Gholam Reza Shabani Bahar; Nasrollah Erfani; Mahmoud Goodarzi; Ali Monsef
Volume 15, Issue 31 , December 2016, , Pages 129-146
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explain the indicators that influence success Sports Teams Success in International Events. Statically society including coaches, athletes and performance directors of Four Federations and National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports and youth leaders that ...
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The purpose of this research was to explain the indicators that influence success Sports Teams Success in International Events. Statically society including coaches, athletes and performance directors of Four Federations and National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports and youth leaders that are non-randomly targeted and 153 subjects were selected based on Morgan table. Data gathering tool was the standardized questionnaire of elite sports climate (De Bosscher,2011) which consists of 95 questions. Content validity was evaluated by experts in the field of sports management and the reliability of the questionnaire through a pilot study with 30 participants and Cronbach’s Alpha (0/93) respectively. Using path analysis, the factors affecting the success of the sports teams were surveyed. The results showed that both external financial support and Elite sport environment to the ensemble of respectively (0/189 , P<0/01), (0/199 ,P<0/05) have significant effect on the sporting success. Also talent identification variable had a standardized coefficient about 0/348. The maximum effect was of sports participation with standardized coefficients the 0/035 and post-Career support with standardized coefficients the 0/134- the minimum direct effect in sporting success. Finally, sporting administrators and policy makers should notice these success factors and focus on them.