Building up the criteria for evaluating the implementation of sports club activities in Hochiminh city high schools, Vietnam

The purpose of this study was to find out the current implementation of sports club activities in some high schools at Hochiminh City, Vietnam. 40 experts in coaching and teaching in sports club participate to find out the criteria for evaluating the implementation of sports club. Through the practical basis, literature review, specificity in high schools at Hochiminh City, interview experts, statistical analysis, and evaluate the reliability of the criteria, results have been built up 14 criteria which has contributed to evaluate the implementation of sports club, they were (1) about the magagement, (2) about the facilities, (3) about the teachers/coaches participating, (4) about the cost of participating, (5) about the training contents, (6) about the diversity of sports, (7) about the duration of training, (8) about the location of training, (9) about how to participate sports club, (10) about the time of training, (11) about reasons for participating, (12) about motivation for participating, (13) about the satisfaction, and (14) about the level of physical fitness. In conclusion, 14 criteria were selected which has contributed to evaluate the implementation of sports club in Hochiminh city high schools, Vietnam; however, it needed to consider the specific context of each sports club in each high schools, as factors like type of sport, age, training level would influence the relevance and importance of different criteria.