Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of stakeholders in sports talent
identification and development in the north showa zone. Talent identification is the search for
young athletes with the potential to become elite athletes. This study attempted to assess the
practice of stakeholders on five sports projects is Football, Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball,
and Handball sports. Subject in this study were 502 project players, 7 North Shewa Zone and
woredas Sport offices, 108 Coaches, and 31 physical education teachers were selected. The
total sample sizes were 1,434 from this 648(45.18%) sample respondents were taken among
these 641 respondents chosen for questionnaire and 7 respondents for interview. Each
participant has been selected by stratified sampling based on purposively expected
availability of information and participants were categorized according to their demographic
placement such as sex, age, education, and status. A descriptive survey study was used to
carry out this research. As a method of data gathering tools; questionnaires, interviews, and
document analyses were employed. To analyse the collected data, both qualitative and
quantitative methods such as descriptive statements and frequency counts, and percentages
were in use respectively. Results of the study exposed that the North Showa Zone office does
not use in-depth scientific standards, absence of food and drinks after training and
competition, a shortage of equipment and facilities, project coaches did not use a written
training plan. To overcome these, the North showa Zone sports office should work in
collaboration with a governmental and non-governmental organization to facilitate sports
project need.
