Abstract
The objective of this study was factor analysis of educational evaluation indicators of sports coaches in Hamadan province. The statistical population of the study was all sports coaches in all sports branches in Hamadan province in the years (2019-2018). The statistical population of this study included all sports coaches in Hamadan province according to the latest information provided by the Statistics Center of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth in 2018, it included 4,000 people. The sampling method was stratified random; the number of samples was 351 based on Morgan table. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that interviewed 30 experienced sports coaches and using Delphi technique and after agreeing on the materials, the results of the study were extracted and classified. Its nominal and content validity were reviewed and confirmed by a group of experts. The reliability of the instrument was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method of 0.85. Data were analyzed using heuristic rotation heuristic analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test at a significance level of P <0.050. Based on the results of factor analysis, out of 75 items of performance evaluation, 17 items were removed and 58 items were included in 6 factors. Social factors (5 items), professional (8 items), personality (8 items), managerial (14 items), scientific (14 items), emotional skills (9 items) in order of prioritizing the scientific factor in the first place, management in Second place, personality in third place, professional in fourth place, emotional in fifth place and social in sixth place. It is concluded that; Sports coaches in Hamadan province in all sports need scientific and managerial training according to the training of personality traits and these three priorities are considered by the trainers for training, respectively.
Highlights
Coaches are one of the most important factors in the success and failure of sports teams (Talebpour Et Al., 2007 And Shafiee Et Al., 2007) for this reason, selecting the best coaches is very important and requires criteria and characteristics that can be used to select the most suitable people to lead the team. (Bline Et Al., 2000; And Graham, 1993); Performance appraisal in various parts of the sports industry is one of the important issues that have attracted the attention of many researchers today
The results showed that the use of factor analysis is appropriate and the constructed factors have the necessary validity and the number of samples is sufficient for factor analysis
The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that; Indicators of educational evaluation of sports coaches in Hamadan province can be classified into six factors
Summary
Coaches are one of the most important factors in the success and failure of sports teams (Talebpour Et Al., 2007 And Shafiee Et Al., 2007) for this reason, selecting the best coaches is very important and requires criteria and characteristics that can be used to select the most suitable people to lead the team. (Bline Et Al., 2000; And Graham, 1993); Performance appraisal in various parts of the sports industry is one of the important issues that have attracted the attention of many researchers today. One of the most important human resources that play a prominent role in the success of sports organizations is the coaches of sports teams. Their smallest decision affects the performance of the whole team and the club (Nasiri Et Al., 2009). Kavosano (2008) identified the dimensions of coaching in the four dimensions of motivation, strategy, technique, and characterization, and Santos (2010) compared competencies related to annual programming, competencies related to identifying training and coaching positions, and coaching. Kavosano (2008) identified the dimensions of coaching in the four dimensions of motivation, strategy, technique, and characterization, and Santos (2010) related competencies related to annual planning, competencies related to identifying training and coaching positions, and coaching
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