Conceptual framework for strategies of progress and success of basketball coaches
Subject Areas : Innovation in Sports Management
Nahid Adibpour
1
(PhD student in Sports Management at the North Tehran branch of the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Habib Honari
2
(Professor, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Allameh Tabatabai University, Visiting Professor, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.)
Shiva Azadfada
3
(Faculty of Islamic Azad University at Azad University North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: success, Strategy, coach, Promotion, context,
Abstract :
Due to the complexity of coaching responsibilities and the wide range of dimensions that this profession entails, it is necessary for individuals interested in this profession to strive for self-improvement, and for sports officials to seek sporting success. This qualitative research used a theoretical data-driven approach. The participants in the study were 28 basketball experts who were purposefully and systematically selected based on theoretical saturation. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview, and for validity and reliability, the test-retest method was used. Open, axial, and selective coding methods were used to analyze the data. To evaluate the research, the validity, transferability, dependability, and confirmability criteria were used. The findings of this study included 182 open codes with a frequency of 424 units, more than 50 sub-categories in axial coding, and in the next stage, 11 codes were statistically analyzed, which were categorized into three main categories: individual strategy concepts, managerial strategy concepts, and cultural and ethical strategy concepts. Based on the results of the study, the dual efforts of coaches and federations lead to the improvement of coaches' performance and their progress in the coaching profession. Therefore, coaches are recommended to use the individual strategies obtained in the research, and sports officials are advised to prioritize the statistically analyzed managerial strategies in their activities and duties. Both parties should work together to promote cultural and ethical strategies to ultimately promote coaching in basketball.
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