A Study On The Behavioral Intention Of Teenagers Participating In Table Tennis Amateur Club

In recent years,the physical health of China’s youth has been a frequent problem,mainly in the form of a declining trend in the physical fitness of youth for many years,while the rate of overweight and obesity among youth and the rate of myopia is rapidly increasing,and our party and government have always shown a high degree of concern for the development of youth sports.Table tennis not only enhances the physical fitness of youth development process,but also is helpful to improve the vision of young students.Amateur table tennis clubs are an important place to foster youth interest in table tennis and also to promote the formation of long-term regular exercise habits.Summarizing previous scholars’ studies,it is found that scholars in China have been focusing on youth physical exercise and sports,but there is a lack of research on the behavioral intention of youth participation in table tennis amateur clubs,so this study has some value.By collating the characteristics of youth participation in table tennis amateur clubs,exploring the factors influencing their participation behavior from different dimensions,and making corresponding suggestions on the study of their participation behavior mechanism,this study fills in the theoretical system of youth sports participation in China to a certain extent;it provides the right spur and guidance for youth to actively participate in table tennis amateur clubs,and promotes the development of youth sports in the new era.It can also promote the development of youth table tennis amateur clubs and is important for promoting the development of sports industry.Based on the theory of planned behavior,this paper constructs a research model of youths’ behavioral intention to participate in table tennis amateur clubs,conducts an empirical study on 355 youths aged 10-15 years old who participated in table tennis amateur clubs in Lanzhou City,puts forward the research hypothesis,collects data by distributing questionnaires,uses literature method,fieldwork method,questionnaire method,mathematical statistics method,and other research methods,and uses SPSS21.0 and Amos28.0 data analysis software to analyze the data for reliability and validity,descriptive analysis,variance analysis of dimensions,correlation analysis,regression analysis,and structural equation modeling.The findings of the study were as follows:(1)The descriptive analysis revealed that most of the adolescents participating in table tennis amateur clubs were elementary school boys with less than one year of training,average sports performance,and aged 10-12 years old,and the training method was mainly in large classes of 5 or more students;(2)The analysis of variance revealed that adolescents’ behavioral attitudes,subjective norms,perceived behavioral control,participation intention,and participation behavior in table tennis amateur clubs(2)Significant differences existed in gender,age,grade,sports performance,and participation time for each dimension;(3)Correlation analysis showed that behavioral attitudes,subjective norms,and perceived behavioral control were factors that influenced adolescents’ behavioral intention to participate in table tennis amateur clubs;and adolescents’ positive behavioral attitudes,positive subjective norms,and positive perceived behavioral control had a significant positive effect on their participation intention;Youths’ positive participation intention had a significant positive influence on their participation behavior;(4)regression analysis revealed that youths’ behavioral attitudes,subjective norms,and perceived behavioral control of participation in amateur table tennis clubs explained 66.3% of the participation intention,and participation intention predicted and explained 54.7% of the participation behavior.The findings of the study verified that the hypotheses proposed in this study were valid.