Identify and ranking the barriers to development of Track and Field in Markazi Province and offering strategy based on network analysis process (ANP)

Aim of this study identifies and ranking the barriers to development of Track and Field in Markazi Province and offering strategy based on network analysis process (ANP). Statistical population and samples was 100 experts. Data collection was a researcher- made questionnaire, to identify obstacles and solutions from the process prioritizing network analysis and TOPSIS was used. The validity and reliability of questionnaire of the ratio of validity content (CVR) was used. The ANP will have the following order of priority as the main barriers were identified: facilities and resources, organizational and managerial, social and cultural, media and advertising. Based on the results of this study, the most important of the sub-criteria were as follows: lack of coach and expert in the Province, weak precedent of Track and Field, lack of tendency in industrial factories to invest over Track and Field and lack of standard and equipped Track and Field resort. In the next step, strategies are detected. The most important ones are obtained using TOPSIS which are: Attracting coaches and sport managers , attracting industrial sponsor , use of specialist trainers to discover talents in the elementary ages, create professional club, Providing equipment and facilities.