ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AS CORRELATES OF ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA SCHOOL SPORTS FEDERATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL STATES, NIGERIA
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2020-07
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UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
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The Administration of Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) is one of the Sports Association created by the government to cater for grassroots sports development for better performance of young athletes at secondary school level. However, the decline in the performance of athletes is worrisome to the coaches and administrators. This study examined administrative and sociological variables as correlates of athletes performance in Nigeria School Sports Federation in North-Central States, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: (i) determine the relationship between parental influence and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (ii) ascertain the relationship between cultural belief and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (iii) examine the relationship between weather condition and athletes performance in NSSF competition (iv) determine the relationship between leadership style and athletes performance in NSSF competition; (v) determine the relationship between funding and athletes performance in NSSF competition; and (vi) examine the relationship between coaching style and athletes performance in NSSF competition in the study area.
Descriptive design of correlation type was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised 756 which included sports officers, coaches and NSSF coordinators. The sample comprised 585 respondents which was selected thus, purposive sampling technique was used to select all the 37 NSSF states coordinators and 14 coaches while proportionate random sampling techniques was used to select 534 sports officers. Validated researcher designed structured questionnaire which was tested for reliability with a reliability coefficient of 0.80 was used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical tool were used for data analysis at 0.05 alpha level.
The findings of the study were that:
(i) there was a significant relationship between parental influence and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.263, p< 0.05);
(ii) there was a significant relationship between cultural belief and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.221, p< 0.05);
(iii) there was a significant relationship between weather condition and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.281, p< 0.05);
(iv) there was a significant relationship between leadership style and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.218, p< 0.05);
(v) there was a significant relationship between funding and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.245, p< 0.05); and
(vi) there was a significant relationship between coaching style and athletes performance in NSSF competition with (r-value = 0.294, p< 0.05).
The study concluded that sports officers, coaches and NSSF coordinators contributed to brilliant performance of athletes in Nigeria school sports federation in North-central states Nigeria. The implication is that sports officers, NSSF coordinators and coaches play critical roles in achieving excellent performance of athletes in school sports competition. The study recommended that NSSF coordinators and sports officers in North-Central States should provide facilities and increase funding of school sports competition to improve athletes’ performance.
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ADMINISTRATIVE VARIABLES, SOCIOLOGICAL VARIABLES, CORRELATES, ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE, NIGERIA SCHOOL SPORTS FEDERATION, NORTH-CENTRAL STATES