Motivation for competitive soccer among players in public secondary schools in Nairobi City and Kakamega Counties, Kenya
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Date
2018-07
Authors
Andanje, Nancy Yvonne
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out if soccer players in public secondary schools
in Nairobi City and Kakamega Counties are motivated for competitive soccer by the
desire for success, personal fulfillment, social interaction and/or personal image. The
study adopted cross sectional analytical research design. The target population
included schools that participated in the 2015 season of the secondary school games at
zonal level in both Nairobi City and Kakamega Counties. Stratified random sampling
was used to ensure proportionate representation of both male and female soccer
players from the two counties. All the 11 (eleven) top soccer players from each of the
schools were included in the study as respondents. The sampled respondents were 542
(50%) out of the target population of 1001. The Sport Motivation Scale was used to
collect data. Data was summarized in percentages, mean values and standard
deviations. Hypotheses were tested using t-test (gender and county) and One-Way
ANOVA (across respondents’ class levels) at 0.05 level of significance. The post Hoc
Tukey test was used to trace the source of the significant F ratios. Results revealed
that a slightly higher proportion of the respondents were male than the females, a
higher proportion were in Form three class level followed by those in Form 2 and 4
who had equal proportions and those from Kakamega county were 347(64.0%) while
195 (36.0%) were from Nairobi City County .Findings revealed that Players in Form
Two were more motivated by the need for personal self-achievement than those in
other classes. However, there was a significance difference in self-achievement
motivation on the class level of the players with differences between responses of
Form Three and Form Four soccer players. This implies that soccer players in Form
two were significantly more motivated for soccer by self-achievement motivation than
those in form three and four class level. Soccer players in Nairobi County were
significantly more motivated for competitive soccer by personal fulfillment than those
in Kakamega County. The male soccer players were more motivated by the need for
personal fulfillment than the female soccer players. Soccer players in Nairobi County
were more motivated for competitive soccer by the desire for social interaction than
those in Kakamega County. Soccer players in Kakamega County were more
motivated for competitive soccer by the desire for personal image than those in
Nairobi County. In conclusion, all the players from Nairobi and Kakamega Counties
were highly motivated on self- achievement motivation, social interaction and
personal image as opposed to personal fulfillment where the male were much more
motivated than the female based on gender. In relation to class level, all the soccer
players were highly motivated in personal self-achievement motivation and lastly, in
Personal self-achievement motivation all the soccer players were motivated in the two
counties as opposed to the other three motivation factors. From the findings, it is
recommended that, Games teachers and coaches of soccer in secondary schools in
Kakamega and Nairobi Counties should consistently design soccer training program
that promote mastery of skills, physical fitness, and interaction and make the players
feel important
Description
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science (physical and health education) in the school of applied human sciences Kenyatta University. July, 2018