Introduction: The aim of this study is to asses sport needs of Guilan University students.
Methodology: The methodology used to for this field is descriptive. Statistical population were adopted from Guilan university students. Morgan table was used for selecting the sample size, and 384 students were randomly chosen. In order to collect the data, a questionnaire was used, such that the validity was confirmed by university elites and the stability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha (a=0.84). Descriptive statistics were used to report findings, and also Friedman’s test was used for ranking the components.
Results: Results indicated that based on the ranking sport’s needs, students prefer sports such as swimming, football, volleyball, equestrian and hiking. The required facilities that are of priority were multi-purpose hall (31.6 percent), swimming pool (21.1 percent), gym (19.4 percent), sports equipment (16 percent), and open land (7.4 percent).
Discussion: Also, the results show that the participation of students in sport competitions was aimed to make students take part in sport activities, increase work productivity, repose from work. Moreover, to enliven the spirit of the sport activity participation, the following solutions were proposed: regular holding of sports competition, teaching different sports' fields, and doing sport activities with family. The results regarding the barriers to participation in sports activities clearly show that suffering from a specific disease, injury during exercise, and fatigue caused by exercise are the most considerable impediments. The results suggest that exercise plan, managers have the necessary attention to the results of the needs assessment.