ROLES OF MOTIVATION OF SUPPORTIVE STAFF OF NASARAWA STATE SPORT COUNCIL ON ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE IN NATIONAL SPORT FESTIVALS
1Isah Ali; *2Yusuf Abubakar & 2Florence Bola Adeyanju
Department of Physical and Health Education, College of Education Akwanga, Nasararwa State
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State
Email: *yakgez337@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
This paper examined the roles of motivation of Supportive Staff of Nasarawa State Sport Council on Athlete’s performance in National Sport Festivals. One hundred and ninty eighty (198) questionnaire were administered to the respondents of which one hundred and seventy four (174) copies were retrieved. Ex-pos- facto research design was adopted for the study while statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) vision 22 was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the roles of Supportive Staff of Nasarawa State Sport Council correlate positively with athletes’ performance (number of medals won by the athletes during National Sport Festivals). The researchers concluded that Supportive staff plays prominent role in motivating athletes in national sports festival which influenced their performance. This is because, They provide social support to athletes in sporting events with indicate strong relationship with athletes’ performance during national sport festival finally recommended that supportive staff of Nasarawa State sport council should be well motivated through regular payment of salary, sponsorship to attend courses as this motivation has direct influence on athletes’ performance.
