GUIDELINES FOR WOODBALL RECREATION ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
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The purposes of this research were to 1) study the recreation activity of Woodball and publicize it to the personnel of the National Institute of Physical Education and Sport (NIPES) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2) study the personnel’s opinions of National Institute of Physical Education and Sport (NIPES), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia towards the Woodball recreation activity management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and 3) to propose guidelines for Woodball recreation activity management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This research was carried out by Mixed Methods; qualitative research and quantitative research. The size of the sample group was determined by using the Table AutoFormat of Krejcie & Morgen. From the population of 300 Cambodian people, 170 samples were selected, including 3 key informants were selected by using the Accidental Sampling Method with Purposive Sampling. The instruments used were Participant Observation and Semi-Structured Interview, questionnaire, content analysis in Cambodia version pursuing the System Theory. The quantitative data were analyzed by the Package Program, using basic statistics to find out the Percentage, Mean (), and Standard Deviation (S.D.).
The research result revealed as follows: Woodball can be managed as a recreation activity. According to the Woodball demonstration, it was found that the personnel were interested in and felt enjoyable with this activity. As an overall image of the personnel’s opinions towards the Woodball recreation activity management in Phnom Penh, the Mean was 4.66 the highest level. As each aspect, which included, personal and recreation organization, and recreation management, had an equal Mean of 4.75 at the highest level.
The guidelines of Woodball recreation activity management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia can be concluded as follows: (1) the Input, it comprises of 1) Place aspect, or places for recreation activity management such as stadium, educational institute, and public park, 2) and People aspect or personnel and recreation organization, (2) Process aspect; it comprises of Recreation Management Aspect, it has the organizations which takes crucial roles, which are, government and private sectors, to support the budgets pursuing to the development plan of Woodball recreation activity leading to all competition levels, and (3) Output, it comprises of Woodball recreation activity management in various crucial occasions, including family day, or nation relationship creation.
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