Identifying and Prioritizing Factors Affecting the Tendency of National Team Athletes to Championship Sports in Childhood

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master's degree in sports management, Senabad Golbahar Institute of Higher Education & employee of the Ministry of Sports and Youth

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty Member of the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Sanabad Golbahar Higher Education Institute, Golbahar, Iran.

3 Sports science expert and physical education secretary of Golbahar city

4 Senior expert in sports sciences, lecturer at Senabad Golbahar Institute of Higher Education.

10.30473/arsm.2024.68896.3795

Abstract

Sports federations always seek to develop their field, attract and manage sports talents. The aim of the current research was to identify the factors influencing the tendency of national team athletes towards championship sports in childhood. The research method was applied in terms of its nature and purpose, and descriptive and exploratory from the point of view of the analysis method, and the data was collected in the field. The statistical population included all current national team players with championship records from Khorasan-Razavi province in the number of 120 people. In order to collect the data required for the research in the qualitative part, a semi-structured in-depth interview was used. In the quantitative part, data collection was done using a researcher-made questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that 7 main concepts including individual skills indicators, economic index, social index, education, reputation, management index, media and press are effective on the tendency of national team athletes towards championship sports in childhood. The ranking of the effective indicators showed that the management index had the highest rank. By targeting the reasons for the tendency of children and teenagers towards championship sports, it is possible to make talent management in sports federations more effective and avoid spending a lot of money and time as well as trial and error.

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Applied Research in Sport Management

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 24 September 2024

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History

  • Receive Date: 19 August 2023
  • Revise Date: 30 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 24 September 2024

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