چکیده:
This study, which is a strategic study with a mixed research approach aimed to identify obstacles facing the
academies of Iranian Basketball Federation. The population comprises board of directors and committees responsible
for Education and Talent Spotting Association, academy administrators, physical education instructors, qualified
experts, professors, coaches, referees and heads of delegations who were asked via interviews and questionnaire
(exploratory manner) to state internal and external obstacles facing basketball academies in following 8 components
in order of importance utilizing the Delphi method: management and planning, training, human resources, financial
resources, talent spotting, scientific and research and information technology, venues and infrastructures. Items were
identified in 34 external and 49 internal factors. For weighting and prioritizing of items, the questionnaire was
completed by 27 subjects employing AHP method based on pairwise comparisons. SPSS software version18 was
utilized for descriptive statistics while AHP method in Expert Choice software was utilized for inferential statistics.
At the end, a total of 11 executive strategies were proposed for removing the obstacles.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"The population comprises board of directors and committees responsible for Education and Talent Spotting Association, academy administrators, physical education instructors, qualified experts, professors, coaches, referees and heads of delegations who were asked via interviews and questionnaire (exploratory manner) to state internal and external obstacles facing basketball academies in following 8 components in order of importance utilizing the Delphi method: management and planning, training, human resources, financial resources, talent spotting, scientific and research and information technology, venues and infrastructures.
weighting of items in component of Talent-Finding, In order of preference به تصویر صفحه مراجعه شود)) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION In the present study, a total of 49 items were identified and weighted in 8 components as internal and external obstacles, among which the absence of a codified statutes and regulations for academics, lack of a strategic program for talent spotting and lack of development path and training model for basketball learners, absence of a written lesson plan based on certain standards, lack of detailed and written financial plan with a separation of all parts, absence of the meritocracy system and good procedure in the recruitment of personnel and coaches in academies, allocation of a meager budget to the academies of Scientific Research and Information Technology, incomplete projects related to basketball venues and infrastructures, lack of equipment for fitness and gymnastics specially designed for basketball, respectively won the highest rating and weight in the their components."