Abstract
Socialization into sport revolves around initial entry, continued participation and seeking excellence. Kenyan women volleyball players have returned significant successes at regional and continental competitions.However their success is not comparable to men teams which are yet to set any accolades at regional and continental level. The purpose of this study was to investigate pyscho-social attributes of Kenya male volleyball players who took part Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) league in 2015.The attributes investigated involved family background factors, reasons for specialization and motivesforcontinued participation.Data was collected through self-reported questionnaires from (n=71) participants and was analyzed for frequencies and percentages. Results indicated majority of 38.5% had experiences of one to three years, majority of them (over 50%) came from lower and middle class backgrounds, reasons for specialization were; talent, enjoyment and social interactionswhilethe motives for continued participation were talent , desire to win and success in volleyball . It is concluded that male volleyball players entry into volleyball and their continued participation is buttressed in intrinsic motives. Consequently, coaches and team managers need to take stock of these drivers of seeking excellence in volleyball. Future studies need to be conducted to unearth the relationship between socio-psychological factors and technical and tactical shortfalls of the men volleyball players in Kenya. Keywords : Volleyball, Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF), Social Economic Status (SES) DOI: 10.7176/JTHS/50-06 Publication date: September 30 th 2020
Highlights
Career orientation and paths of an elite athlete is shaped by socialization process in which socialization agents, social-cultural influences, socializing situations, the self and environment have significant roles to play (Stevenson, 1990; Philips, 1993, Rintaugu, 2005)
This happens in the confines of the schools and community agencies such as sport clubs and religious sport outfits.The role of secondary school in socialization into sport in Kenya reveals that some games are encultured and domiciled in selected school where their dominance and legacy has transcended many generations (Wamukoya,1994;Rintaugu,2005)
The questionnaire which had two sections had been utilized in previous studies (Burnet, 2005; Gitonga et al.,2011; Rintaugu et al.,2014).Section A of the questionnaire had items seeking the participants bio data of age, parental SES, nature of family playing experience while section B raised sport-specific issues revolving around influence of significant others, reasons for specializing in volleyball and motives for continued participation
Summary
Career orientation and paths of an elite athlete is shaped by socialization process in which socialization agents, social-cultural influences, socializing situations, the self and environment have significant roles to play (Stevenson, 1990; Philips, 1993, Rintaugu, 2005). At all levels of sport involvement, different socializing agents such as significant others(parents, family, peers, friends), socializing situations (school, media, community agencies) and environment play crucial roles to sustain participation (Mcpherson,Loy, & Kurtis,1989 ;Coakley,2005 ;Rintaugu,2005 ). Athletes have play partners(peers,friends) from the neighbourhood while teachers and coaches are instrumental in technical instruction and evaluation of performance (Rintaugu, 2009;Kubayi ,Jooste ,Toriola et al.,2014 ;Otieno ,Bailasha & Rintaugu ,2020) This happens in the confines of the schools and community agencies such as sport clubs and religious sport outfits.The role of secondary school in socialization into sport in Kenya reveals that some games are encultured and domiciled in selected school where their dominance and legacy has transcended many generations (Wamukoya ,1994;Rintaugu ,2005)
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