| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立勤益科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 102 === This research aims to delve into training background of Taichung-based Hsiang Shang
Junior High School soft tennis team and the status quo of its implementation as well as factors of athletic team training and the predicaments facing the team. This study used case study and observation research method, textual analysis and semi-structured interviews to conduct data collection and an in-depth analysis.
Study participants were principal, directors, section chiefs, homeroom teachers, alumni, team players’ parents, and team coach. The purposes of this research are to investigate the status quo of implementation of Hsiang Shang’s soft tennis team and successful factors for the team training. This study has come to the following conclusions:
1.Administration: a sports team needs assistance and support from school’s administrative team and from the competent authority to achieve sustainable development.
2. Coach: A coach is the soul of one team. In addition to professional competency, personal integrity is also important. A competent coach is one who has a great passion and a sense of mission for the team, lays stress on example and precepts, and possesses the ability to execute.
3. Source of team player recruitment: The soft tennis team of Hsiang Shang Jr. High connects with Chung Ming Elementary School soft tennis team players that few players were from other cities and counties. After graduation, most of them would opt to gain admission to the Affiliated Taichung Senior Agricultural Vocational High School of National Chung Hsing University via application or recommendationscreening to extend their sports-specific skills.
4. Schoolwork and educational advancement guidance: Parents of the team players lay stress on the connection of their children’s schoolwork guidance with educational advancement that directly affects team players’ participation intention. The team coach is on the whole responsible for planning the schoolwork guidance and makes strict demands on team players that 90% of them are busy themselves with out of school enrichment programs.
5. Support from team players’ parents: The team coach has developed effective communication with team players’ parents to receive their recognition and support. Parents of team player can assist the team in dealing with team affairs that facilitates the recruitment of team players.
6. Source of financial support: The soft tennis team of Hsiang Shang Jr. High was listed as one of key sports for development by the Taichung city hall that its budget was funded from regular special subsidy. However, the Government faces tight budget and has stopped subsidizing the soft tennis since 2014 school year. Aside from continuing to receive recognition from the government with the best competition results, the team also actively prepares to form a support group consisting of team players’ parents and seeks external support from influential people or groups to solve the pressing need.
This study hopes to offer the successful experience of soft tennis team training and the current predicaments facing the team to related authorities in educational administration and schools as reference to bring feasible solutions.
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