Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study and to compare the physical finess of physical education instructors in the college of physical education in the southern region and to set up the physical fitness levels for the physical education instructos. The subjects were 45 male physical education instructors from four college of physical education in the southern region: Yala, Chumporn, Krabi and Trung. The Physical fitness variables which used to compare were resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, grip strength, back strength, leg strength, vital capacity, flexibility, percent of body fat and maximum oxygen uptake. The obtained data were then analyzed into means, standard deviations and the one-way analysis of variance in which the significant difference among groups were determined. It was found that: 1. The means of test items of the physical education instructors in the college of physical education in the southern region for age group 20-30 years were 75 beats per minute for resting heart rate, 120.68 mm.Hg for the resting systolic blood pressure, .77 kilogram per body weight for the grip strength, 1.80 kilogram per body weight for the back strength, 1.95 kilogram per body weight for leg strength, 11.29 centimeters for the flexibility, 58.44 mililiters per body weight for the vital capacity, 5.81 percents for the percent of body fat and 40.28 mililiters per body weight per minute for the maximum oxygen uptake. The age group 31-40 years were 71.13 beats per minute for the resting heart rate, 120.62 mm.Hg for the resting systolic blood pressure, .74 kilogram per body weight for the grip strength, 1.56 kilogram per body weight for the back strength, 1.79 kilogram per body weight for leg strength, 11.43 centimeters for the flexibility, 56.69 mililiters per body weight for the vital capacity, 8.93 percents for the percent of body fat and 39.37 mililiters per body weight per minute for the maximum oxygen uptake. 2. The physical fitness of test items for the physical education instructors in the college of physical education in the southern region in the age group 20-30 years and 31-40 years were not significant difference at .01 level. 3. The physical fitness levels of test items for the physical education instructors in the college of physical education in the southern region were categorized as excellent, good, moderate, rather low and low. The levels were also set up by using X̅ 1 SD. The physical fitness levels were categorized as following: The grip strength of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in excellent between .94 and above, good between .86 - .93, moderate between .70 - .85, rather low between .62 - .69 and low between .61 and below. The back strength of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in excellent between 2.75 and above, good between 2.28-2.74, moderate between 1.34-2.27, rather low .87-1.33 and low between .86 and below. The leg strength of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in excellent between 2.82 and above, good between .2.39-2.81, moderate between 1.53-2.38, rather low between 1.10-1.52 and low between 1.09 and below. The flexibility of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in excellent between 19.8 and above, good between 15.6-19.7, moderate between 7.2-15.5, rather low between 3.0-7.71 and low between 2.9 and below. The vital capacity of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in excellent between 76.17 and above, good between 67.31-76.16, moderate between 49.59-67.30, rather low between 40.73-49.58 and low between 40.72 and below. The percent of body fat of the age group 20-30 years was categorized in high between 9.82 and above, rather high between 7.82-9.81, moderate between 3.82-7.81, rather low between 1.82-3.81 and low between 1.81 and below. The percent of body fat of the age group 31-40 years was categorized in high between 13.50 and above, rather high between 11.22-13.49, moderate between 6.66-11.213.82-7.81, rather low between 4.38-6.65 and low between 4.34 and below. The maximum oxygen of the age group 31-40 years was categorized in excellent between 54.26 and above, good between 46.82-54.25, moderate between 31.40-46.81, rather low between 24.50-31.93 and low between 4.49 and below.