Effect of Tai-Chi-Chaun Exercise and 1.5 miles Running on Health-Related Physical Fitness of Students at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus
Title
Effect of Tai-Chi-Chaun Exercise and 1.5 miles Running on Health-Related Physical Fitness of Students at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus
Author
Mr.Ritthee Tepthaiumnoay
Mr.Santipong Pangsuvan
Department
Physical Education, Prince of Sonkla University (Pattani Campus)
Academic Year
2000
Abstract
The objective of this research was to examine the effects of Tai-chi-chaun exercise and 1.5-miles running upon health-related physical fitness of student at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus. The subjects were 45 male and female students aged between 19-21 who were studying in the second semaster of the academic year 2000 and of whom were university athletes. The were divided into three groups -one control group and two experimental ones. The control group performed regular daily activities; the first experimental groups did Tai-chi-chaun exercise while the second one exercise by means of 1.5 -miles running. The data obtained using arithmetic mean, Standard deviatiion, t-test, ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD test.
The findings were as follows:
1. The comparative study of the subjects within each group revealed a significant difference at the level of .05 between their physical fitness prior to the study for all three groups. The mean of physical fitness prior to the study was higher than that after the study among the subjects in the control group. The mean after the treatment of the two experimental groups, however, was higher than that before the treatment.
2. there was no significant difference regarding physical fitness after the treatment between the Tai-chi-chaun experimental groups and the 1.5-mile running group. However, the mean of physical fitness of both experimental groups wsa significantly higher than that of the control one at .05 level.
