The purpose of this study was to verify obstacle factors that affect participation in a tennis game in Korea. For the purpose of the study, a self-administered questionnaire was developed. The needs for persons interested as dependent variables were specifically investigated by communication, skills of tennis game, life cycle, participate in sports, levels of the service, affects of climate, a viewing of other sport games. Independent variables of this study were sex, marriage, kids, age, education level, job, numbers of activity participation for a week, and number of viewing of tennis game for last year.
The ’subject of the study were 247 amateur tennis players(M:175. F:72) and registered in 4 tennis clubs. To compare the differences of dichotomous items such as sex, marriage, and kids, a t-test was employed. One-way ANOVA and Scheffe post hoc test were also used to verify obstacle factors of participation in a tennis game. The main results were as follows
1. Constrict factors affect higher communication deficiency, skills of tennis game, life cycle, participate in sports, levels of the service, climate, a viewing of other sport games. respectively. 2 .Skills of tennis game affect higher men than women. and students, public officials. professional businessmen than mistress. 3. Climate affect higher mistress than students.
4. Life cycle, service, participation in sports and communication did not affect significantly in inter-groups, but life cycle affects in inter-groups. 5. A viewing of other sport games affect higher students than mistress.
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