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Type :final_year_project
Subject :GV Recreation Leisure
Main Author :Syahmina Othman
Title :The knowledge and application of protective equipment among Hockey players in University Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Sains Sukan dan Kejurulatihan
Year of Publication :2023
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Introduction: Injury are noticeably high among field hockey players in Malaysia in which more than half of the players had lower limb injuries and up to 75% of field hockey players survived at least one acute injury during a game or practice and the trend is keep going up till now even though sport protective equipment as injury prevention in Hockey has been practiced. Objective: This study aims to identify the injury history and determine the level of knowledge and application of protective equipment among hockey players in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Methodology: 46 respondents currently play Hockey sport in UPSI and have participated in this study. The respondents were given a set of questionnaires that have been blasted through an online platform, the questionnaire consist of four sections; A) demography, B) injury history, C) knowledge in protective equipment, and D) application of protective equipment. Result: Six questions of each section (Sections C and D) and 5 Likert scale as an answer option applied to measure respondent’s knowledge level and application level in which the average mean for knowledge level is 17.91 (2.985) while for application of protective level average mean is 12.26 (2.04). Mean interpretation scale from Neuman (2015) was referred to determine the knowledge and application-level scale. Conclusion: This study concludes that hockey players' knowledge level in UPSI is moderate while the applications were still low among Hockey players in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.

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