Develop Citeria for Evaluating the Performance of Grassroots Football Coaches Based on Exploratory Factor Analysis

Subject Areas : knowledge Management

Hesam Forghani Ozrudi ¹ , Mohammadbagher Forghani Ozrudi ² , Ali Yaghobi ³ , Mohammadhosein Forghani Ozrudi ⁴

1 - Department of Sports Management, Arak University, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Physical Education, Education, Babol, Iran
3 - Department of physical education, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (BNUT), Babol, Iran
4 - Department of Physical Education, Shahid Rajaei University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-05-26 Accepted : 2022-10-12 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: coach, Performance Evaluation, Basic Football, Evaluation Criterias,

Abstract :

The purpose of the current research was to formulate performance evaluation criteria for basic football coaches based on exploratory factor analysis. The statistical population of this research was all the managers, coaches, players and experts of basic football in the country (about 3500 people). According to Morgan's table, the statistical sample of 346 people was randomly selected by stratification. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with interviews of 15 university professors with experience in coaching basic football in 41 items and 12 factors on a five-point Likert scale, and its validity and reliability were confirmed by 10 university professors (α=0.79). Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and finally confirmatory were used to rank the factors and softwares of Lisrel & SPSS version 22. The data analysis showed that the respondents had a history of 12.84±6.18 years and 8.36±3.02 years in the basic soccer. The 12 Criterias of performance evaluation of basic soccer coaches in order of priority are: training style, coaching background and experience, coaching job responsibilities, psychological and student communication skills, creating a enjoyable training environment, ethical and behavioral characteristics, basic soccer knowledge, Partnering in identifying and nurturing talent, monitoring student performance and development, communicating with parents and carers, taking care of equipment, documenting athletes' information. It is recommended that Football Federation education officials use these Criterias to evaluate the performance of basic football coaches to provide the basis for future growth and prosperity of soccer learners based on scientific Criterias.

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