Benue State University, Makurdi

PERCEIVED DETERMINANTS OF PERFORMANCE OF BENUE STATE ATHLETES IN THE NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVALS

Terkimbi Victor Ikpato, John Ityounde Ityodugh PhD and Tavershima Kparev

Abstract

The study assessed perceived determinants of performance of Benue State athletes in the National Sports festival. The objective of this study was to find out if sports programming, sports personnel and sports funding determines the performance of Benue State athletes in the National sports festivals. Three objectives and corresponding research questions were formulated to guide the conduct of the study. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested for the study. The research design used for this study was descriptive survey design. A total population of two hundred and seventy (270) respondents was sampled. Descriptive statistics of mean, frequency counts and standard deviation were used to describe the data while inferential statistics of chi-square (X 2 ) was used for testing the hypotheses at 0. 05 alpha level. From the data collected and analyzed the results revealed that, sports programming (X 2 = 121.29, df=3,p>0.05), sports personnel (X 2 = 84.18, df=3,p>0.05), sports funding (X 2 = 75.412, d.f=3,p>0.05), all determine the performance of Benue State athletes in the national sports festivals. Based on the conclusions it was recommended that both state and local government should ensure that the mentioned variables should be fully utilized to enhance improved participation and performance of Benue State athletes.

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