1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The word „sport‟ comes from the French word „desport „ desport ‟ meaning “leisure” with the eldest that entertain and amuse humans. From the Oxford dictionaries, sport defines as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Sport teaches us to strive for fair play, resulted toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat that is sportsmanship attitude. It delivers an aspiration to enjoy for its own sake. Sport is generally recognised as activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity. Sport can also be recognised primarily physical, primarily mind, predominantly
motorised,
primarily
co-ordination,
or
primarily
animal
supported. Sport plays a key role in enhancing physical, social, and mental health. Engaging in sports since an early age strengthens our bones and muscles and tones of our body. It helps increase stamina and endurance. Research shows that sports improve Math skills in children. It also helps develop leadership qualities. A person who joins sports activity enjoys a healthier lifestyle compared to those who don‟t. Sports centre is a place where human being doing their sports activity. It is important to ensure the facilities in the sports centre is always on the greatest quality. Sports infrastructure involves a main role in making a person participating in sport activity acti vity because of coziness and comforting facilities. It is important important to keep the sport‟s centre well organized, well planed, and satisfy the needs of user.
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1.2 Objectives
1.2.1
To investigate investigate the satisfaction of students towards towards the quality of sport facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus.
1.2.2
To study the problems faced by students in the sport facilities in UiTM UiTM Shah Alam campus.
1.2.3
To study students‟ opinion in improving the sport facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus.
1.3 Methodology 1.3.1. Data gathering
We gather information and data by giving the questionnaire about personal information from the students of UiTM Shah Alam and the problem they faced. The respondents were instructed to complete the questionnaire and return to us. We obtain the data from the questionnaire, and get complaints from the student who used the sport centre in UiTM Shah Alam. The data gathered such as articles and journals are required for this report to support and guide us in analyzing the results we get from the respondents. Information that was extract from the articles and journals are used for further discussion on the results.
1.3.2 Data Analysis
Graphs and charts are used through this research project in analyze the data gathered. The way we visualize the data would help us ease in identifying and comparing the major problems that UiTM students faced in using the sports centre.
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1.3.3 Data Interpretation
The data collected was interpreted into three categories which are the satisfaction of students towards the quality of sports centre facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus, problems faced by them and their opinion in using the facilities. The questions were created based on these objectives and the findings then were computerized in charts and graphs for cl earer view.
1.4 Scope and limitation
Our scope is focus on the sport facilities inside the UiTM Shah Alam campus the limitation of our observation is the sport centre outside from the UiTM Shah Alam campus, the sport facilities that inside the female college and the side that under the construction.
1.5 Terms of reference
On 5 th of March 2013, a group of Geomatics students led by Muhammad Zainul Afiq, Safwan Izzaty, Nurul Ariffin and Abdullah Syahir were assigned to prepare a report by Mahd Azmi Che Mahmood a lecturer for Report Writing (BEL422) on Sports facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus . The objectives of the report are to find out the quality of sports centre facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus, problems faced by them and their opinion in using the facilities. The full report is to be submitted on 24 th of June 2013. It contains of Introduction, Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations.
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2.0 FINDINGS 2.1 Introduction Introduction
In this section, the data collected from the questionnaire will be analyzed and constructed using series of bar chart to give the audience a rough idea of the type of questions distributed. Data was analyzed by its average and highest score of option. 2.2 Primary Data
The data was gathered through questionnaire which was distributed to the students in UiTM Shah Alam from various faculties. The questionnaire was divided into three parts depends on the objectives.
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2.2.1 Findings for first objective
Total number of students who satisfied with the quality of sports facilities in UiTM Shah Alam 80 70 60
s t n e 50 d u t s f 40 o . m 30 u N
20
31
20
Not satisfied Satisfied
42 27
10 0 Male
Female
Figure 2.2.1 - Total number of students who satisfied with the quality of sports facilities in UiTM Shah Alam. The figure shows a bar chart on how many students who satisfied with the quality of sports facilities in UiTM Shah Alam campus. The chart displays a high number of total students who satisfied with the quality of sports facilities in UiTM Shah Alam by 69 students compared to 51 students who is not satisfied. More than half students are satisfied with the facilities provided.
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2.2.2 Findings for second objective objective
The problem faced by students in using usin g the facilities 120 100 s t n 80 e d u t s 60 f o . m 40 u N
20
68
63
Female
34 27 45
43 25
20
Comf omfort ortabil bility Sta Staffs ffs Atti Attittude ude
Male
15
0 Equipments Availability
23
Spa Space Availability
Safety
Types of problem faced by students
Figure 2.2.2 - The problem faced by students in using the facilities The figure shows the bar chart on the problems that students in UiTM Shah Alam campus faced in using the facilities in the sports centre. From the chart above, equipments sufficiency ranked the first of all the problems by 31%. The space availability comes second for the both gender by 30%. Next, problem that students faced was safety procedure that applied to them. The coziness of the environment and the staffs working in the sports centre is just a minor problem to them based on the charts displayed. Equipments availability is the most problem that female students faced by total of 68 students. Whereas, male students faced space availability problem by total number of 45 students.
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2.2.3 Findings on third objective
Types of facilities that need to be added to improve the sport centre 100 90 80 s t n e d u t s f o . m u N
70
30
37
60 50 40
Female 20
30 20
49
10
15 20
23
Parking sp spaces
Personal Storage
25
53
Male
17
0 Lake
Firs Firstt aid aid kit
Bicycl cycle e tra track ck
Types of facilities
Figure 2.2.3.1 - Types of facilities that need to be added in UiTM Shah Alam Campus‟ Sports Centre The bar chart shows the types of facilities that need to be added based on students‟ opinion. Most students in UiTM Shah Alam campus preferred lake for watery sports facility by total number of 86 students and bicycle track by total number of 83 students. Parking spaces is the least demanded by the students by 12% of all types of facilities. Most male students demanded bicycle track ahead of lake facility by the difference of 4 students. Whereas, majority female students preferred lake facility ahead of bicycle track by the difference of 7 students.
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3.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION 3.1 Conclusion
3.1.1 We can conclude that most students in UiTM Shah Alam campus satisfied with the quality delivered by the facilities of sports centre in UiTM Shah Alam campus. 3.1.2 From the findings, we can indicate that major students in UiTM Shah Alam campus are having equipments problem when using the sports centre. 3.1.3 From the questionnaire distributed, we can state that students in UiTM Shah Alam preferred lake facility to be added.
3.2 Recommendation Recommendation
3.2.1 It can be recommended that sports centre in UiTM Shah Alam just need to maintain their quality as their quality is considered great based on students opinion. 3.2.2 It can be suggested that sports centre in UiTM Shah Alam need to fix, repair, and adding the equipments in their centre in order to satisfy the students. 3.2.3 The actions that need to be taken to satisfy the demand of students in using the sports centre in UiTM Shah Alam campus is adding the lake for watery sports facility.
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REFERENCES
Stacey A. A. Hall, & Simon Shibli (2010). Sport Facility Operations Management . Burlington, USA: Butterworth-Heinemann. Fried G. (2009). Managing Sport facilities . Human Kinetics PUB Incorporated. Covell D. (2007). Managing Sports Organizations . Burlington, USA: ButterworthHeinemann. Girginov V. (2008). Management of Sports development . Burlington. USA: Butterworth-Heinemann. J A. Simpson (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary volume 1 . Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Leafgren F (1986). Developing campus recreation and wellness programs . JosseyBass Edmund S.C (2013). Your Sports Facility’s Business plan: The operations . Retrieved March 28,2013 from http://www.sportsfacilityexpert.com/ Stoppard, M. 2002. Dr. Miriam Kindersley. Limited: 10-11, 138-139
Stopppard’s: Family Health Guide . Dorling
The Public Health Health Agency of Canada. 2001. 2001. Healthy Lifestyle: Strengthening the Effectiveness of Lifestyle Approaches to Improve Health . http://www.healthyholistic-living.com Friedman, R. 1987. Setting Your Weight A Complete Program . Time-life Books, Alexandria, Virginia.
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APPENDICES
QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear Respondents, We are students from The Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying (center of studies of surveying science and geomatics). We are currently doing a survey for Report Writing (BEL 422) subject. The title of this report is Sport Facilities in UiTM Shah Alam . The purpose of this survey is to study sport facilities utilization among students in UiTM Shah Alam. Kindly answer the questions below. Instruction : Please tick (√ ) the
answer in an appropriate box
Section A: Personal Question
1. Sex: Male Female 2. Age: a. Below 20 years old b. 20 to 29 years old c. 30 years old and above 3. Types of accommodation a. Residence b. Non Residence 4. Year(s) of study? a. b. c. d.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
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Section B: Personal information for sport centre’s user
5. Have you visited t he UiTM sport centre? a. Yes b. No 6. How often do you go to sport centre? a. b. c. d.
Once a week Couple of times a week Once a month Never
7. When do you visit the sport centre? a. Weekdays b. Weekends 8. What equipment do you use to exercise? a. Own equipment b. Sport centre‟s equipment 9. What types of sport do you play in i n the sport centre? a. Extremes b. Athletic c. Water 10. Do you join any sport club in UiTM a. Yes b. No
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Section C: Problems faced in sport center’s facilities 11. Are you satisfied with the services that one available at sport centre? a. Yes b. No 12. Do the equipments equipments sufficient sufficient at the user? a. Yes b. No c. Some of it 13. 13. Do you feel comfortable with the sport centre‟s environment? a. Yes, this place is users friendly b. no, this place is quite dirty and unmanageable unmanageable
14. Are sports facilities fee imposed worth of what you use? a. Cheap b. expensive c. affordable 15. Do the staffs of the sport centre follow the schedule that has been set up? a. Right on time b. Always late behind the schedule
16. 16. Do the sport centre‟s space is enough for you when doing exercise? a. yes b. No 17. Do the safety procedure applied to t he users? a. Applied b. Not applied
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Section D: Students’ Opinion to Improve the Sport Centre
18. What types of sport do you prefer to be introduced in UiTM Shah Alam?
Rowing
Cricket
Fencing
Baseball
19. What facilities do you prefer to be added in the UiTM Shah Alam?
Lake for watery sports
Parking spaces
Storage lockers
First aid kit and guards
Bicycle track
20. What facilities do you think need to be improved in the UiTM Shah Alam?
Sport centre maintenance maintenance
Court barrier
Court roof for futsal
Water cooler and beverages
Equipments
21. By improving the facilities, do you think it will increase the number number of users?
Absolutely
I don‟t think so
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