Improving the Development Program of Under-17 Football Players: In the Case of Defence Force Football Club In Addis Ababa
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2018-06-02
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Addis Ababa University
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The study was conducted for the objective of investigating the promoting football development program of Defence force under-17 youth team and its contribution to the main club and also as the country for national team. The samples of under-17 Defence force football club were selected from other Addis Ababa league clubs purposely. The subject on the study were 40, 35 players and 5 coaches and coaching staffs. Therefore census survey method was employed this is because that the number of the study group were too small to take samples. instead of using other sampling, the researcher prefer to use mixed/or triangulation technique as data collection instrument it helps to investigate in-depth and collect accurate information’s by using questionnaire, interview and observation. The data collected from questionnaires were analyzed in tabulation forms, in frequent counts and percentages. The other information’s collected from interviews and observations were analyzed through descriptive statements. The major findings of the study indicates that, lack of training equipments, lack of fitness trainings program which are exclusive from worming up and calling down in football training sessions, considering with modern football training method and nutritional variables were the major findings which directly or indirectly affects development of youth players in defense force under-17 team. However the above findings concluded that of the need for focus in the development football program of Defence force under-17 teams and others club who has the same structure of development programs therefore the researchers trained show those problems detail in this thesis.
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Development Program, Improving, Professional Football, Talent, Philosophies