Scenario of Exercise, Fundamental Sports and Mass Sports in Thailand

Abstract

The research aimed to study the scenario of exercise, fundamental sports and mass sports in Thailand in terms of input, process and output.  The technique known as Ethnographic Delphi Future research was used in the study. The target groups were the experts concerned with sports: 18 sports administrators, academics and others involved in local sports. The research instrument was the interview format. Statistics used in data analysis were mean, median and quartile range.

The study found that the scenario of exercise, fundamental sports and mass sports in Thailand could be described as follows: Scenario of development of exercise, and fundamental sports in Thailand Input: personnel of physical education should be increased in line with the proportion of children and youths in educational establishments. It was necessary that teaching personnel in physical education in schools of all levels had to complete at least a degree in the physical education major. As regards administration, children and youths were to be encouraged to continually do exercises; there should be standardized criteria for physical faculty for children and youths; sufficient fund should be provided to be spent on the development of exercise and sports. In respect of process in developing the curriculum of physical education, it was necessary that the curriculum be in conformity with local conditions and targets; a body of knowledge and local wisdom should be integrated; an instructional process should be evaluated and followed up the results of educational quality evaluation should be used to determine strategies to solve the problems and improve work performance.  Output: in the future children and youths both inside and outside the schools should be equipped with knowledge, understanding of and a positive attitude towards doing exercises and playing sports.  Focus should be on exercise to promote health.   By comparing the shape and size of people from the developed countries that have standard exercise and sports, it was essential that physical ability of Thai children and youths must be on the same standard or close to the same standard accepted in the developed countries.

Scenario of exercise and mass sports in Thailand. Concerning an input, there should be volunteers who could lead a community to promote exercises and local sports. In administration, resources should be galvanized from all parties in a community. In order to get people interested and motivated to do exercises and play sports, media and innovations to disseminate information on exercise and sports were to be created; there should be modern and standardized sports facilities. In the process of developing exercise and sports, the sports bodies should function according to the national sports development plan, promote the mass sports activities, organize the local sports competition, control the quality of evaluation.  Other factors which were crucial included a reform and amendment of laws, rules, regulations and relevant announcements. Database should be systematized to develop mass sports. As for output, in the future people from all walks of life were expected to have a chance to do exercise and play sports and take part in recreational activities. The goals were to promote good health, moral, harmony, faculty and discipline.