Enhancing Sports Management Skills of Coaches and Trainers of Balayan National High School through Project SMASH

Abstract

This study Enhancing Sports Management Skills of Coaches and Trainers of Balayan National High School through Project SMASH aims to identify the problems encountered of coaches and trainers in managing sports as assessed by the student-athletes of Balayan National High School. The findings of this study are further limited to the identification of the coaches and trainers’ problems encountered on sports management. The problems encountered by other teachers, stakeholders on sports management, are not within the scope of this study. This study was participated by 75 student-athletes within Balayan National High School, in the district of Balayan East under Schools Division of Batangas Province. The population of the target participants served as the basis in identifying the number of respondents for the present study. Moreover, the researcher will utilize a self-made questionnaire. The researcher believes that this type of research method is most suited to attain the objectives of the study. This study employed the descriptive-quantitative survey research design. According to Calmorin (2013), a descriptive research design is used when a study focuses on the present condition and the purpose is to find new truth. It is only useful when the data to be gathered concerns the present condition providing the value of facts and focusing the attention to the most important things to be reported. The questionnaires were distributed among student-athletes of Balayan National High School though online platforms like Google Forms. The researcher guided the respondents throughout the process of filling out the survey questionnaires and explain necessary points for clarification. The accomplished online survey-questionnaires were collected by the researcher.