The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between strategic plan and performance through leadership behavior and Human Resource Management Practice (HRMP) of the selected Ethiopian sports federation. The study used a cross-sectional research design. A sample size of ninety-five (n = 95) respondents participated. The data was processed using IBM SPSS Amos 23.0 software. Structural equation modeling and Confirmatory Factory Analysis (CFA) have been used for data analysis. Leadership behavior and HRMP play an important mediating role between strategic plans and the performance of sports federations with (β= .86, P=0.00). The finding of the study confirms that leadership behavior and HRMP partially mediate the relationship between the strategic plan and the performance of both federations. The study recommended that it is advisable if selected Ethiopian sports federations to work on capacity development programs on human resource development and take up-to-date leadership training frequently, this will enable to enhance the performance of both federations.

This study aimed to identify the relationship between leadership behaviour and performance of selected Ethiopian sports federations.For this study purpose the researcher used a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. A sample size of ninth-five (n = 95) respondents was used in this study. The quantitative data analysis was processed using IBM SPSS Amos 23.0 software. Structural equation modelling (SEM) has been used to study this relationship. Confirmatory Factory Analysis (CFA) was used to test the hypothesis between leadership behaviour and performance observed variables and their underlying latent constructs exist. The finding of study found that there was a positive correlation between leadership behaviour and performance of the study. The study recommends that Selected Ethiopian Sports Federations provide the performance appraisal of their employees based on their system of their promotion to better satisfactory

Interval Training is the newly used training program because of its effectiveness in developing both the aerobic and lactate energy systems. However, there are controversies due to different kinds of training program in choosing and using them to trains an athlete. Therefore,this study was aimed to see theeffect of 6-week new interval training protocol on running performance of MIE track trainee athletes. Depending on scientific evidence researchers hypothesized that there will be significant difference between pre and post test performance for middle (800m, 1500m) and long(3Km,5Km &10Km) distance runner. Longitudinal experimental research design was used; pertaining to data collection pre and post and athletes performed interval training 6-8sessions over 6 weeks conducted on 15 male and 15 female elite athletes. Statistical analysis such as percentages, mean, standard deviation paired sample t-test, tables and figures by entering the data into SPSS version-20.Thirty elite athletes of age: 18±2yrs; height 167 ± 5.8centimeter; weight 51.2± 4.29Kg. Significance difference was observed at P<0.05. The athletes showed significant performance improvement in their respective events.