An Investigation of the Attitudes of the National Teams’ Coaches Towards the Role and Importance of Information Technology in Sport
Journal Title: Choregia - Year 2011, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
In order to investigate the attitude of elite coaches of the team and individual sports towards the role and importance of information technology in sport, 132 coaches were chosen as a sample and answered to the questionnaire of the role of information technology in sport organised by Liebermann and Katz that consisted of 3 different sections: A) General attitude of the coaches towards computer and technology; B) The importance of science and technology in achieving coaching experience; C) Understanding science and technology in sport. Descriptive and inferential stutistics (CFA and independent t - test) were used in order to analyse the data. The findings demonstrated that elite coaches selected two aims as their chief ones: 1- Winning medals in competitions; 2- Having a good relationship with the athletes. There was not any significant relationship between the attitudes of the men and women and the coaches of the individual and team sports on science and technology. It seems that elite coaches are aware on the general importance of sport sciences and have a positive attitude towards the use of sport technologies. But they do not practically transfer this positive attitude to competitive sport environments even when they use information technology for other purposes. Eventually it can be stated that the attitude of the coaches towards technology is very positive and consequently it is a must to find strategies in order to encourage them to use current technology and science practically.
Authors and Affiliations
Sardar Mohammadi| Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran, Behzad Izadi| Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran, Nasim Salehi| Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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- EP ID EP12575
- DOI http:dx.doi.org/10.4127/ch.2011.0058
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