College sports training programs should consider student-athletes' self-regulation and sports performance to design effective approaches and treatments to improve ability and competence. This descriptive-comparative- correlational study examined the personal attributes, self-regulation, and sports performance of student- athletes to develop a training program that would assist athletes from Region III state colleges and universities (SUCs) in improving their self-regulation and athletic performance. The researcher used the modified 24-item SRL-SRS for Sport Practice Scale and the 14-item SPPS from Toering et al. (2011) and Adam et al. (2019) to gather data from 127 student athletes from 13 Region III SUCs. Student-athletes' self-regulation and sports performance did not vary by year, extracurricular activity engagement, or weekly practice or training time, according to Kruskal-Wallis analysis. Regardless of these outcomes, student-athletes' self-regulation is ubiquitous. This suggests that self-monitoring, self-judgement, and self-reaction rules are statistically the same regardless of year level, extracurricular activity engagement, or weekly practice or training time. However, predicted monthly family income has an impact on self-regulation and athletic performance. Alternatively, self-monitoring, self-judgment, and self-reaction promote sports mastery and development. The athletes who monitor, appraise, and adapt to their performance are better at developing their skills and improving in their sport. This study also found that self-monitoring, self-judgment, and self-reaction improve sports strategy and preparedness. These self-regulation abilities help athletes plan and organize during competition. The research suggests that SUCs use intense self-regulation training to improve student-athlete self-observation, self-assessment, and self-response. They must also evaluate the student-athlete's sports performance and behavior control to track development and identify growth areas.
Keywords: self-regulation, sports performance, student-athletes, state universities and colleges