Challenges of Tirunesh Dibaba National Athletics Training Center Field Event Trainee Athletes’ in Assela - Ethiopia

Abstract

The present study was designed to identify the major challenges experienced by fieldevent trainee athletes. In so doing the study was confined at Trunish Dibaba NationalAthletics Training Center in Ethiopia. To achieve the stated objective, the researchermainly used qualitative case study methodology, as the topic under study focuses on aparticular training center, and incorporates limited numbers of field event traineeathletes. The participants of this study were 12 field event trainee athletes’, selected bypurposive sampling techniques in the training year 2011 based on certain features:representing different sub-field events, experience, academic background, gender, andwillingness of participation. As a method of data gathering tools in-depth interview,focus group discussion, and observation were employed. Taken together, of 12 trainee athletes 9 were interviewed, focus group discussion, and observation were employed. Taken together, of 12 trainee athletes, 9 were interviewed, and 3 athletes those who havenot taken part in interview, participated in focused group discussion. The data securedthrough theses techniques were categorized and thematically analyzed to identify themajor challenges. The result of the study, therefore, revealed that the major constraints associated with field event training as lack of effective & individualized training, coldweather, lack of sufficient, and balanced diet and lack of basic facility, 7 equipment.At the same time, among various facilities and equipment such as well-equipped gymnasium, transportation, recreational center, and medical service were found to bethe scarcest once. To overcome these problems, recommendations were forwarded