Open AccessBasketball Dribbling Techniques and Associated Factors among Female Sport Science Students of Hawassa University Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Lensa Mulugeta Aboma,
Sina Temesgen Tolera
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of sport, exercise and health research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-4923
DOI - 10.31254/sportmed.4210
Subject(s) - basketball , respondent , sports science , psychology , demography , curriculum , medical education , medicine , geography , political science , sociology , pedagogy , physiology , archaeology , law
Background: Basketball cannot contribute to the development of personal and social values in developing countries. The main factors were lack of participation in appropriate curriculum, insufficient equipment, economic, attitudinal problem and absenteeism. Objective: To assess basketball dribbling techniques and associated factors among female sport science/SS students of Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Methods: A descriptive cross- sectional study design was conducted on 384 female SS students from March 20th to April 30th, 2019. Bivariate and multivariate were performed with confidential intervals (CI=95%) to determine the factors affecting students’ performance. Result: The respondent rate of the study was 91.14%. The finding shows that 48% of the student were between 20 and 23 year old; 40 %; and 52% of them were those came from rural areas; and insufficient of financial support of female sport science students, respectively. Age [n=98; AOR: 2.11; ( 1.19, 3.45)]; rural [n=138; AOR: 3.242; (0.15, 0.32)]; and economic status [n=183; AOR: 4.01(1.32, 1.87)] were the common identified factors. Conclusion: The study concluded that the majority of the female sport science students had low perception of students towards basketball dribbling game; and there was inadequate time to demonstrate basketball and exposed to lack of facilities within the University.