Practice and Challenges of Coaches in Identifying Talent Athletes of Middle Distance of Ethiopian Athletics Federation
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2012-08
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Addis Abeba university
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess practice and challenges of coaches in
identifying talent athletes of middle distance of Ethiopian athletics federation. The
method of the study was descriptive. The subjects in this study were 70 athletes, 15
middle distance coaches, 9 club administrators and 4 Ethiopian Athletics Federation
officers. Data were collected through questionnaires, interview and document
analysis. Then the data gathered were analyzed and interpreted by using different
statistical methods such as percentage. The result indicated that, the majority of the
respondents replied that there is no talent identification method to join the club, the
coaches have less educational background, athletes choose the discipline because of
economic rewards rather than the talent they have and competition is the only means
to identify talented athletes in most clubs. In general, from all this it can be concluded
that practice and challenges of coaches in identifying talent athletes in middle
distance race is poor because of coach’s qualification, clubs and federation do not
have integrated work and smooth relation. Even the clubs and federation do not have
talent identification procedure to recruit athletes. Therefore, giving in service training
to the coaches, preparing talent identification procedure, give chance to athletes
during planning, clubs fulfill all the training situation, having smooth relationship in
between the concerned bodies like federation, clubs, other coaches to minimize the
degree of challenges related to the topic
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Talent Athletes of Middle Distance