THE CURRENT PRACTICE AND CHALLENGES OF COACHING VOLLEYBALL; IN THE CASE OF SOME SELECTED WOREDAS VOLLEYBALL PROJECT IN HADIYA ZONE,ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to investigate the current practice and challenges of coaching volleyball sports in the case of some selected woredas volleyball project in Hadiya zone. To achieve this objective, Cross sectional survey method helps to have general understanding of the problem by studying the current status, nature of the prevailing conditions and trends through relevant and precise information. The research populations include volleyball coaches, sport administrator officer from Hadiya Zone and selected woredas and volleyball players. Total population are 95, were selected with purposive sampling. Four instruments such as questionnaire, interview, observation and document analysis were used to gather the data. The data was entered in to SPSS version 20. The descriptive analysis of the data was analyzed by using both qualitative and quantitative methods, such as frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation and descriptive statements. The major findings of this study are; the coaches in the Zone are not well trained, the projects lack of interest of the trainer and coaches,  facilities and equipment, scientific training methods and less attention given for the project, less emphasis given to the value of volleyball in general and in particular for projects, absence of transparent and accountable of administration, absence of long term and permanent fund for the projects and lack of sufficient volleyball courts in the area and less emphasis given to even the existing ones, limited number of coaches and even lack of professional competencies among them was also another core problem raised by the participants of the study. Based on the findings the following recommendations were suggested: The coaches who are assigned in the projects must be qualify their profession to identify the talent of the players, the concerned organ  at zone and  woredas level offices should establish clear and effective follow up, monitoring and evaluation procedures, allocate enough budgets which are needed for volleyball projects, facilitate regular capacity building trainings, especially more emphasis has to be given to upgrade the license for volleyball coaches at different levels.