Leisure time physical activity with an emphasis on staff training centers Ndaja (Case study: Personnel Command, Naval Training Center of Expertise Rasht)

The objective of the present research is to investigate the ways the personnel of the naval specialties training commandant spend their leisure time, with a special focus on the athletics activities. The present research has been conducted using a descriptive, survey oriented method. The sample volume was selected using the kokran formula and taking into consideration the protective-security coefficient with the size of 270 individuals using a cluster-class method in each of the classes randomly. To collect the data, a researcher-designed questionnaire was used and its reliability was confirmed by 10 professors of sports management and Its inner validity was obtained to be α =0.78 using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistic method (frequency distribution table) was used. The research results show that among the favorite leisure activities of the personnel, doing sports exercises, spending time with the family and studying rank as the top three priorities, Around 39% of the staff believe that enjoyment an pleasure are the most important reasons for the personnel's include swimming, gymnastics, track and field, walking futsal and volleyball respectively. Therefore, it would be suggested that the managers pay a special attention to planning s, sports activities and athletic facilities so that the personnel can use the available facilities better.