Negotiating constraints to sport participation: The case of Kenyan University soccer players
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Date
2013-11
Authors
Rintaugu, E.G.
Mwisukha, A.
Muniu, R.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the strategies used by male university soccer athletes to negotiate
constraints towards sport participation. Some selected socio-demographic factors (year of study, .J
parental SES, family involvement in soccer and birth rank) were correlated with strategies of negotiating
constraints to sport participation. Data was collected through questionnaires from university soccer
players (n=242) who were participating in a national university soccer championship. Pearson product
moment correlation of coefficient was used to test the correlation between selected socio-demographic
factors and strategies for constraint negotiation. Findings indicated that the majority of players (43%)
were middle born, 31% were in second year of study, 38.42 % had played for the university team for 3
years and 47% ranked soccer as popular in their universities. The major strategies of negotiating constraints
were time management and interpersonal coordination. The selected socio-demographic factors
had weak associations with the strategies used to negotiate constraints to sports participation. Findings
have implications to sport administrators in the universities and future researchers need to evaluate the
association between participation motivation, constraints and constraint negotiation strategies of university
athletes.
Description
The second international conference of the african sport management association(ASMA). 'Management of sport for development and peace'.7th to 9th Nov.2013. University of Dar Es-salaam,Tanzania.
Keywords
Constraints, Negotiation, Soccer, University