This study compares the Malaysian coaching process’s key development themes with Cote and Gilbert’s (2009) Effective Coaching Model in Malaysian football development. The participant selection is based on purposive sampling involving fourteen head coaches from State Sports Schools throughout Malaysia. In addition, an in-depth semi-structured interview with open-ended questions was carried out and analysed following Glaser and Strauss’s constant comparative method (1967). Based on the analysis, the following seven new development themes have emerged in the context of the Malaysian coaching process as compared to Cote and Gilbert, Effective Coaching Model: i) signature coaching, ii) risk management, iii) fun elements, iv) empowerment, v) spirituality, vi) life skills and vii) coaching intervention. Subsequent exploration is recommended to identify how this knowledge is integrated into the coaching process and applied in the Malaysian football development program.

The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of agility training to football players of secondary schools in Ranau. A total of 20 football players were chosen to participate in this study using non-random sampling method. The researcher adopted the experimental design that uses a comparative design between the effects before and after training in 6 weeks. The football players were divided into two groups, the control group and treatment group. The agility level was assessed through Short Dribbling Test. The obtained data were analysed using Independent T-test by SPSS version 23.0. The findings show that there is significant difference in the agility level of the control group and experimental group players in the post-test. In overall, the agility training had a positive impact on the agility performance of the players. Developing agility in football training enhancing the skills to stop on a dime, change direction and keep moving in one fluid motion.

This research is conducted to identify the most significant Malaysian Development Football Coaching Process Model in Malaysian coaching context that describe the key development themes emerged from Cote and Gilbert (2009) Model of effective coaching in Malaysian State Sport Schools. A total of 14 head coaches from 14 states of Malaysian State Sports School were chosen following the purposive sampling proposed by Patton (2002). The research instrument used is in-depth semi structured interview with open ended that emerged fromEvolved Grounded Theory advocated by Strauss and Corbin (1990,1998). The aims of the study were achieved and coaching process 'model' will hopefully provide an impetus to examine further coaching process and particularly strategies and techniques to ensure all coaches are well supported, trained and developed. The implication of the study expected to be useful to all the development football coaches as a tool in their coaching program.

The aim of the research is to understand and discover the key development themes of practices in the football coaching process developed by the coaches from Malaysian State Sports School. Fourteen experienced Malaysian State Sports School head coaches were involved as participants in this study and in-depth open-ended semi-structured interview method was used for data collection. Data were analyzed based on Evolved Grounded Theory consisting four core categories and fourteen subcategories emerged that make up the key development themes in coaching process; i) planning (coaching syllabus, signature coaching, individual development, fun elements, risk management), ii) deliver (heuristic, empowerment, spirituality), iii) analysing (evaluating, observation, monitoring) and iv) outcome (competence, life skills, coaching intervention). Subsequent exploration is recommended to identify how this knowledge is integrated into the coaching process and applied in the football development program.

This research was conducted to identify the most significant Malaysian football development coaching process model in Malaysian coaching context that describes the key development themes guided by Effective Coaching Model. A total of 14 head coaches from Malaysian State Sports Schools were chosen by using purposive sampling design. The research instrument used was an in-depth semi-structured interview with open-ended questions that emerged from Grounded Theory. Based on the analysis, the following six core categories and eighteen subcategories emerged that make up the effective coaching in the coaching process; i) coaching knowledge (professional knowledge, psychological knowledge), ii) coaching philosophy (characteristics, holistic approach), iii) planning (coaching syllabus, signature coaching, individual development, fun elements, risk management), iv) deliver (heuristic, empowerment, spirituality), v) analyzing (evaluating, observation, monitoring) and vi) outcome (competence, life skills, coaching intervention). It is suggested that the effective coaching process model will provide an impetus to examine further coaching processes and strategies to ensure all coaches are well supported, trained, and developed. The study's implication is suggested to assist the development of football coaches.