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Sports talent identification and development in Tanzanian secondary schools: what are the constraints and negotiation strategies?
By Simwanza, Alfa
Secondary schools are regarded as vehicles for spotting and developing students’ sports talent. Some constraints often prevent students from developing their sports talent. Since there is hardly any study conducted to establish negotiation strategies toward alleviating the constraints for developing students’ sports talent, this study therefore, based on qualitative research conducted in seven public secondary schools in Tanzania, determined the constraints and negotiation strategies toward identifying and developing sports talent. The study identified several constraints including inappropriate considerations of diversity for students in sports programmes, inappropriate sequence and supervision of sports programmes, limited sports facilities and equipment, competitive atmosphere as well as inadequate human resources and time allotted for sports talent programmes. Similarly, increasing the supply of human, physical and time resources, ensuring practices with consideration of training hours and strategic planning with adherence to sports policy were identified as the negotiation strategies toward alleviating the constraints toward sports talent identification and development. © 2024 World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.
Literature Review on Interconnectedness of Human Resource for Reforming Practices for Sporting Talent Development in Secondary School Settings
By Simwanza, Alfa
Sporting talent isn’t an aspect to be developed in a single day, needs to be sustainable, and starts from childhood through someone's life. The purpose of this article was to find out the interconnectedness of human resource for reforming practices for sports talent development in secondary school settings. A literature review was considered as a methodology for this article. It was found that effective and efficient sporting talent development (STD) requires the deployment of qualified and competent human resource. Systematic working and time devoutness are required for one to attain and excel to the maximum potential. Sporting talent is complex due to its diversity; therefore, needs investment in human resource with appropriate collaboration with decent connection in working. The commonly needed human resources in STD are administrators, teachers, coaches, trainers, heads of schools, parents, nonteaching staff and service providers. STD demands decent monitoring and collaboration with concerned human resource for the sake of having upright outcomes. Therefore, this implies that if the human resource is appropriately organized and interconnected, has an important role toward realizing one's potential through the whole process of reforming practices toward STD. © The Author(s) 2024.
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