Challenges for sustainable talent detection identification and development in selected sporting codes in Mamelodi Tshwane Primary Schools
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The influence of sport serves a vital purpose in changing human lives, from a social, cognitive,\npolitical, health and spiritual perspective. In addition, sport contributes to personal development,\nfun and enjoyment and, achievement and contributes to ethical values (Lee, Whitehead,\nNtoumanis, & Hatzigeorgiadis, 2008).\nSport faces numerous challenges in South Africa. It is the purpose of this study to focus on\nhelping learners, coaches and administrators to develop talent from a young age and create\nawareness of the application of nurturing athletes at an early age. The Department of Sport and\nRecreation South Africa (SRSA) developed a key policy document (the National Sport and\nRecreation Plan) (NSRP) that aims to transform sport and aligns with the National Development\nPlan (NDP) that aims to revive physical education and sport in schools.\nThe significance of school sport as a vehicle for access and opportunity to an active lifestyle at\nan early age, particularly in soccer, rugby and netball, is recognised by SRSA. The use and application of science in enhancing, identifying and channelling sporting talent at an\nearly age is prevalent (Côté, Lidor, Hackfort, Vaeyens, Güllich, Warr & Philippaerts, 2009).\nChildren learn a broad range of fundamental, emotional and physical skills that could contribute\nto their later specialisation in a given sport.\nDue to the lack of appropriate soccer, netball and rugby coaching knowledge and the seemingly\nun-co-ordinated and ad hoc approach to talent detection, identification and development in these\nsports in Mamelodi Primary Schools in Tshwane, it becomes difficult to institutionalise these\nsporting codes optimally at school level.\nThe researcher argues that identifying these challenges it might contribute to facilitating the\ndesired enabling environment for sustainable talent detection, identification and development in\nprimary schools in Mamelodi, Tshwane.\nTherefore, the research question proposed for this study is the following:\n Why is soccer, netball and rugby talent not sustainably detected, identified and\ndeveloped at an early age among primary school learners in Mamelodi? \nThe overall aim of this study is to identify and describe challenges for sustainable talent\ndetection, identification and development in soccer, netball and rugby in Mamelodi Tshwane\nPrimary Schools.\nIn order to achieve the research aim, the following specific objectives are set for the selected\nsporting codes (soccer, netball and rugby):\n Establish key success factors for sustainable talent detection, identification and\ndevelopment in selected sporting codes.\n Perform a situation analysis of talent detection, identification and development systems in\nselected sporting codes in Mamelodi Primary Schools.\n Identify challenges that prevent sustainable talent detection, identification and\ndevelopment in Mamelodi Primary Schools. Propose a sustainable strategy to guide talent detection, identification and development in\nselected sporting codes in Mamelodi Primary Schools to contribute to the achievement of\nthe strategic objectives of the NSRP.\nThe research follows a qualitative design method that gathers insight into coaches perceptions\nof challenges that prevent sustainable soccer, netball and rugby talent detection, identification\nand development in the focus area of Mamelodi Primary Schools. Furthermore, the researcher\nused a structured interview to uncover challenges in detection, identification and development in\nthe selected codes. The research population for this study is soccer, netball and rugby coaches. A\ntotal of nine (n=9) coaches was sampled.\nThe Humanities Research Ethics Committee (ResEthics) of the University of Pretoria approved\nthe research prior to the commencement of data collection.\nThe results confirmed that there was no significant relationship between the participation of\ncoaches in sport and the influence they had in coaching learners at school. A minority of the\ncoaches confirmed they had minimal participation in their sporting code, which places a greater\ninfluence in the detection, identification and development and nurturing of talented rugby, soccer\nand netball players.\nThe coaches experience and qualifications have a significant relationship to athlete\ndevelopment. In this study only a majority of soccer and netball coaches have the required\ncoaching experience whereas the rugby coaches have minimum coaching experience.\nThe findings emphasise the importance of and the need for proper systems such as training and\ndevelopment of coaches in areas such as coaching, tactics and techniques, as they do not have\nsufficient experience and the formal qualifications required to coach the athletes.\nThe study concludes that coaches lack the knowledge and the ability to apply motor-related\nfitness skills, the required protocols to measure them and in addition the implications for athlete\ndevelopment. The majority of the coaches indicated an ability to understand and identify the\ntechnical skills used in their respective codes.
Author: Mankopane Jacob Manamela
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2568586478