Prioritization of the Subcomponents of Skill, Attitude, Barriers, and the Need to Apply Information Technology by the Coaches of the National Teams of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The present paper aims to compare the subcomponents of skill, attitude, barriers and the need to apply IT by the coaches of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s national teams. The type of the research was applied and the used methodology was comparative, with a field data-collection method. The statistical population included 42 coaches of Iranian national teams attending the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. Using census sampling method, the statistical population was considered as the sample. Reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by 11 experts and university professors in the field of IT as well as physical education, and its validity was established by calculating Cronbach’s alpha (=α0.92). Descriptive statistics was used to describe the demographic characteristics of the subjects, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Friedman’s test were used to analyze the data.
The results showed that there was a significant difference in the subcomponents of the four variables of obstacles, attitude, skill, and the need to employIT by the coaches of national teams (P=0.05). Moreover, by prioritizing the subcomponents of each variable, the coaches’ needs and obstacles in using IT can be eradicated on one hand, and on the other, their skills can be improved using their attitude.