http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/457 Search the Channel search http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/simple-search http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/3018 Title: THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF INJURIES OF LONG DISTANCE ATHLETES IN SOME SELECTED ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION ATHLETICS CLUBS <br/> <br/>Authors: Alebel, Tarekegne Tesfaye <br/> <br/>Abstract: Injury has been defined as body feeling that something wrong was happening (Deretke Clayton, 1981). One important element in determining the causes of injuries and prevention is having proper understanding of causes and ways of preventing as well as rehabilitation techniques. The long distance training requires prolonged hard working on the other hand the existence of biomechanical imbalance, too much running on the hard surfaces and training shoes contributes for injures in the bones, muscles, ligaments and joints in the acute and sever cases. The purpose was to find out and recommend the causes and prevention of injures in the long distance athletes. The area of the problems were scarcity of proper foot wear, absence of sport medicine professional, qualification of coaches, the training surfaces, prolonged training habits of athletes, and proper warm up and cool down, and stretching for flexibility increments and site conditioning and strengthen the ligaments and joints. The research methods selected for this study is descriptive survey research since the aim of the study is to describe facts. The primary sources of the data for the study long distance track athletes, the clubs coaches’ club administrators and athletics professional as well as sport medicine physicians. And also the document analysis, IAAF coaching materials, important internet websites and j provided important constructive topic under study. Questionnaires, interview, document analysis, discussion and observation were used in generating information from the respondents. These points raised as problem should be improved and understood by all stalk holders involved in the issues directly and indirectly to resolve the long distance athletes’ injury in the course of training and races. Fri, 11 May 2012 17:40:58 GMT http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/2064 Title: Interpersonal Relationships among Ethiopia Commercial Bank’s Female Athletics Team <br/> <br/>Authors: Eyerusalem, Yacob <br/> <br/>Abstract: The study was conducted in Ethiopia commercial Bank sport club female athletics team here in Addis Ababa. The main purpose of this study was to study the interpersonal relationships among Ethiopian Commercial Bank sport club female athletics team. The participants in this research were consisted of 26 tracks and filed female athletes, three coaches of the team, and the general manager of the team .The participants were selected non random sample as purposely. The major instruments in this study were questionnaire, interview, and field observation. The questionnaires were administered for both female athletes and coaches of the team. To consolidate the information obtained from the questionnaire, unstructured interview was conducted with the general manager of the team and field observation was used. The finding of the study related to the interpersonal relationships among athletes of the team indicated that, most of the athletes responded that there is mutual respect, responsibilities, supporting and appreciating each other during training and computation. They also said that they respect, trust and like their coaches even if they face communication, leadership and coaching styles limits. In conclusion, the study showed that there is some what a positive interpersonal relationship among each athletes of the team, coach and female athletes, coaches – management of the team. It is a great impact that the team giving motivations like incentives and bonuses, apply cooperative coaching styles, improve communication and cooperative leadership contribute positive interpersonal relationships of the team. Wed, 02 May 2012 13:44:26 GMT http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/2033 Title: TRAINING OF YOUTH FOOTBALL PROJECTS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE MAIN CLUB: THE CASE OF ADDIS ABABA PRIMER LEAGUE PARTICIPANT CLUBS <br/> <br/>Authors: MOHAMMEDNASIR, YIMER SIDE <br/> <br/>Abstract: This study is conducted with ultimate objective of exploring the training of youth football project and its contribution to the main clubs with the case of premier league participant clubs of Addis Ababa Administrative city. Four sample youth (junior-B) projects were selected, from seven Addis Ababa Administrative city premier league participant clubs, (EEPC, Dedebit, Defense and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia) youth projects using simple random sampling technique. Thus, the subjects in the study were 100 players, 4 coaches, and 4 administrative officials. In this study descriptive survey method was employed. Questionnaire was dominantly used as data collection instrument; unstructured interview and observation were also used in the process. The data gathered through questionnaires were analyzed by using frequency counts and their percentages; where as the data gathered through interview and observation were analyzed through descriptive statements. The major findings include that failure of coaches to manage and follow players throughout the training session, inappropriate or wrong methods of warm-up and cool-down by players, lack of facilities and equipments for training, and nutritional variables affect the training of youth projects and its contribution to the main clubs. Hence, it could be concluded that the training of youth (junior-B) projects which are administered or governed by Premier league participant clubs of Addis Ababa Administrative city highly affected by shortage of facilities and equipments. In addition to these inappropriate or wrong methods of warming-up and cooling-down also some of the constraints of the training session. Tue, 01 May 2012 12:02:05 GMT