A Study of Factors Encouraging Young Football Players to Join the Rayong Football Club

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to examine the contributing factors of youth football players to become Rayong Football Club’s players and to explore a guideline to promote the youth football players to become the players of the aforementioned club. The qualitative research was applied through an in-depth interview for data collection from the population used for this study consisting of 10 informants; team managers, coaches, assistant coaches, the 18-year-old coach, the 16-year-old coach and the youth football players of Rayong FC.

The findings pointed out that promoting the youth football players to advance to the Rayong FC had 4 main factors:    1) Management Strategy and Transparency 2) Technical Development Strategy 3) Quality Strategy and Competitive Objectives and 4) Strategy and Public Faith and there are guidelines for promoting youth football players, including physical development, managing food according to nutritional principles by experts in sports science in terms of playing plans, and flexible playing plans by coaches to deal with various situations that occur in the field of play that is in accordance with the development criteria of Thailand's Way.