The Development and Challenges of Football Sport in Some Selected Woredas of North Showa Zone

Tewodros Abir

doi:10.11648/j.ajss.20170506.11

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the development and challenges of football in some selected weredas of North Showa Zone. The subject in this study were 282 players 15 coaches’ 6 wereda sport officers and 4 zone sport officers selected from the total population of 940, 48 and 10 respectively. A descriptive survey study is used. As a methods of data gathering tools; questionnaire, interview, and document analysis were employed. To analyze the collected data, both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Results of the study revealed that village is the main sources of youth football players for the woredas, Schools have been the main sources of potential coaches for teams. The major constraints associated with North Showa Zone football sport are found to have very low media coverage, absence of supporters’ association, a few number of spectators, only one club, lack of facilities and equipment, no regular salary for coaches and players, lack or absence of play field in the villages, not following scientific method of training by coaches and very low level of communication among stakeholders. To overcome these, every stakeholder should work hand to hand in order to solve the problems.

Highlights

Sport is widely regarded as having significant social, health and economic benefits
According to the responses gathered from open-ended questions asked about, what is the impact of having insufficient or no incentives, most of the respondents responded that not sufficient or no incentive and it leads to find another job so we considered the sport as a leisure time activity instead of full time work because of this football sport declines in our zone
Debre Birhan Blanket Factory was Amara region champion in 1992 in the year i.e. in 1993 this club take part in national league competition and this club get the chance to compete with Buna club

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Introduction

Sport is widely regarded as having significant social, health and economic benefits. Sport is being analyzed in terms of its economic impact and in terms of its potential to combat poverty, unemployment, crime and segregation. It has been argued that the social benefits of sport extend to spheres that are hard to reach through more traditional, political and social activities (Seefeldt, Ewing and Walk 1992). Even if it has countless values and benefits this game is not well developed in our country because of different problems and challenges. The limited role of the community in sports, the decline of sports in schools, the shortage of sports facilities, sport wear and equipment as well as the lack of trained personnel in the sphere have made the problem more complex (National sport policy, 1998)

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