Ayalew, Wondewosen2021-01-152023-11-092021-01-152023-11-092020-12-12http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/24699The main purpose of this study was to investigate the cause of short distance athletic injuries and impacts on their training in the case of four first division Addis Ababa athletic clubs in the year 2020. Mixed method research design was employed and data were collected from 69 (42 male and 27 female) short distance athletic runners and 8 coaches selected via simple random sampling and purposive sampling respectively. Cause of Short Distance Athletes Injure and Impacts in their Training Questionnaires (CSDAI & ITQ), interview and observation guides were used as data collection tools in order to triangulate the data. Descriptive statistics, such as frequency counts and percentage values were used to analyze the quantitative data. extrinsic risk factor injuries like frequency, intensity, duration, stretching, shoes, running surface, running technique, or theses, warming up, and cooling down. Acute injuries can be i.e. bone, cartilage, ligament, muscle, bursa, tendon, joint, nerve or skin and the type of injury i.e. fracture, dislocation, sprain or strain. Therefore, most running injuries were the result of training errors, meaning training is too fast and too soon. The results also showed statistically significant problem in shortage of standardized training area, convenient running track, training inputs and environmental hazards that invites them for different kind of injuries. There was also observed inadequate knowledge and skill in the coaches about the occurrence of sport injuries and in treating sport injuries. Strain and hamstring became the most frequently occurred kind of injury and body part injuries facing during training sessions respectively. The qualitative analysis also yielded the perceived causes of short distance athletic injuries and impacts on their training were shortage of equipment and facilities, limitation of standardized training place, event specific knowledge of the coaches and environmental hazards on short distance running. Therefore, the researcher put the following possible recommendations to those athletic clubs to improve the training methods, access to proper facilities and equipment and to build the knowledge of coaches in order to give appropriate treatment and prevention of the causes of injuries.enAthleticsCausesInjuriesEquipment'sTraining Place and Environmental HazardsThesis