The analysis of the efficiency of basketball coaches’ activity in Lithuanian sports educational institutions

Object of the paper: the efficiency of basketball coaches‘activity in Lithuanian sport educational institutions (LSEI). Problem of the analysis: to find out if the number of the basketball players trained for teams is the expression of the qualitative and efficient coach’s activity. Aim of the paper: to evaluate the efficiency of basketball coaches’ activity in Lithuanian sports educational institutions. Goals of the paper: 1. To analyse evaluation criteria and methodology of public institutions’ activity efficiency. 2. To present the definition of sport sector and peculiarities of coaches’ activity. 3. To find out the interrelation of the municipality and sport educational institutions’ cooperation. 4. To analyse the basketball coaches’ activity effectiveness taking into account qualification, work load change, influencing criteria and geographical aspects. Object of the research: the quality of Lithuania basketball trainers’ activity’s efficiency. Contingent of the research: basketball trainers, PESS leaders, employees of a sport school. Methods of the research: • analysis of the literature sources • questionnaires • statistical analysis of the results of the research • unstructured interview Organization of the research: to prepare the questionnaires and make the data analysis according to the results of the survey. CONCLUSION 1. Evaluation criteria for the effectiveness of public institutions activity is based upon certain activity ranges, elements and different methods are used while evaluating human resources activity. 2. Sport sector is defined as the unit of organizations, providing goods and services for the public needs, and trainers are the important part of human resources, their work is usually evaluated according to the reached sport results. 3. The municipality is the founder of sport educational institutions. There is lack of goodwill, transparency and flexibility, as well as other modern organizational management aspects in inter-cooperation. 4. The efficiency of basketball trainers’ activity is evaluated: 4.1. The number of basketball trainers, who have a sport specialist qualification, increases. The trainers become more professional. There are more trainers, who work full time jobs; they reach better results, than trainers working half time contracts. 4.2. The age of a trainer has the influence upon the effective work. The most effective are the trainers, who are 51 years old. The highest efficiency is reached by expert trainers. Trainers, who have university degree, work more effective, than those having secondary education or are undergraduates. Trainers who have a trainer’s qualification work more efficiently than those having a physical culture teacher’s qualification. 4.3. Vilnius county prepares the highest number of future players for national basketball teams. The second is Kaunas county, Klaipėda county is the third. There are such counties in the country, which do not raise any basketball players for national teams