Article ID: 360004
The purposes of this study were to clarify the actual situation of intercollegiate athletic sports and campus recreational sports at Japanese universities, and to make recommendations regarding university sports management. A questionnaire survey was conducted by mail on 760 universities nationwide, and 307 responses were collected.
The main results were as follows;
1) Both athletic and recreational clubs were more active at national universities, the longest established universities, and large universities.
2) University support for athletic clubs was prevalent at private universities and the medium length established universities.
3) The participation rate in athletic clubs was higher among national universities and the medium length established universities, and lower among private universities and recently established universities. The participation rate in recreational clubs was higher among public universities, recently established universities, and colleges.
4) Many athletic associations sponsored intramural sporting programs at national universities.
5) Universities that open their on-campus athletic facilities to the general students were most common among national and public universities.
Based on the above results, the following three points were proposed: 1) in case of universities where athletic teams have exclusive use of on-campus facilities, practice schedules should be reduced to allow time for general students to use the facilities; 2) the type and number of intramural sporting programs should be increased to give general students opportunities to participate in sports; and 3) sports goods rental systems should be implemented to make convenient use of open facilities.
