Investigating the Structural Factors Affecting Legal Knowledge of Coaches toward Athletes

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Sports Management, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 PhD student in Sports Management, Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge of sports coaches about their legal duties towards athletes. The tool used in the research has two parts: in the first section, the demographic characteristics include age, gender, degree, coaching, coaching history, field of sport, championship background, national and international championship background, and first aid certificate checked out.. In the second part, a questionnaire of 48 questions was used in the area of knowledge of coaches that has seven dimensions of supervision, training, facilities and equipment, medical care, matchmaking of players, recognition of players and hazard warning. In order to collect data, a questionnaire was distributed among 460 active coaches in various sports fields. Finally, with the elimination of imperfect or defective items, 428 questionnaires were examined. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 18. The results of multiple analyses of variances showed that the degree can only affect the instructors' recognition of the players and the degree and coaching history of coaches can not affect the knowledge of the coaches. Also, having "championship background" and "first aid certificate" has affected the coaches' knowledge in the areas of "recognition of players" and "medical care and hazard warning" respectively.

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