Physical Activities among College Students Participating in Sports Pertaining to Sociocultural Conditions of Sindh

Abstract

This article has been prepared to explore the perception of college students in Sindh province of Pakistan to elaborate reasons college students especially girls are reluctant to participate actively in physical activity programs and engaging in sports in daily routine life concerning prevalent socio- cultural situation in Sindh. The major objective of developing this paper has been to examine the participants' experiences involved in sports activities that fit into place in various physical activity programs conducted in selected colleges and information was collected from the participants who participate actively in healthy sports activities selected randomly from two major colleges located in important major cities of Sindh at Karachi, Hyderabad, Shaheed Benazirabad (former Nawabshah), Khairpur, Larkana and Mirpurkhas affiliated with respective public universities in Sindh province to appraise the issues of low participation of students as compared to other provinces of Pakistan. Many studies relating to college students based on rural and urban setting in Pakistan, which seems uncomfortable on this alarming situation of low participation in physical activities and participating in sports, expressing inadequate social interaction, management and limited encouragement to college students showed common reasons of participation in sport and physical activity programs in colleges, experienced miserably low participation at all levels particularly girls’ low participation in physical activities programs, where as experienced men and women identified it and expressed the importance of sport and physical activity in reducing the effects of aging and attract others maintaining physically fit body, which many individuals do not possess it, thus, have lost the confidence and competence skills as overly masculine appearance of girls have become the barriers for active participation in physical activities and taking part actively in sports competitions.