The Design of strategies in development Iran elite sport

The purpose of this research was to design of strategies in development Iran elite sport. The statistical population of this study included 850 managers and the elite sport experts and physical education faculty members in Iran. 25 elite sport experts were chosen purposely to qualitative samples. And based on Morgan table 265 persons were cluster-randomly selected to quantitative sample. To achieve the research objectives, the list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the elite sport development in Iran were provided. Then based on the provided list, the self-made questionnaire with 61 questions was distributed among samples. For data analysis the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods, including confirmed factor analysis by application of AMOS software and SPSS software were used. And a Delphi method was used for qualitative section. The result of the research indicated that there are 10 strengths, 15 weaknesses, 6 opportunities, and 16 threats. And based on SWOT analysis 15 strategies were determined. Finally strategic situation in Iran elite sport is in defensive position.