Authors : Mardikar M . , Sontake D. and Malge A.
Page Nos : 13 - 17
Description :
Nowadays, the number of people involved with sport, fitness and leisure programs has been
growing in India significantly and such activities are included into the daily life of the inhabitants of small
and large cities of the country. According to recent s
tudies, greater numbers of Colleges of Physical
Education have made the social fabric more robust. Moreover, the importance of the well
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being feelings,
the quality of life based on aesthetics, the expansion of the sports media and the growth of the
perform
ance
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enhancing sport equipments have actually established a positive change of behaviour in the
citizen who has access to them. Considering these aspects, it has been stated that the most relevant
tendency of the sport network today is its diversity which
is interrelated with the economical, educational,
political and media systems. When analyzing the present and the future tendencies of the sport, leisure
and fitness, it seems that to qualify human resources to work on this business is necessary. In additi
on
to above, it is noteworthy to mention that the career of a sport manager has been based on the knowledge
taught at the undergraduate and graduate courses supported by two branches: the physical education
and the administration, both aiming at the gradua
tion of the sport manager. In the backdrop of above
information, a systematic stud has been carried out wherein the professional sports management related
aspects of the physical education teachers/lecturers have been studied. For this study, a standardize
d
research instrument was used and furthermore, the collected data was analyzed by using appropriate
statistical tests.