Developed Program of Recreational Sport for Promoting Physical Fitness Among University Students in Fuzhou

Abstract

To confront the decline in physical fitness among university students in Fuzhou.This research is concerned with three main objectives as 1) 1) To study the status of recreational sports participation among university students in Fuzhou; 2) To develop a SEM-FITTVP program that can improve the physical fitness of university students in Fuzhou; 3) To evaluate the effectiveness of the SEM-FITTVP program through an 8-week experiment; 4) To improve the SEM-FITTVP program based on the experimental results. The qualitative research involves semi-structured interviews with sports science professors and heads of sports departments who have over 10 years of experience. This study processed the questionnaire and experimental data using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests in SPSS.

The results of this research are 1) University students in Fuzhou exercise 3-4 times per week (3.40 ± 1.11), with each session's intensity ranging from moderate to high (2.82 ± 1.14), and each session lasting 60-90 minutes or more (2.92 ± 1.24). The training types are highly diverse, including resistance training (bodyweight exercises and weightlifting) and aerobic training (yoga, basketball, jump rope, aerobics, etc.) (1.84 ± 1.00). 2) A SEM-FITTVP program was designed to improve students' physical fitness. and 3) Before and after the experiment, there was a significant improvement in the students' physical fitness (56.33±7.23 VS 67.34±8.82), but the post-experiment physical fitness scores were like the average physical fitness level of Chinese university students. It has been shown that the SEM-FITTVP program intended to increase university students' physical fitness is feasible. Cohort studies can be conducted with a larger number of participants in the future.

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