The Current Practise and Challenges of the Grassroot Football Academy in Indonesia
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to explore the key factors in the development of grass-roots football in Indonesia, including the current development process and challenges. This research was qualitative research. A semi-structured interview was conducted to gather the data. Through interviews, the researcher gathered the participants overview and perspective regarding the current practice and challenges of grass-roots football in Indonesia. In this case, 7 coaches at a grassroots football academy in Indonesia were involved in this research, as determined by the purposive sampling method. The participants were chosen based on their coaching experience, which ranged from 5 to 16 years. A qualitative data analysis application, namely N-Vivo, was utilized to analyze the data. The finding indicated that two big themes were created: the current development of grassroot football academy in Indonesia and the current challenges of grassroot football academy in Indonesia. Both themes have several sub-themes, which are discussed in the discussion of the themes. For the first theme, the researcher discussed the purpose of the grassroot academy in Indonesia, the selection process in the grassroot football academy in Indonesia, the player condition, the coach condition, the guideline material used, and the coach teaching strategy. For the second theme, researchers discussed the challenges of grassroots football academy based on player awareness, player environment conditions, player discipline, and player attitude. Therefore, the current research revealed the current practices and challenges in grass-roots football academy in Indonesia.
Keywords
Grassroot football, Indonesia, current condition, challenges
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