The Survey of Present Statues of Volleyball in Iran along with Executive Program for Continuous Improvement

This study aims at preparing the description of present statues of volleyball in Iran along with executive guidelines for continuous improvement. The data were collected through interviewing and using a questionnaire constructed by the researchers. The statistical population of this research includes thirty provinces in Iran. Sample size in the pilot study was 12 provinces. The research methods used were survey, content analysis, and case- study. The data analysis was done using SPSS 13. The chi-squar results showed that there are significant different in compared properties in soft support approach, at the sub factor of human resources especially active referees and coaches, financial resources and sponsorship, development of scientific and research and ICT, and development of standard and evaluation especially in educational halls and outdoor playground, legal environment, management and planning especially in intramural competition and cultural development (p<0.05). In all cases, %70 of the provinces was in a low level. Also, there was no significant difference between institutes and organizations. The results of the research showed that significant different on hard support that includes facilities, infrastructure and sport equipment especially under construction sport halls, land beach volleyball and the other sport halls (p< 0.05). So, %80 of the provinces was at a low level; therefore, the present status of volleyball in the provinces was non homogenous both in soft and hard supports. It was also noticed that SWOT was obtained as a result of comparing (Bench-marking) the results of the study with the ideal status. The qualified guidelines of volleyball promotion are based on weak points, specialists’ views, and taking advantage of opportunities and the criterion for increasing quantified guidelines has been the growth mean rate of athletics people during 3-5 and 10 years that prioritization has been done based on the experts’ views.