Navid Yazdani; Korosh Veisi
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to study the factors affecting the development of powerlifting talent. This research is of a qualitative type, which is based on direct content analysis using existing literature and interviews with 15 selected experts (including officials of the boards, heads of powerlifting ...
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The purpose of this research was to study the factors affecting the development of powerlifting talent. This research is of a qualitative type, which is based on direct content analysis using existing literature and interviews with 15 selected experts (including officials of the boards, heads of powerlifting committees, international powerlifting judges and international powerlifting champions) Purposive sampling was performed. The analysis of the existing literature revealed three categories of infrastructural, technical-sports and social background factors effective in the development of powerlifting talent, which were expanded and completed in the next stage through semi-structured interviews. As a result of the analysis, four categories of infrastructural factors of talent acquisition and education and training of athletes, hardware equipment, budget and financial affairs, management and planning, two categories of the development of coaches and human resources, sports competitions and camps formed the technical-sports factors; Motivation and support of human resources were also included in the category of social background which used MAXQDA software for data analysis. Therefore, the development of powerlifting sport requires improving the social situation, basic infrastructure and technical factors. Therefore, it is necessary to help the federation managers in the development and progress of this matter by identifying the factors and providing solutions to speed up the talent development process