weight/losing weight. The knowledge and exercise behavior were significantly related at .05.

Health Promotion Activities to Develop Physical Fitness of Nakhon Phanom University Students

Sakchai Srisuk — 2024-04-22

The purposes of this research were to study effect of health promotion program to develop the physical fitness of students in NakhonPhanom University students. The research model was the one group pretest posttest experimental design. The sample group was 25 students which were purposive sampling. The instrument consisted of physical exercise activities program and physical fitness test. The experiment executed by participated in the developed physical exercise program for 8 weeks, five days a week, with 120 minutes a day. The physical fitness tests were collected at before and after the experiment. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired t-test with statistic significant level at .05. The results showed that the physical fitness in limb strength, body weight, body mass index, flexibility and oxygen consumption were increased at the .05 level of significance, but the subcutaneous fat and resting pulse were decreased with were not significant difference. When comparing the volunteers’ level of physical fitness to the criteria, it was discovered that female students had an average of 27.60 of subcutaneous fat. The degree of assessment was moderate on average. Males scored on average 19.50. The mean score was very low. The physical fitness of female flexibility was 9.54, the mean assessment level was low. Males had an average of 11.26. The mean rating was moderate. In terms of arm muscle strength, men and women's respective means were .46 and .55. The average score was low. The female had an average leg muscle strength score of 1.24 and an average rating of very good. The average for men was 1.51. The average score is moderate. As for the oxygen utilization capacity of females, the mean was 23.33 and the male was 26.52. The rating was relatively poor on average.

The Analysis of Angle and The Simulation of Joint Dynamic of Sprint in Youth Athletes of National Thailand Team

Boonta Khakai — 2024-04-23

The purposes of this research were to analyze angle in the sprint start of 100 meters dash and to simulate the dynamic of knee joint, the angle of body, angle of head and angle of foot of the youth athletes in sport schools of Thailand national sports university. 6 male athletes Thailand youth team were purposively selected as the sample group. Research instruments were still image and motion camera and angle test application. Video recording to gather data on starting block position of 6 athletes in 100 meters dash. 2 dimensional motion analysis by using Kinovea application to measure feet angle, knee angle, body angle, head angle, acceleration and speed of 100 meters dash. Statistical analysis were mean, Index of Qualitative Variation (IQV), force analysis both vertical and horizontal level in accordance with mechanics force analysis. The results were as follows: 1.The average degree as the athlete was in “Set Position” were as follows, The leading knee angle was 93.89 degree, The back knee angle was 127.17 degree, The body angle was 196.89 degree, The head angle was 42.67 degree. 2. The body angle as the athlete was in “GO” position was 49.11 degree. 3. The average degree of body angle as the athlete run for the first 10 meters, was 65.50 degree. 4.The average degree of body angle as the athlete run for the first 30 meters, was 74.00 degree. 5.The average speed for 100 meters was 10.92 seconds. 6. The average acceleration for 100 meters was 0.839 m/s² 7. While running the angle of the follow step of back foot should not more than 60 degree and the angle of leading step was around 60 degree.

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Mental Toughness Influencing Performance of Emergency Medical System Personnel, in the Situation of the New corona virus disease 2019 Outbreak

Daraka Palang — 2024-04-23

This research aimed to analyze the confirmatory psychosocial resilience components of emergency medical personnel during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019. The study employed a quantitative research design with a sample group consisting of emergency medical doctors, nurses, emergency medical practitioners, and volunteer emergency responders, totaling 223 individuals. The participants were selected using a simple random sampling method. The research instrument used was a questionnaire measuring the psychosocial resilience of emergency medical personnel during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, with seven levels of approximation. The questionnaire demonstrated a 0.812 alignment with the research objectives and had a Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of 0.878. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and structural equation modeling. The research findings indicated:
1) The psychosocial resilience components of emergency medical personnel during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 comprised four factors: challenging motivation, determined focus, self-control, and confidence, and 2) The confirmatory results of the psychosocial resilience components of emergency medical personnel during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 were consistent with observational data. The chi-square value was 103.224 with degrees of freedom (df) equal to 94 and a statistically significant p-value of 0.242. The Comparative Fit Index (CFI) was 0.997, the Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) was 0.969, the Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) was 0.944, and the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) was 0.017.

Effects of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs on Affected Athletes Dust smaller than PM 2.5 microns

Tiwanan Chaiprasit — 2024-04-23

This research is a quasi-experimental study that examines three measurement periods: before the experiment, during the experiment, and immediately after completing the experiment. The objective was to study and compare the effectiveness of lung capacity recovery programs on athletes who have been impacted by PM 2.5 fine dust pollution in Chiang Mai province, aged 18-25 years. The sample group consists of 150 athletes divided into three groups: experimental group 1, experimental group 2, and a control group, each consisting of 50 individuals. Experimental group 1 participated in a lung capacity recovery program using the Triflow device, while experimental group 2 participated using underwater breathing apparatus. The control group continued with their normal lifestyle. The study was conducted over a period of 8 weeks, collecting data through lung capacity assessments of the athletes at three time points: before the experiment, during the experiment, and after the experiment. The average values were compared using Independent Samples t-test and repeated measure ANOVA to analyze repeated measurements. The study found that after 4 and 8 weeks of the experiment, both experimental groups showed significantly higher lung capacity averages compared to the control group (p<0.01). Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the lung capacity recovery program for athletes impacted by PM 2.5 fine dust pollution is effective and can significantly improve the average lung capacity of athletes.

Thailand Korfball Players Preparation for the International Competition Level

Supranee Kwanboonchan — 2024-04-24

This research aimed to study of Thailand Korfball players preparation for the international competition Level. The population was 60 korfball players, 12 coaches, selected by purposive sampling. The data were collected using the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The research found that the opinion of korfball players, and coaches as follows: 1) for players selection, overall were low level, however, the public relations and players announcement was middle level. 2) for venue and sport facilities overall were low level, while the facilities and equipment must be the competition standard was middle level. 3) for training, overall were middle level, while games knowledge and korfball rules were high level. 4) for the budget and welfare, overall found high level, but main sponsorship was highest level. 5) for studying and workplace found low level, the transportation from the training camp to institution/workplace was high level.

Conclusion from the result, the researchers suggested that Korfball Association of Thailand must develop the facilities and equipment with the competition standard, find out the coaching course for more sport knowledge and techniques, looking for the main sponsorship, and prepare the transportation properly or find out the training camp where near by the public transportation.

The Satisfaction of using the services of Sports and Recreation Facilities of North Bangkok University Students

Pornnicha Chatapun — 2024-04-29

This research aimed to study the satisfaction of using services of sports and recreation facilities of North Bangkok University students. Mix method research by the qualitative research with the structure interview and focus group with 5 staffs from students’ affairs unit and sport and recreation unit and the quantitative research with the sample was 350 students in North Bangkok University using the questionnaire with reliability 0.91. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The research found that according to the interview and focus group, the components of successful were 4 important components including 1) Staff 2) Finance and Budget 3) Places and Facilities and 4) Management. According to the questionnaire, the satisfaction of using the services of sports and recreation facilities found that the students’ satisfaction with using the services of sports and recreation facilities overall was high. The satisfaction of the students is sorted by 1) staff 2) public relations 3) facilities and equipment management and 4) places, materials, equipment, and facilities, respectively.

A Needs Assessment of DASH Diet to Stop Hypertension for the Supporting Staff in the Higher Education Institutions

Nathinee Phongphaitoonsin — 2024-04-29

This research aimed to 1) assess the need of casual factors in the DASH diet to stop hypertension for the supporting staff in higher education institutions and 2) assess the need for consumption behaviors in the DASH diet to stop hypertension for the supporting staff in higher education institutions. The samples were 625 supporting staff in higher education institutions, derived from multi-stage sampling. The instrument used was a constructed five-rating scale questionnaire. The gathered data was analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and PNI _modification.

The findings revealed that:

Regarding the need of casual factors in the DASH diet to stop hypertension for
supporting staff in higher education institutions, the top three needs included telling, cognitive, and self-management (PNI _modified= 0.59, 0.57, and 0.56, respectively).
Regarding the need of consumption behaviors in the DASH diet to stop hypertensionfor the supporting staff in higher education institutions, the top three needs included consumption whole grains and nuts group, lean meats and low-fat dairy group, and condiments group (PNI _modified= 0.50, 0.45, and 0.44 respectively).

Physical Exercise Behavior of the Elderly and Effect of Dance sport in Cha Cha Cha on Cardiovascular Endurance

Kullachada Srisai — 2024-04-23

This survey research aimed to investigate a physical exercise behavior of the elderly and effect of Dance sport in Cha Cha Cha on cardiovascular endurance. Before and after exercise to program with Dance sport in Cha Cha Cha. The sample used was 40 elderly people aged 60-69 years and over living in Chiang Mai municipality by purposive sampling. The research tools were general public physical fitness tests and exercise program with dancing in the rhythm of cha cha cha 3 days a week for 40 minutes per day for 8 weeks. The experiment was on group pretest and posttest, The data were analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results showed that: Exercise behavior of the elderly The sample group had a warm-up before exercising every time. Exercise continuously for at least 30 minutes per session and exercise at least 3 days per week. The endurance of the circulatory system before and after joining the program was higher than before joining the program different with statistical significance at .05 (p = .046).

Effects of Exercise Promotion Programme using Simulation and Plyometric Exercise on Physical Fitness and Rowing Capabilities for Secondary School Students

Natthapong Sutthichi — 2024-04-22

The purposes of this study to compare the difference in mean physical fitness, rowing capabilities, knowledge of exercise and attitude towards exercise. 1) before and after training of the experimental group, and 2) after training between the controlled group and the experimental group. The sample groups were 24 male and female secondary school students, academic year 2021, aged 15–18 years, with a proportional body mass index: BMI. The duration of the training was 6 weeks, 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), 60 minutes per day. The data analysis techniques were mean and standard deviation. The results of the data analysis were compared with t-test.

The result revealed that

1) physical fitness, rowing capabilities, knowledge of exercise and attitude towards exercise of the experimental group after training were higher than before training with statistically significant difference at the .05 level, and

2) physical fitness and knowledge of exercise of the experimental group after training were higher than the controlled group with statistically significant difference at the .05 level. However, rowing capabilities and attitude towards exercise of the experimental group after training were higher than the controlled group with no statistically significant difference at the .05 level.

In conclusion, the exercise promotion programme using simulation and plyometric exercises results in the development of physical fitness and knowledge of exercise.