DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL NORMS IN PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST FOR ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS, RANGSIT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of the present research study were to evaluate physical fitness and establish institutional norms of physical fitness test for athletic scholarship students at Rangsit University. The population in this study was 167 athletic scholarship students of Rangsit University, 106 males and 61 females, aged between 18 – 24 years. The instruments being used included the physical fitness test for national youths and national athletes of Sports Authority of Thailand. The physical fitness testing protocol was consisted of 5 components: 1) body fat, 2) grip muscular strength, 3) leg muscular strength, 4) flexibility, and 5) maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max). The results expressed in means and standard deviation, in the male athletic scholarship students were, as following: body fat of 17.11 + 6.00%, grip strength of 0.66 + 0.12 kg/kg body weight, leg strength of 2.52 + 0.75 kg/kg body weight, flexibility of 11.73 + 5.16 cm, and VO2 max of 40.87 + 7.50 ml/kg/min. In the females, were 27.09 + 4.20%, 0.58 + 0.08 kg/kg body weight, 2.35 + 0.60 kg/kg body weight, 15.53 + 4.81 cm, and 46.58 + 26.66 ml/kg/min, respectively.  When comparing with the norms of national youth and national athletes, their physical fitness both in males and females were mostly at the moderate level (39.49% and 44.48%). When considering as each component, only the results of leg strength that had the very good level (61.54% and 41.67%).