In the Case of Defence Force Football Club in Addis Ababa
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Improving the Development Program of Under-17 football players: In the case of Defence Force Football Club in Addis Ababa ` By: TEWODROS HAILU A Thesis Submitted to The Department Of Sport Science Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of Degree of Masters of Science in Sport Science Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 2018 i Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies This is to certify that the thesis prepared by Tewodros Hailu entitled: Improving the Development Program of Under-17 Football Players: In the case of Defence Force Football Club in Addis Ababa, and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Degree of master of science in sport science complies with the regulation of the University and meets the accepted standard with respect to originality and quality. Signed by Examining Committee: Examiner (Internal) ___________________ Signature ___________________ Date______________ Examiner (External___________________ Signature ___________________ Date______________ Advisor ___________________ Signature ___________________ Date______________ ii Acknowledgement First of all I would like to express special thanks and appreciation to God. And also my Advisor Wondimu Tadesse (pro) for his constructive suggestions critical comments & advices which helps me accomplish the thesis. Special thanks gives of the individuals who contributes various types of materials & moral supports from the beginning to this days Finally my heartfelt thanks go to my wife and my children Makeda Temtem baby Mercy Tewedros and baby Eyobed Tewoderos and all my family members for their uncounted moral support and encouragement for fulfillment of this thesis. i Table of Contents Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................ i Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................ii List of Table ..................................................................................................................................... v Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... vi List of Appendices .........................................................................................................................vii CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background of the study ....................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Statement of the problem ...................................................................................................... 2 1.3. Objective of the Study ........................................................................................................... 4 1.3.1. General Objective ........................................................................................................... 4 1.3.2. Specific Objective........................................................................................................... 4 1.4. Significant of the study ......................................................................................................... 5 1.5. Scope /Delimitation/ of the Study ......................................................................................... 5 1.6. Limitation of the Study ........................................................................................................ 5 1.7. Operational definition of key terms ...................................................................................... 6 1.8. Organization of the study ...................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ....................................................................................... 7 2.1. Football in Ethiopian ......................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1. Contemporary football of Ethiopian league ............................................................... 7 2.1.2. International Participations of Ethiopian Football ..................................................... 8 2.1.3. Participations of Ethiopia in Africa Cup of Nations .................................................. 8 2.2. Vision and Principles of Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) in England...................... 10 ii 2.3. Long term player development ........................................................................................... 11 2.4 The Performance Pathway ................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Creating Significant Change through Marginal Gains ......................................................... 13 2.5.1 The EPPP proposes to structurally modernize the Academy system through:.............. 13 2.5.2 The Performance Management System ......................................................................... 14 2.5.3 The Performance Clock ................................................................................................. 15 2.6 Creating better players for the future ................................................................................... 16 2.7 A player-focused philosophy ............................................................................................... 17 2.8. Characteristics of the Modern Football ............................................................................... 29 2.9. Coaching Quality ............................................................................................................. 30 2.9.1. Coach and player relationship ...................................................................................... 30 2.9.2. The role of the coach .................................................................................................... 31 2.9.3. Key principles in coaching ........................................................................................... 32 2.10. Basic Principles of Football Training................................................................................ 33 2.11. Sport Nutrition................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 37 3. Research Design and Methodology ........................................................................................ 37 3.1. Research Design .................................................................................................................. 37 3.2. Source of Data: Primary and Secondary Sources................................................................ 37 3.3. Sample and Sampling Technique ........................................................................................ 38 3.4. Tools of Data Collection ..................................................................................................... 38 3.4.1. Questionnaires .............................................................................................................. 38 3.4.2. Interview ....................................................................................................................... 39 3.4.3. Observation ................................................................................................................... 40 iii 3.5. Procedure of Data Collection .............................................................................................. 40 3.6. Method of Data Analysis..................................................................................................... 40 CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS ............................................................... 41 4. Data analysis .......................................................................................................................... 41 4.1. Personal information of the coaches ............................................................................... 43 4.2. General questions for Defence force under-17 coaching staffs ...................................... 44 4.3. Training days per week ................................................................................................... 45 4.4. About the relationship of coaches, with each other and player‟s relationship ................ 46 4.5. Personal beliefs evaluation questions for coaches .......................................................... 48 4.6. Personal information of the Trainees discussed as follow .............................................. 61 4.7. General questions for Defence force under-17 players ................................................... 62 4.8. Regarding with training days per week ........................................................................... 63 4.9. About the relationship with each other for players ......................................................... 64 4.10. Analysis of rating on personal beliefs evaluation questions........................................ 65 CHARTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ...................................................... 66 5.1. Summary ............................................................................................................................