Abstract
Soft volleyball was developed as new sporting games that anyone can easily enjoy according to the age, sex, physical fitness, and skill level. The purpose of this study was to categorize soft volleyball enthusiasts and capture their characteristics to obtain basic data for future popularization and development. Focusing on the player`s goal sacrificed, we categorized it using factor analysis, cluster analysis and confirmed whether there was a difference by analysis of variance. The results showed that soft volleyball enthusiasts were engaged in competition and life satisfaction as their primary objective. It was also possible to classify the enthusiasts into three types. Type A was primarily sacrificed competitiveness. Type B worked with a variety purpose thinking, such as self-health, leisure, and competitiveness. Type C aimed at self-health and competitiveness, but did not have purpose about leisure. Type B was the most recognizable effect by playing soft volleyball. It became clear that more effects can be enjoyed by performing for various purposes such as self-health, leisure, and competitiveness. It is also effective to approach people who have no experience of volleyball and increase the category of competition.
