The effect of nine squares to play Takraw sports with the inside of the foot of students in Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to study the result of Nine Squares Practice on the Takraw  inside of the foot performance 2) to compare the result of the Nine Squares Practice along with the inside of the foot practice to the result of the inside of the foot practice only. The sample group is the 40 freshmen of Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University. This group is divided in to 2 groups by randomized assignment method. The control group is 20 male – female students and the experimental group is another 20 male – female students. The tools are 1) the Nine Squares Practice program 2) the inside of the foot practice program 3) the inside of the foot test 4) the striking Takraw ball against the wall with the inside of the foot test. The process happened 3 days a week for 8 weeks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and it took 60 minutes each day. The control group practices on the inside of the foot practices program and the experimental group practices on the Nine Squares Practice along with the inside of the foot practice program, after that they have to take the inside of the foot test and the striking Takraw ball against the wall test. After week 4, 6 and 8 the analyze includes the mean, the standard deviation, t-test. The results show that the experimental group perform significantly better after using the Nine Squares Practice than the control group at the level p  0.05.