Application of force field models for planning succession planning clubs football players

In nowadays commercial sport, football teams for both decreasing cost of buying football players & competition creation & gaining competition advantages need a reliable process for choosing required football players. There is variable bundle of deterrent & facilitator factors appears in successor training plan that create a deep challenge between agree and disagree attitude. This research uses a qualitative research method & substance analysis as a deterrent or facilitator of successor training plan of football players in Iranian clubs and has used semi-organized interviews for data gathering. Research’s conclusion emphasizes in new and important factors that exist in sport teams in Iran. Jealousy of others, distrust in others, creation of win-lose thought, absence of successor training culture, profiteer and charges calculation obstruct successor training plan’s success. However, according to interviewee point of view, important facilitator factors such as high motive & interest of teenagers and youth football players for participating in practices, appeals of membership in adult team, loyalty feeling to the club, coach’s level of knowledge & managers can create a great opportunity for successor training.