The Study of Volleyball Skill Levels of Undergraduate Students, Faculty of Education, Thailand National Sports University, Northeastern Region

Abstract

This research was to study the level and set the criteria of volleyball skills of the students in the Thailand National Sports University. Northeastern Region, Udon Thani, Mahasarakham, Chaiyaphum and Sisaket. The population were 382 first-year students enrolled in Volleyball Skills and Instruction course in the academic year 2019, 280 males and 102 females. The research tools  was Hellman's Volleyball Skills Quiz on digging,setting and slapping. The data analysis statistics  were Average, Standard Deviation, Maximum Value, Minimum Value, Median, Mode, Range and T-score.

            The results of the research revealed that;

1. The male students had the volleyball skill ondigging at moderate level,the average score was 49.18. The setting skill was at moderate level, the average score was 51.04 and the slapping skill was at high level, the average score was 37.12. Whereas the female students had digging skill at moderate level, the average score was 41.09. The setting skill was at moderate level, the average score was 42.34 and  the slapping skill was at low level, the average score was 29.98.


2. The criteria of volleyball skills weredivided into 5 levels: very high, high, medium, low and very low. 2.1) The digging skills for Male students were 73, 62 – 72, 39 - 61, 28 – 38, 37 and female students were 66, 53 – 65, 40 -52, 27 – 39, 26. 2.2) The setting skill for male students were 75, 62 – 74, 49 -61, 37 – 48, 36 and female students were 78, 64 – 77, 37 - 63, 24 – 36, 27 And 2.3) The slapping skill for male students were 73, 62 – 72, 39 -61, 22 – 38, 21and female students were 67, 56 – 66, 43 -55, 30 – 42, 29.

                 This could be concluded that both male and female students had moderate digging and setting skills. Whereas the slapping skill  of male students was l higher than the females which was at low level.