Achieving Advancement Factors of Martial Arts Teachers and Trainers

This article was aimed to achieve the factors of progress of martial arts teachers and trainers, and a qualitative method was used in the research method. The statistical population of the research was martial arts professors and university informants. The sampling method in the qualitative section was initially purposeful and judgmental, and then snowball sampling was used to collect information. In this research, theoretical saturation was reached by interviewing ۲۱ people from the target samples. The tools of data collection were interviews and documents, and after coding and identifying the themes, the Dematel method was used to design and validate the model. Data analysis was done using related theme analysis methods, and then the data obtained from twenty-one interviews were coded and analyzed using the theorizing method of theme analysis. The results of theme analysis showed that grouping of codes has fifteen components and has three parts, including capacity building in trainers and previous learning as well as situation analysis, and competitors, etc. This research can be used as a basis for the advancement of martial arts teachers and trainers. In the environment of combat sports, the coach is considered as one of the main figures, thus the identification of the effective factors in the progress of teachers and coaches were extracted and confirmed, and the research framework was drawn and its suitability was confirmed. Sports managers are advised to pay attention to the coach as one of the most important success factors in combat sports.

Keywords:

Martial arts , DEMATEL method , coach , Success