*Lecturer, Government Degree College # 2, Dera Ismail Khan, K.P.K, Pakistan
**Associate Professor, Institute of Education & Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, K.P.K, Pakistan
***Dean Faculty of Arts/Director, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, K.P.K, Pakistan
Online published on 7 September, 2012.
A research study was conducted to examine the perception of community about role of sports in social training of youth. The community comprised of Parents, Teachers, Students and Alumni. A structured questionnaire on three point Likert scale was developed and utilized for collection of data from 426 respondents selected through stratified sampling and random sampling technique in D.I.Khan Division of Pakistan's during the year 2011. The result of the study indicated majority of community members have a very significant knowledge of the role of sports in social training of youth.
Social training, perception, community, sports, parents, teachers, students, alumni
