- Ali Khamees Alsaedi*, Hasan Hadi Hashim & Qasim sahib Issa
- *Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Kufa, 54001 Najaf, Iraq
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20074450
In this
research, an effort will be made to analyze the role of sports management in
directing the career paths of young athletes based on the changes in modern
sports development. This paper tries to answer how the process of planning,
administration, and monitoring helps in directing young athletes’ career in the
field of sports development, as well as examining the effect of modern
transformations on the process of directing the careers of young athletes.
Descriptive analysis was used in this study, and the data used were obtained
from questionnaires distributed among a sample of (120) respondents, consisting
of (90) young athletes and (30) administrators in sports clubs in Babil, Najaf,
and Karbala governorates. In this study, mean and standard deviation were used
to analyze the data. The findings showed the important role played by sport
management in offering a suitable environment and supporting the process of
developing the career of the athletes. Also, the results showed that there were
many factors that affected the process of directing the career of young
athletes, including the presence of a competitive atmosphere, training
programs, and administrative guidance. Moreover, the results indicated that
there was an important impact exerted by the modern transformations on the
process of directing the career of the young athletes.
