Sport Management Studies

Analyzing the role of championship and professional sport on sport development

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohammad Pourkiani 1
Mehrzad Hamidi 2
Mahmood Goodarzi 3
Mohammad Khabiri 2

1 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Sahhid Beheshti University

2 Associated Professor of Sport Management, University of Tehran

3 Professor of Sport Management, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2017.454.1143
Abstract
One of the important parts of social-economic development is national sports development. Promotion of sports in all field effects on social vitality and national efficiency. The aim of this research is “Analysis of professional and championship sports effectiveness on sports development.” Methodology of research is mixed and research has done by using questionnaire made by researcher. Statistical population contains sports manager and masters. We consider population and sample as the same because of restriction of population. Finally, we received questionnaire from 73 people. We used K-S test, one sample t test, Friedman, Binominal test and structural equation modeling to test the research hypothesis. Results have shown that in professional sports, availability of sports places with international standards and in championship sports, development of talent system and talented student education is the most priority of sports development. In this regard, special attention to education system of country in order to educate athletes and talented person for making suitable sport infrastructure is necessary.  

Keywords

Talent Identification
Infrastructure Development
championship sport
Professional Sport
Sport Development
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Sport Management Studies
Volume 9, Issue 42 - Serial Number 42
July and August 2017
Pages 55-72

  • Receive Date 31 January 2015
  • Revise Date 01 September 2015
  • Accept Date 03 November 2015

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