Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was investigating the challenge and Progress of football in Bale
zone focusing on two teams (i.e Robe and Gobakenema football teams). The researcher
employed a descriptive survey with mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative) as a method of
data analysis, because, this method provides the researcher with detail description of the
existing condition about a problem under investigation. To achieve the intended objectives the
researcher employed questionnaires, interview and observation check list as a tool to collect the
data.
Thus, the subjects in the study were 44 football players, 4coaches, 2 team’s leaders and 1 Zone
sport commission head, 5 football federation members and 4 higher institution instructors, 4
former players.
The major finding of this study were, lack of sufficient budget, insufficient sport materials,
absence of balanced incentives/ salary/, and non-existence of attention from higher bodies of a
teams and zonal sport commission office were identified as a problem for the development of
football to Robe and Gobakineme football teams. Hence, it’s concluded that, budget, sport
facilities, lack of incentives and related factors are the barriers that contribute to the declination
of football to Robe and Gobakineme football teams. Thus, it is recommended that the teams
administrators and Zonal sport commission office need to look in to these problems in detail. The
regional and federal football federation ought to pay attention to minimize these and other
related problems in order to improve football at Zonal as well as in the word level.
