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Connection between the Legal Knowledge and Social Background of Sports Coaches at Iranian Universities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Azadeh Mohamadinejad  and
Hamidreza Mirsafian
Azadeh Mohamadinejad
Affiliation:
Isfahan Bar Association, Iran and the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Hamidreza Mirsafian
Affiliation:
The Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
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Abstract

This study investigates university coaches' knowledge about their legal duties toward their athletes, as well as the connection between the level of their legal knowledge and their educational, social and economic background. The results are presented according to three major dimensions: deficiencies in the coaches' training system, in their knowledge concerning their legal responsibility and the coaches' social recognition regarding their profession. The findings indicate that the coaches' training in Iran has a lot of weaknesses, including the neglect of legal issues, the consequence of which is that the Iranian university coaches do not have sufficient knowledge about the legal issues in general and they are not aware of their duty toward their athletes in particular. In Iran coaching is not considered as a prestigious occupation; in terms of social status coaches belong to the lower middle class.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , July 2015 , pp. 551 - 566
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Copyright © 2014 The International Society for Iranian Studies

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