Demerachew, Fekadu Nega (2014) Investigating Factors that Affect the Development of Handball Sport: With Specific Reference to Addis Ababa Handball Federation. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect the development of handball sport, with specific reference in Addis Ababa handball federation. The study comprises 42 handball players in Addis Ababa city club, 8 current and former administrative staffs of Addis Ababa handball federation and 10 club coaches, 10 professionals, 2 Instructors, 1 officer and 8 referees. Inclusive sampling is to focus on particular sampling techniques of the study which will best enable to answer research questions. Then, inclusive study is used to carry out this research. Three instruments such as questionnaire, interview and observation cheek list were used. The descriptive analysis of the data was analyzed by using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The result of the study clearly showed that Addis Ababa handball federation had its own problem for the growth and development of handball sport in the city. Schools communities in a grass root level have been the main source of potential players for handball; coaches also started their carrier in the school. The major constraints associated with Addis Ababa handball federation are found to have very low and shortage of finance, shortage of skilled manpower, a few number of clubs, lack of facilities and equipments, no regular project training, no female clubs or teams, lack of control play ground in the villages, not following scientific method of training by coaches and very low level of sponsorship .To overcome these problems, the following recommendations have been forwarded: every stakeholder such as Coaches, Instructors, Professionals and Amateurs should work hand to hand in order to solve the problems, the government should give equal emphasis to handball sport like other sports and the federal sport commission and Addis Ababa sport commission to gather, should help for the development of handball sport in different corners of the city so as to increase its popularity.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Handball, Investigate , coach , federation, project, grass root level, purposive study ,Administrative staff . |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Selom Ghislain |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2018 11:29 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2018 11:29 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5854 |
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