Designing and Validating the Scale of Iran Handball Development Strategies

The present study has been conducted with the aim of designing and validating the Scale of Iran handball development strategies. to conduct this research, has been used a combined research method. the statistical population of the study was all managers and staff of the Handball Federation, experts and university professors, managers, coaches, active and retired adult players of the national team and all referees of international level and Premier League with a statistical population of 200 people. 14 people were selected by purposive sampling and in the quantitative section, 130 people were selected by convenience sampling method based on Morgan table. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview was used in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the quantitative part. The validity and reliability of the research instrument was evaluated and confirmed in both qualitative and quantitative sections. For data analysis in the qualitative part, was used the Grand Theory and in the quantitative part, was used the confirmatory factor analysis method. The results of the qualitative and quantitative part of the research showed that the tool developed for Iran handball development strategies consists of five concepts with 17 components. Also, the results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the developed research tool has a very good fit. Finally, the questionnaire designed in this study can be used as a suitable tool to assess handball development strategies in the federation, delegations and handball clubs.