Developing and evaluating a model for Succession Planning the players of the basketball clubs of the Iranian Premier League

The present study was conducted with the aim of developing and evaluating the substitution pattern of players in the basketball clubs of the Iranian Premier League.The method of the present study was mixed in terms of data collection method,which was implemented qualitatively and quantitatively.In the qualitative section,the statistical population included18basketball club managers, members of federation committees, players,coaches, and university faculty members.The sampling method in the qualitative section was purposeful and the snowball sampling technique was.Also in the quantitative part of the statistical population, all sports managers and experts,sports coaches,people with a history of professional basketball, faculty members and players of basketball clubs.The research tools included semi-structured interviews and a researcher-made questionnaire.Approach data theory method was used to analyze the data in the qualitative part(Glaser, 1978).In the quantitative part, the face and content validity of the research tool was confirmed by a group of experts and its construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis based on structural equation model.SPSS and Amos software were used to analyze the data. The results of the coding showed that the development and evaluation of the substitution model of Iranian Premier League basketball players is based on various factors, so in order to provide a performance mechanism, it is necessary to:1)competency levels,2)requirements and3)desirable outcomes.Note.Considering these cases,a bright future can be imagined for the basketball clubs of the Iranian Premier League. The results of the quantitative section indicated that the factor loads of the questionnaires of the playerschr('39') replacement questionnaire are in a good condition.