Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 M.A of Sports Management, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Sports Management, University of Kurdistan
3 PhD in Sports Management, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
4 Assistant professor of motor behavior, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
Abstract
The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the obstacles to the development of women's weightlifting in Iran. The research method was mixed and the participants included the officials of the federation, the officials of the provincial boards, coaches, referees and female weightlifters, who were selected by the purposeful sampling method in the number of 14 people, and a semi-structured interview was conducted with them until theoretical saturation. In the qualitative part, from the theme analysis approach and the Atlas ti software, and in the quantitative part, for the weighting of the components, from the cause-effect relationship analysis method (DEMATEL) based on the data from the questionnaires of 8 participants. The qualitative part was used. The findings showed that the obstacles to the development of women's weightlifting in Iran include seven themes and 19 sub-themes; Weakness of development management (national level and provincial level), weakness of development resources (financial and support resources and facilities and equipment), weakness of development participation (talents and athletes, coaches and referees, enthusiasts and learners, specialists and sports activists and managers and experts), weakness of supporting processes development (knowledge and technology, training and empowerment, marketing and communication), weakness of development areas (basic and amateur weightlifting and championship and professional weightlifting), weakness of development support (supporting women's sports and supporting men's weightlifting) and the environment development challenges (social-cultural environment, sports environment and international environment). This study presents a comprehensive list of challenges and obstacles to the development of women's weightlifting in Iran.
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