Thesis and Dissertation for the Department of Human Kinetics Education

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    ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AS CORRELATES OF ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA SCHOOL SPORTS FEDERATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL STATES, NIGERIA
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2020-07) FALAYE, Elijah Kayode
    The Administration of Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) is one of the Sports Association created by the government to cater for grassroots sports development for better performance of young athletes at secondary school level. However, the decline in the performance of athletes is worrisome to the coaches and administrators. This study examined administrative and sociological variables as correlates of athletes performance in Nigeria School Sports Federation in North-Central States, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: (i) determine the relationship between parental influence and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (ii) ascertain the relationship between cultural belief and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (iii) examine the relationship between weather condition and athletes performance in NSSF competition (iv) determine the relationship between leadership style and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (v) determine the relationship between funding and athletes performance in NSSF competition; and (vi) examine the relationship between coaching style and athletes performance in NSSF competition in the study area. Descriptive design of correlation type was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised 756 which included sports officers, coaches and NSSF coordinators. The sample comprised 585 respondents which was selected thus, purposive sampling technique was used to select all the 37 NSSF states coordinators and 14 coaches while proportionate random sampling techniques was used to select 534 sports officers. Validated researcher designed structured questionnaire which was tested for reliability with a reliability coefficient of 0.80 was used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical tool were used for data analysis at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study were that: (i) there was a significant relationship between parental influence and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.263, p< 0.05); (ii) there was a significant relationship between cultural belief and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.221, p< 0.05); (iii) there was a significant relationship between weather condition and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.281, p< 0.05); (iv) there was a significant relationship between leadership style and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.218, p< 0.05); (v) there was a significant relationship between funding and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.245, p< 0.05); and (vi) there was a significant relationship between coaching style and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.294, p< 0.05). The study concluded that sports officers, coaches and NSSF coordinators contributed to brilliant performance of athletes in Nigeria school sports federation in North-central states Nigeria. The implication is that sports officers, NSSF coordinators and coaches play critical roles in achieving excellent performance of athletes in school sports competition. The study recommended that NSSF coordinators and sports officers in North-Central States should provide facilities and increase funding of school sports competition to improve athletes’ performance.
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    SPORT MARKETING INDICES AS CORRELATES OF BASKETBALL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
    (UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, 2018) AINA, Michael Gbemisola
    Government’s financial support for sport Federations in Nigeria steadily declines, even when sport all over the world is becoming more capital-intensive. In order to achieve economic sufficiency for long-term development of sport programmes in Nigeria, alternative sources of funding becomes imperative. Considering increased public and private sector participation in sports funding therefore becomes a necessity. The role of sport marketing (SM) in generating the required funds for sport programmes in the country cannot be over emphasised. This study therefore investigates SM indices as correlates of basketball game development in Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: (i) investigate the relationship between sports products and basketball development; (ii) determine the relationship between sports price and basketball development; (iii) examine the relationship between “place” and basketball development; (iv) identify the relationship between advertisement and development of basketball;and (v) examine the relationship between sponsorship and the development of basketball game in Nigeria. This study adopted descriptive design of survey type. The population of the study consisted of all the 539 stakeholders in the Nigeria Basketball Premier Leagues from which a sample of 512 was selected. The study employed structured questionnaire. Out of the total 512 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 436 was completed and analyzed. The descriptive statistics was used to analyze the demographic characteristics of the respondents. The main hypothesis was tested usingmultiple regression analysis while the six operational hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study were that: i. there was a positive significant relationship between sport products and basketball development in Nigeria (r = 0.995 >0.088); ii. a positive relationship exist between sport price and basketball development (0.989 > 0.088); iii. a positive significant relationship exist between “ place” and basketball development (0.991 > 0.088); iv. sport advertisement and basketball development are positively related (0.989 > 0.088); v. there was a positive significant relationship between sport media and basketball development (0.989 > 0.088); vi. there was a positive significant relationship between sport sponsorship and basketball development (0.992 > 0.088); and vii. the changes in sports development was explained by the indices of (R-square= .787; F= 6.203; Se=9.65942). The study concluded that sport marketing indices have immence positive contributions to the development of basketball in Nigeria. The implication is that, the more the public and private sector participation in funding sports and the greater the development of sport marketing, the better will be the development of the game of basketball in Nigeria. The study recommended thatthe media should be further explored to communicate with target markets, while corporate organizations should be encouraged to further their sports sponsorship in order to promote sports and their product image.