Die identifisering van sportprestasiefaktore deur die gebruik van regressie-analise

Abstract

The objective of this investigation was to establish which factors contribute the most to sporting performance. A total of 198 athletes/players from different fields of sport were selected to participate in the research (88 males and 111 females). The coaches/trainers of the athletes/players were also involved in the project (10 males and 14 females). From a literature study, 22 factors which affect performance were chosen. A process of elimination was used to select a final nine factors, which, according to the candidates, contributed most to sporting performance: coach/trainer, motivation, setting objectives, self-confidence, interest, concentration, communication, ability and diet. Null-hypotheses were then formulated to determine the correlation between these nine factors and sports performance. In each case, the null-hypothesis could be rejected on the 1% level of significance, which implied that a positive correlation exist between the different factors and sporting performance. A systematic regression analysis was then undertaken to establish which of the factors measured in the questionnaire, represented the greatest proportion of variation in sporting performance. From the regression analysis it became clear that ability, self confidence, diet, coach/trainer, motivation and communication are the most significant variables related to sporting performance and account for approximately 49% of the variation in sporting performance.

Keywords: sporting performance factors, regression analysis, variation in sporting performance

South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation Vol. 27(1) 2005: 49-58