Challenge And Prospects Of Female Football Projects In Case Of East Hararge Zone

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study variables that hinder the performance of Ethiopian women football premier league and to suggest possible alternatives that would achieve theprospects of the clubs and the improvement of the performance of the team. All populations were included as study participants by using purposive techniques i.e.4 football coaches, 44female football club players and 2 projects managers (n=50) from Harar and Babille female football projects. The studies used both quantitative and qualitative data types and cross sectional study design were employed. Questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data pertains. The data were analyzed into descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics using paired and independent test at p < 0.05 level of association or agreement using SPSS 23 on three main variables. The result of the study indicates that somevariables affect the performance of female football projects; organization and structure of training, facilities, income and equipment and attitudes and perceptions. The mean value of players and athletes were M ≤ 1.5 respectively showed high level of agreement and t-test value was no significant since (p ˃ α,α ˂ 0.05) in the mentioned variables, The major challenges associate with the development female football projects in sampled clubs are lack of adequate facilities, safe places to train football, poor repair, or fields or courts, very few number of sponsors, very few number of spectators, absence of organized club supporters, absence of regular skill development courses for coaches, insufficient remuneration for coaches and players, shortage of courts for training and competition, losing popularity, and incapacity of competence, access to training facilities, special development programs and high-quality coaching and advice. Based on the findings the following recommendations are forwarded proper implementation of national and regional sport policy to guide athletes, experts, coaches and administrators in code of sport ethics and to maximize female sport success. Hararge sport organizations administrators are front liners to success sport in Hararge zone, in conjunction with Oromia regional state sport commission, should give attention to solve female football clubs, the number of women football clubs in Hararge is fewer, the concerned government body should force female sport clubs, highly developing in the other field of sport, to get involved in football sport.