A Study on Influential Factors to Success and Wane of Talented Sports in Golestan Province during Last Decade

The study is to identify factors influencing success and wane of talented sports in Golestan province during last decade. Statistical population consisted of all managers and experts of sport and youth office of Golestan province (including 180 individuals selected according to the Morgan table and filled both success and failure questionnaires) as well as officials of boards, trainers and athletes of to-be-investigated sports (48 for the success and 28 for wane part, all completed related questionnaires). So, statistical sample included 166 individuals for success and 146 individuals for wane part. Two questionnaires were used to identify factors influencing success and decline. These questionnaires included eight components of coaching and human resources development, motivation and support of human resources, athlete's talent identification and education, sports competitions and camps, management, hardware, budget and finance, and coordination and communication. Validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts and their reliability was evaluated by the Cronbach's alpha formula and their coefficient was higher than 0/80. The results showed that budget and finance, and coordination and communications were the most important factors affecting success of talented sports. Moreover, development of coaches and human resources, and athlete's talent identification and education were the most important factors influencing wane of talented sports. Beside the essential technical and task-oriented areas, factors such as budget and finance, human resources, and talent identification could be introduced as most important factors influencing success and wane of sports.