The effectiveness of professional competency certification of sports personnel in accordance with the mandatory of the Sports Law on the performance of Indonesia sports personnel

Introduction: This study aims to determine the impact of sports personnel’s professional competence on sports personnel performance in Indonesia in several Sports selected based on the importance of professional competency certification. Objective: This study focuses on the population of sports personnel in Indonesia which is spread across several leading sports branches following the mandate of the Grand Design of Sports in Indonesia. Methodology: This study focuses on impact analysis using the Scriven model, namely the goal-free evaluation model (goal-free evaluation model). The sample in this study were sports personnel who already had 28 sports trainer licenses consisting of 14 leading sports, but do not yet have a professional competency certification from the National Professional Certification Agency. So it consists of 2 people from each sport. Data was collected through direct questionnaires answered by sports personnel. Results: The findings of this study resulted in the effectiveness of professional competency certification for sports personnel, especially coaches in leading sports branches, having a value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 on df 28. The Sig. (2-tailed) value obtained was <0.05, which means it is significant for the performance results of the trainer compared to when the trainer had not been given a professional competency certification training program. Conclusions: Therefore, the role of professional competency certification is critical in improving the performance of sports personnel in building and developing sports in Indonesia through professional and reliable sports personnel in carrying out their profession in each field following the mandate of the Sports Law.