Mohammad Reza Esmaeili, Farshad Tojjari and Mohammad Soleimani
The main purpose of this research is evaluating the barriers of implementing a thorough system of elite selection based on a three branch model in volleyball federation of Islamic Republic of Iran. It is a descriptive-survey research and a field one. A library method of collecting theoretical subjects has been used and other data was collected by questionnaire. Ninety two people were purposefully chosen from the society of managers and international and selected volleyball coaches. Data was collected through questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by specialists and the stability was determined by Cronbach's alpha with coefficient of 0.86. In the section of deductive statistic, hypotheses were tested by an independent sample T-test and Friedman Test. According to the results of independent samples t-test, all three structural, behavioral and contextual factors of three branch model are considered as the barriers of implementing the thorough system of elite selection. Also, the results of Friedman test showed that behavioral branch is on top priority and the structural and contextual factors are in next places.
