CHALLENGES OF MALE FOOTBALL PROJECT COACHING IN CASE OF TEMBEN ABI-ADI TOWN; CENTRAL ZONE, TIGRAY REGIONAL STATE OF NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges of male football project coaching. The participants of the study were 6 young male soccer projects were selected as study subjects from the eight football projects; their age is range between (U-15) and (U-17) ages, and 6 coaches with their age difference from15-30 and 31-55, 2 administrative staff. The purpose of this study is to explore the current problems of male youth football projects. Youth project was using purposive sampling techniques. In this study descriptive survey method was employed. Questionnaire was dominantly used as data collection instrument. The data gathered through questionnaires, interviews, observation and checklist were analyzed by using frequency counts and percentages by using SPSS version-20 software; whereas the data gathered interviews to sport administration staff through qualitative or descriptive statement. The major findings include that the project players and coaches face resistance when trying to implement football project coaching; but they are devised at the recommendation like; making coaching philosophy update and scientific, making strong discussion with playe rs and coach, budgeting, controlling the increasing number of participating teams and players by building temporary sport fields, making awareness to the parent’s unethical behavior on football project players and coaches, to understand some problems and get their work in all necessary contests.