INVESTIGATING THE CURRENT AND IDEAL SITUATIONS OF THE TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROCESS IN IRANIAN FOOTBALL FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF IRANIAN INSTRUCTORS OF ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (AFC)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the current and ideal situations of the process of talent identification in Iranian football from the point of view of Iranian instructors of Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This research was a descriptive-analytical study; in data collection phase, Doostdari et al. (2012)’s questionnaire was used, whose face validity was confirmed by experts of Physical Education and Sports Science. The reliability of questionnaire was estimated through the use of Cronbach's alpha method (0.91). This study involved 122 participants of Iranian instructors of Asian Football Confederation who were selected based on stratified random sampling method. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the variables and inferential statistics (Chi-square) were used to test the hypotheses of the study at significant level (p ≤ 0.05). The results of Chi-square test related to the point of view of Iranian instructors of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) showed that the grass-roots scientific method was the best way to identify football players (0.001), less than 10 years old were the best ages for talent identification (0.001), Football Federation was revealed to be the most important organization in talent identification (0.002), clubs were shown to be the most important institution in developing talents (0.001), trained scouts of Football Federation were demonstrated to be the best and most appropriate group for talent identification (0.001), and being referred by the football academy coaches was shown to be the best way to attract talented football players in Iran (0.001). It was also found that there was a huge difference between the current and ideal situations of the process of talent identification in Iranian football from the point of view of Iranian instructors of Asian Football Confederation. Hence, it is recommended that the policy makers of talent identification for Iranian football provide a comprehensive, clear and systematic model of talent identification and development processes for the clubs and football teams, so that the talent identification process helps nurturing football talents more efficiently. 

Keywords

• Current situation,ideal situation,instructors (AFC),talent finding

ASYA FUTBOL KONFEDERASYONU (AFC) EĞİTİCİLERİNİN BAKIŞ AÇILARINDAN İRAN FUTBOLU’NDA YETENEK BELİRLEME SÜRECİNİN MEVCUT VE İDEAL DURUMUNUN ARAŞTIRILMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Asya futbolun Federasyonu (AFC) eğiticilerinin bakış açılarından İran futbolunda yetenek belirleme sürecinin mevcut ve ideal durumunu incelemektir. Bu çalışmanın betimsel – analitik bir çalışmadır. Bilgi toplama aşaması için görünüş geçerliliği beden eğitimi ve spor bilimleri uzmanları tarafından onaylanmış olan Doostdari ve ark. (2012)’nın anketi kullanıldı. Anketin güvenirliği Cronbach alfa (91/0) yöntemini kullanarak hesaplanmıştır. Bu araştırma kademeli rastlantısal örneklem metoduna dayalı olarak seçilen 122 İranlı Asya Futbol Konfederasyonu eğitmeni ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Değişkenleri betimlemek için tanımlayıcı istatistik kullanılmış ve araştırmanın hipotezlerini anlamlı düzeyde (p ≤ 0.05) test etmek için çıkarımsal istatistik (kikare)kullanılmıştır. Asya futbol Konfederasyonu (AFC) İranlı eğitmenlerin bakış açıları ile ilişkili Ki-Kare test sonuçları temel bilimsel metodun futbol oyuncularını belirlemek için en iyi yol olduğunu (0.001), yetenek belirlemek için 10 yaş altının en iyi yaş olduğunu (0.001), Futbol Federasyonunun yetenek belirlemede en önemli organizasyon olduğunu (0.002), kulüplerin yetenek geliştirmede en önemli kurum olduğunu (0.001), yetenek belirlemede Futbol Federasyonunun eğitimli yetenek avcılarının en iyi ve en uygun grup olduğunu (0.001), ve İran’da yetenekli futbol oyuncularını çekmenin en iyi yolunun futbol akademisi antrenörleri tarafından yönlendirilmek olduğunu (0.001) ortaya çıkarmıştır. Aynı zamanda, İranlı Asya Futbol Konfederasyonu eğitmenlerinin görüşlerine göre İran futbolunda yetenek belirleme sürecinde mevcut ve ideal durumlar arasında çok büyük farklılık olduğu belirlendi. Bu nedenle, yetenek belirleme sürecinin futbol yeteneklerini daha etkin bir şekilde yetiştirmesine yardımcı olmak için İran futbolunda yetenek belirme konusunda karar verenlerin kulüpler ve futbol takımları için ayrıntılı, açık ve sistematik bir yetenek belirleme ve geliştirme süreci sağlaması tavsiye edilmektedir. 

Keywords

• Eğitmenler(AFC),ideal durum,mevcut durum,yetenek bulma

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