The Impact of Initiative and Creativity in Classes on Athletic Success Rate (Case Study: Male Athletes of Combat Sport in East Azarbaijan Province, Iran)

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 32 - 39, 30.06.2020

Hamed Golmohammadi Zangabad , Ali Mosayyebi Kordabad

Abstract

One of the factors behind human growth in today's societies and organizations is creativity and innovation. Innovation and creativity is a process where ideas become marketable opportunities in today's markets. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of innovation and creativity in the classes on the components of sports success in male athletes of Combat Sport in East Azarbaijan. This research is descriptive-correlational, and it is practical in terms of purpose. For this purpose, the active athletes of Combat men of East Azarbaijan province (n = 110) formed the statistical population of this study. Based on Morgan table results, 86 people were selected randomly and formed the statistical sample of this study. Data were collected using the Creativity, Innovation, and Initiative Questionnaire of Dorabji et al., (1998) and the Mousavi et al., (2015) Success Questionnaire. Also, the reliability of the measuring tools was estimated by Cronbach's alpha for innovation questionnaires 0.93 and sports success 0.88. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential tests and regression models were used to predict. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between innovation and creativity with sport success (p<0.05). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that innovation in classes predicts the success of province Combat athletes. There was also a positive and significant relationship between the athletic success and innovation (p<0.05). The focus and attention of senior executives in Combat sport, on the key role of creative coaches in the sports arena, can be attributed to the achievement of more and more athletes in different sports fields. 

Keywords

Sport Success, Innovation, Initiative, Martial Arts, Combat sport

The Impact of Initiative and Creativity in Classes on Athletic Success Rate (Case Study: Male Athletes of Combat Sport in East Azarbaijan Province, Iran)

Abstract

One of the factors behind human growth in today's societies and organizations is creativity and innovation. Innovation and creativity is a process where ideas become marketable opportunities in today's markets. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of innovation and creativity in the classes on the components of sports success in male athletes of Combat Sport in East Azarbaijan. This research is descriptive-correlational, and it is practical in terms of purpose. For this purpose, the active athletes of Combat men of East Azarbaijan province (n = 110) formed the statistical population of this study. Based on Morgan table results, 86 people were selected randomly and formed the statistical sample of this study. Data were collected using the Creativity, Innovation, and Initiative Questionnaire of Dorabji et al., (1998) and the Mousavi et al., (2015) Success Questionnaire. Also, the reliability of the measuring tools was estimated by Cronbach's alpha for innovation questionnaires 0.93 and sports success 0.88. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential tests and regression models were used to predict. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between innovation and creativity with sport success (p<0.05). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that innovation in classes predicts the success of province Combat athletes. There was also a positive and significant relationship between the athletic success and innovation (p<0.05). The focus and attention of senior executives in Combat sport, on the key role of creative coaches in the sports arena, can be attributed to the achievement of more and more athletes in different sports fields.

Keywords

Sport Success, Innovation, Initiative, Martial Arts, Combat Sport

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