Factors Contributing to the Success of the Iranian National Team in the Senior Greco Roman Wrestling World Championship in Denmark 2009: Perceptions of Coaches and Athletes

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to identify the perceived factors that contributed to the success of the Iranian national team in the senior Greco-roman World Championship-2009 in Denmark from the viewpoint of coaches and athletes. To reach this goal, four specific areas, including physical and physiological, psychological, management and facilities were included in a questionnaire developed for this study. Validity was established by a review of 10 wrestling experts and reliability was estimated with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of .89. From an original pool of 250 people, of which there were 150 wrestlers and 100 trainers, a proportional random sample of 60 wrestlers and 40 wrestling coach were selected. Management factors were identified as most important followed by in order of perceived importance by psychological factors, facilities, and physical factors.

KEYWORDS::

• Success factors
• coaches
• athletes