PHYSICAL FITNESS OF FRIST YEAR PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENT OF FACULTY OF EDUCATION, RAMBHAIBARNI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of this study were: 1) to study physical fitness of 1^st year physical education students from Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, and 2) to create physical fitness criteria of 1^st year physical education students from Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University. The research sample was 39 male and 17 female students, selected by purposive sampling. The instrument used in the research was the physical fitness test for people aged 19 – 59 years old by Sports Science Bureau, Department of Physical Education, year 2019. The data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation and T-Score for creating the criteria.

              The results of the research found that:

              1) The Body Mass Index, the mean of male students was 25.09 kg./m² at the overweight level and the standard deviation was 4.92, and the mean of female students was 22.17 kg./m² at the good level and the standard deviation was 2.97; for sit and reach, the mean of male students was 15.51 cm. at the fair level and the standard deviation was 6.08, and the mean of female students was 14.79 cm. at the fair level and the standard deviation was 4.62; for Hand Grip Strength, the mean of male students was 38.94 kg./wt. at the very low level and the standard deviation was 5.99, and the mean of female students was 32.02 kg./wt. at the very low level and the standard deviation was 5.27; for 60 Seconds Chair Stand, the mean of male students was 59 at the very good level and the standard deviation was 9.90, and the mean of female students was 49 at the very good level and the standard deviation was 10.14; for 3 minutes Step Up and Down, the mean of male students was 298 at the very good level and the standard deviation was 26.88, and the mean of female students was 270 at the very good level and the standard deviation was 20.05.

              2) The result of analyzing the creation of the normal criteria on physical fitness of physical education students showed that the mean scores by converting raw scores of each test into T-Score were divided into 5 levels which were very good level, good level, fair level, low level and very low level, and the physical fitness criteria of 1^st year physical education students from Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, was obtained according to the objectives.