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The Chinese Football Reform and Development Program aims to increase the international competitiveness of men’s national teams through cultural communication with Western countries. However, difficulties in developing such communication have come to light. This study uses semistructured interviews with 20 participants to explore ways to improve int...
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of an instrument designed to measure the psychosocial well-being of sports participants. Method: This study has four phases: preparation, translation, field trials, and validation methods. Seven experts evaluated the study based on content, clarity, and feasibility. The study involve...
Malaysian Sports Culture Index 2023 (MSCI’23) measures Malaysians' participation level in sports, exercise and recreation activities based on two domains, namely the participation domain and the sporting spirit domain. There is one indicator under the participation domain: activeness, and four indicators under the sporting spirit domain: volunteeri...
Sports culture among Malaysia Population still lacking and the percentage of inactive people still high and increase since year 2018. The aim of this study is to determine the level and influence of motivation towards physical activities based on gender and age groups. The researchers employed a survey design involving 7,015 respondents aged 13 yea...
Sports culture among Malaysia Population still lacking and the percentage of inactive people still high and increase since year 2018. The aim of this study is to determine the level and influence of motivation towards physical activities based on gender and age groups. The researchers employed a survey design involving 7,015 respondents aged 13 yea...
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This research examines the nuanced challenges confronting Chinese university students within the dynamic milieu of Chinese education. The study comprehensively investigates factors encompassing educational progress, social development, cognitive focus, and Psychological Well-being (PWB), specifically emphasizing the role of sports partic...
The Malaysian Sports Culture Index (MSCI) is the baseline index for reporting on the achievement of Malaysians in practicing sports activities with the availability of its ecosystem. MSCI’22 is a continuation of the study which was first initiated by the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) in 2018. This index is the basis for the formatio...
Sports culture can be defined as a positive value attitude of an individual to sport. These values act for the individual as social ideals, senses, symbols, norms, and samples of behavior that regulate the entire activity and social relations in a sports sphere. The Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) initiated to determine the nation's s...
Penyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan indeks budaya sukan bagi mengenal pasti tahap budaya sukan rakyat Malaysia serta mengukur isu-isu lain yang berkaitan. Data dikumpul melalui soal selidik yang ditemu bual secara bersemuka. Data kajian adalah daripada persampelan berperingkat berstrata mengikut negeri dalam Malaysia. Terdapat 7857 respon...
Conflict situations in football have become a significant issue because they affect the players, supporters, referees, management team, the governing body of football, and the government. As time passes, the discovery of conflicts within the football industry has also become increasingly diverse; both affected in-game or out of the game. In 2015, I...
Background: During the pandemic COVID19 in 2020, Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented worldwide, including in Malaysia. This MCO restricts the movement and activities of the public to limit the community involvement in physical activity such as sports, exercise, and recreational activities. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify th...
Background: Malaysian Sports Culture Index (MSCI) is an evaluation system to measure the sports culture index among the Malaysian population. This study aims to validate and measure the reliability of the Malaysian Sports Culture Index questionnaire. The evaluation process needs a standard instrument to generalize the findings accurately for the ta...
The national Health Morbidity survey by the Malaysian Health Ministry since 2006 showed the percentage of physically inactive Malaysians is still high. Sedentary lifestyles among Malaysians can contribute to an increase in the prevalence of obesity and have been identified as a key risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this survey is...
To further promote the development of new ventures, sufficient research and analysis have been conducted on the managers (especially, new venture entrepreneurs) and employees of new ventures. In this study, the case investigation is adopted to study the psychological stress of new venture entrepreneurs, the psychological capital of college athletes...
Lifestyle is the way of life or interests and orientations of an individual, group, or community. Lifestyle of a badminton player is the style of living that based on time-used, discipline and appearances. Known benefits of having a lifestyle that includes physical exercise, eating a diet high in vegetables and fruit, maintaining a healthy weight a...
Background: Participation in sports positively related to the usage of sports facilities. Participation in sports becomes an indicator of the active lifestyle of Malaysians. Ministry of Youth and Sports defines sports culture as sports activities, exercise, and active recreational activities which become practices and routine towards an active, ene...
In business, especially basketball experience an increased very rapidly, both in terms of quality and quantity in Yogyakarta. Customer as the facilities and services the user pays the cost, much influenced by several internal and external factors. These factors have a major influence on the process of the customer to pay a fee to join and dues in B...
The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure satisfaction levels of Sichuan Province high-level athletes with their management systems using field investigation and mathematical statistics. Through the process of sorting and analyzing existing literature and in combination with the results of expert interviews, an ‘initial qu...
Since 1786 the British occupied Penang, Malacca, and Singapore known as the Straits Settlements. They began indirect rule in Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang to form the Federated Malay States in 1896. Cricket and later, football was played by the military and European clubs like the Singapore Cricket Club, the Penang Cricket Club, Selan...
This paper examines the experiences of refugee athletes in pursuing their ultimate dream to compete in the Olympics, and explores the challenges and prospects they faced. Relevant data were obtained from secondary sources, such as sports articles and biographies on
websites, about refugee athletes competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Eleven sport...
This research is part of a larger phenomenon about the diffusion and transmission of football in various British colonies, particularly in Asia. After the British occupied the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore and enforced indirect rule in the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang and Unfederated...
Kajian ini telah dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti aktiviti rekreasi luar yang menjadi keutamaan penggiat rekreasi luar di Taman Negara Johor, Gunung Ledang. Kajian ini menggunakan Borang Keutamaan Aktiviti Rekreasi Luar yang dibangunkan oleh Hanim & Shazali (2012), dan instrumen kajian ini juga telah diuji, kajian rintis dijalankan di Universiti Putr...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the systematic influence of core product features, event operation quality, sport fan identification, and image of host city as a tourism destination on behavioral intentions of international spectator at a Formula One event held in Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey form assessing the...
This research presents the necessity for Carrying Capacity Practice to be implemented in the recreational areas in order to ensure that the safety of the users is well provided by the management of the recreational areas. This research also identified the visitor's risks and potential hazard during the course of recreational activities in coastal m...
Modern organized international badminton began with the founding of the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in 1934, consisting of nine founding member associations. The inaugural men’s Thomas Cup tournament began in 1948 when 10 countries took part. Malaya won the Cup four times in 1949, 1952, 1955, and 1967. When Indonesia took part in the t...
Background Recreational activities are generally pursued for a person enjoyment during individual leisure time without being forced from others. Outdoor recreation and outdoor leisure activities include gardening, walking, animal watching, hunting, nature photography, adventurous activities and many more. These recreation activities are pursuit to...
The ‘sport ’ in Sport for All is loose term for such disparate activities as informal recreation, leisure pursuits, play, health promotion activities as well as formal organised sport. Elite sport refers to power and performance sport and includes all those that are highly organised and competitive. Neither Sport for All, nor elite sport, is the su...
After the Second World War the Southeast Asian countries of Burma (1948), Laos (1954), Cambodia (1955), South Vietnam (1955), Malaya (1957), and Singapore (1959) sought independence from the British, French and Japanese colonialists. The first post Second World War and post-colonial biannual multisport Southeast Asian Games was held in Bangkok in 1...
During the Japanese occupation of British Malaya and Southeast Asia from the years 1942 to 1945 there were reports of POWs being allowed to play cricket, football, rugby and basketball, as told by Kevin Blackburn in The Sportsmen of Changi published in 2012. This research about the sporting lives of a Governor and male European internees at Singapo...
Sport as we know today is closely integrated with technology. Athletes are participating in increasingly complex technological system that required more understanding than they did in the past. The quest for new markets, records and sports supremacy has lead to millions of ringgit being spent in research, development and commercialization sport tec...
Sport as we know today is closely integrated with technology. Athletes are participating in increasingly complex technological system that required more understanding than they did in the past. The quest for new markets, records and sports supremacy has lead to millions of ringgit being spent in research, development and commercialization sport tec...
There is no detailed study about the origins of athletics in nineteenth-century Singapore. This research relied primarily on newspaper records, official census reports, club membership and school enrolment to study the origins and degree of participation in athletics in the military, European, Eurasian, Chinese, Malay and Indian communities. It als...
Sports and sports facilities development have improved rapidly over the past decade in Malaysia. Further, globalisation and dramatic growth of urbanisation highlight the importance of sport and sports facilities in cities. There is also currently tremendous interest in sports and a wave of sports investment. This research aims to investigate the de...
The study investigated the effects of Teaching Games for Understanding approach on students 'cognitive learning outcome. The study was a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design whereby 10 year old primary school students (n=72) were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. The experimental group stud...
The sports and sports facilities development have improved rapidly over the past years in Malaysia especially after country hosted the 16th Commonwealth Games in 1998. The increase in the amount of public money being spent on sports facilities, and at the same time, the increase in the number of sports facilities inMalaysia necessitate an investiga...
The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach to improve students' learning outcome of tactical game performance in physical education. By applying the constructivism learning theory, the study wants to investigate whether the students learning outcome in tactical game pe...
Sports and sports facilities development have improved rapidly over the past years in Malaysia. However, such improvements are inadequate compared to the overall development of sports at international level. In recent years sport is getting more and more influential and it will continue to grow in importance, even for developing countries. Recent d...
Sports and sports facilities development have improved rapidly over the past years in Malaysia. However, such improvements are inadequate compared to the overall development of sports at international level. In recent years sport is getting more and more influential and it will continue to grow in importance, even for developing countries. Recent d...
Sports and sports facilities development have improved rapidly over the past years in Malaysia. However, such improvements are inadequate compared to the overall development of sports at international level. Through preliminary interview with the managers, it was learnt that the sports facilities are underutilised and people do not use them. In add...
Entrepreneurial approach in cities leads to changes in the nature of planning and urban development in a series of large-scale urban redevelopment projects. Further, entrepreneurialism is not limited only to large scale buildings. Hosting mega-event is extremely costly for cities. There is a current sports facilities construction boom universally....
Sport for All in Malaysian context is referred to as the "Sports for All' policy which aim is to develop a united society through greater participation and better opportunities in sports.This paper discusses on the role of sports to foster integration and solidarity among Malaysians that also involves Elite Sport, the highly organised and competiti...
Problem statement: One major issue on sports facilities construction is the question of their funding and justification for investment. Due to, requirement of huge money for construction, constant maintenance costs and ancillary needs, which are almost certainly with substantial public investment, therefore, sports facilities have been considered....
There are two notable features of Malaysian local government involvement in sport and recreation. First, structurally, Malaysian local government is placed under the joint responsibility of central and state government. Central government appoints the mayors and councillors, and provides 'general' policy and funds for local government to function....
This comparative study assessed the usefulness of the convergence thesis as a tool for understanding developments in leisure, recreation and sport in New Zealand and Malaysia. The study examined the interrelationship between 'global' and 'local' or 'contingent' factors and their impact upon leisure behaviour, leisure policy and leisure structures....
