Identification and physical priority of factors affecting the preservation and maintenance of sports talents (Case study of Sistan and Baluchestan province)

Ghasemi, Elham; Nakhzari Khodakheir, Javad; Rezaei, Morteza

doi:10.48301/jmes.2025.495163.1087

Identification and physical priority of factors affecting the preservation and maintenance of sports talents (Case study of Sistan and Baluchestan province)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

elham Ghasemi ¹

javad Nakhzari Khodakheir ¹

Morteza Rezaei ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol. Zabol. Iran

² PhD in Sports Management, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.

10.48301/jmes.2025.495163.1087

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the factors affecting the maintenance of sports talents in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The method of conducting this research was a mixed method and a combination of qualitative and quantitative. The participants in the qualitative part consisted of elites and sports practitioners in Sistan and Baluchestan province, which continued using semi-structured interviews with 12 of them until theoretical saturation was reached. Then, a three-stage coding was carried out and 68 codes were categorized into 19 sub-themes and 10 main themes. Based on the qualitative part, a questionnaire was created and distributed among 400 athletes of the province in a two-stage cluster and then random manner, based on which the searched themes were prioritized. Accordingly, the components of economic problems (weight 0.215), managerial weaknesses (weight 0.209), weak facilities (weight 0.170), support for athletes (weight 0.086), weak communication of the provincial media (weight 0.069), pressure of relationships on the rules (weight 0.065), corruption (weight 0.061), political interference (weight 0.050), weak sports of athletes (weight 0.047), problems with contracts (weight 0.028) are the most important components of maintaining and maintaining sports talents in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Keywords

Sports talent

Sistan and Baluchestan province

sports management

support for athletes

political interference