Obstacles to practicing recreational sports activities in the faculties of the University of Qadisiyah, Republic of Iraq

الملخص

This study aimed to identify the obstacles facing students from participating in recreational sports activities in the faculties of the University of Qadisiyah, which was to design a questionnaire containing four axes, which are classified into major obstacles according to their importance in influencing the weakness of participation. The first axis was related to administrative aspects, which includes (12) phrases, and the second axis related to the possibilities in the faculties, which  includes (11) phrases, while the third axis was represented by psychological and social aspects, which contains (11), and the fourth axis related to academic aspects and their impact To participate in recreational sports activities in the colleges and included (4) statements, the researcher used the descriptive approach of survey studies to suit the nature of the study in obtaining answers to the questionnaire form, which includes (40) statements distributed as mentioned above. The sample of the research was randomly selected by (950). The clarity of the questionnaire was known and its statements were understood in a survey sample represented by (90) students who were randomly selected and were excluded from the research. The validity and stability of the questionnaire was confirmed by the arbitrators, as well as the validity of the content between the axes of the questionnaire as a whole, as well as between each axis and the phrases that The results showed that the priority of the obstacles facing students due to poor participation is due to the lack of possibilities of multi-purpose playgrounds and halls. The obstacles related to the administrative aspects came in second place, which stipulate that officials should not develop recreational activities through the maintenance of playgrounds, lack of financial support, and the lack of advertising advertising that focuses on participation. The third rank was for the fourth axis, which relates to the academic aspects of the request that prevents them from participating, the compression of the academic schedule