Attention Athletes, Coaches and Sports Administrators/Executives

Could you please assist us by fcompleting this survey for Coaches, Athletes, Administrators and Executives. The survey will be anonymous and no names or details will be used in the report. UKZN is undertaking a study to assist us in our High performance Planning and Policy Development. The study also forms part of a PhD study being supervised by Professor Rowena Nadoo from UKZN Sports Science Department.

Background of the study:

“The Development of an On-line Evaluation and Monitoring Tool for High Performance Sport Strategic Policy Planning, South Africa”. This study will focus on obtaining information from the athletes, coaches, and administrators for the various sports federations in KwaZulu-Natal to help to develop the on-line evaluation and monitoring tool for high performance sport strategic policy planning. Already obtained the approval from the university and KZNSC Vice president.

The objectives of the study are:

1. a) To review the best practices when developing a high-performance strategic policy plan.
2. b) To explore the high-performance strategic policy planning for sport federations in KwaZulu-Natal.
3. c) To develop a tool that provides guidelines on how to develop a high-performance strategic policy plan.

The athletes and coaches will fill out an online questionnaire via google forms. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with the administrators. The interviews will be 45-60 minutes long, set at a convenient time. All interviews will be recorded verbatim. Participants will be given codes instead of using their names (i.e., ATH1, COA1 & ADM1) to respect their anonymity. 

Below are the links for an online questionnaire:

Athletes: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2OS4zPU3Bo_Qcwm1elSICeD5SFkg20lhUe-AAHU2mLA5wow/viewform?usp=pp_url

Coaches: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9JvZhLmyMw8pBS-ASGDp6MzW2RAvUF0ghPuzPCXS-nNf5_w/viewform?usp=pp_url

The student can be contacted as follows:|
Ntandoyenkosi Khumalo (Principal Investigator)
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences)
Phone number: 078 674 9889

Regards
Peter Thompson
Vice President
Kwazulu Natal Sports Confederation
Tel: 083 2700 420
Email: pagthompson@gmail.com