Factors Influencing Professional Athlete Management Success

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of professional athlete management, examining the factors that contribute to global sporting success. It explores the influence of macro-level elements, such as political systems and financial factors, as well as meso-level factors, including elite sports policies and talent identification. The report highlights the importance of training, financial support, and athlete motivation through awards and medals. It classifies determinants of success, proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing factors related to games, and emphasizes the significance of coaches in athlete achievement. The study also provides insights into the individuality of elite sport systems and the impact of various factors on international sporting success, offering a comprehensive overview for enhancing performance and achieving peak results in the field of professional athlete management.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Factors that lead to Sporting achievement in International Level...................................................4
Most Important Factors to Global Sporting Success: The Macro-level..........................................5
Impact of Political system and Cultural factors...........................................................................5
Financial Factor...........................................................................................................................6
Most Important Features to Global Sporting Success: The MESO-level........................................6
Individuality of Elite Sport System.............................................................................................7
Elite Sports Policy.......................................................................................................................8
Other factors................................................................................................................................8
Importance of Coaches for Athlete’s Achievement.....................................................................9
Classification of Determinants of Success..................................................................................9
Need to categorize the factors that lead to global sporting success...........................................10
A Conceptual framework for analyzing Factors related to games................................................11
Identification of Young Talent..................................................................................................11
Training and Financial Support.................................................................................................12
Nine Pillars for an Athlete’s Success.........................................................................................14
Awards and Medals: Motivation of Athlete..............................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16

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Figure 1 Talent Identification------------------------------------------------------------------------------12
Figure 2 Training--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Figure 3 Awards and medals-------------------------------------------------------------------------------15

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Introduction
Of late, rivalry between countries has become an attribute of the Olympic Games. Media
and politicians count medals to evaluate international success. Competition has become an
antagonism between Systems because of the incessant rising standards in international sport
(Brogilo, Cantu and Gioia 2014). It is seen that the achievement of a participant relies gradually
more on the recital ability of the arrangement and efficiency of it in utilizing all related
possessions used for the advantage of privileged game (Anderson and Parr 2013). Some
countries, like the earlier communalist states of Eastern Europe, were unbeaten in global games
because of making elevated investment in general nation game systems. Several nations are
compelled by additional basic requirements; however, other nations create different precedence.
Various researches have attempted to describe difference in the accomplishment of
Olympic of nations by applying some socio-financial determinants. It is assumed that these
factors cannot be controlled (Hinchcliff, Kaneps and Geor 2013). Only some references are
available in the literature about the competence and efficiency of sports investments and policies.
It is difficult to measure these belongings dispassionately (Kelly, Jordan and Joyner 2014).
Hence, huge amount of money is invested in selected game to participate against different
countries as well as to attain enhanced performance in the game. Nevertheless, it is unknown to
government how games policies can control to improved sporting recital. Hence, it is tough for
the politicians to decide on the precise main concern for the sports strategy (Pentice and Arnheim
2013). According to some research, efforts have been taken to clarify why definite nations are
further thriving than others are. The association between success and policies is not properly

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comprehensible. Therefore, no inclusive model on the policy issues of sports foremost to global
sporting accomplishment has been developed.
Two functions will be served in this paper. A complete appraisal of the determinants will
be provided. These determinants are significant contributors for international sporting success
(Baugh, Kroshus and Daneshvar 2015). Then, a theoretical representation of the determinants of
accomplishment will be proposed as a rational expansion of the review in elite sport policy. This
will be done by grouping assessable criterion into a diminutive number of strategy areas that may
be evaluated on a general base of Tran.
Factors that lead to Sporting achievement in International
Level
Many factors lead to global achievement in top-level games. These features should be
classified. Recitals in top-level games are a combination of hereditary behaviours and the
ecological as well as substantial conditions in which individuals reside. Inherent characters may
clarify differences between young people and old people, between men and women, between tall
people and small people and even between races (Hallmann, Breuer and Kuhnreich 2013). It is
not possible to elucidate why People of Norway are further vigorous skiers than Italians are and
why athletics from Africa and America perform better than athletics from Mozambique or
Nigeria. Factors that determine success in top-level sports are classified as follows:
 MICRO-level: Some factors like training techniques can be controlled where other
factors like genetics cannot be controlled at Micro-level.
 MESO-level: The long-term performance may be influenced by sports policies at MESO-
level.

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 MACRO-level: The cultural and social backgrounds are discussed at MACRO-level.
Here, the success of nations taken as a whole has been analysed. The individual achievement
of sportspersons has not been discussed here. Therefore, factors should be analysed at macro-
level in addition to MESO-level. It is seen that less important factors may be restricted by game
strategies at micro-level. No feature can be very inaccessible commencing the intellectual in
addition to communal frameworks within countries. Therefore, there is an overlying flanked by
the macro-level as well as the MESO-level (Sandbakk and Holmberg 2014). Many factors have
probably a massive consequence on influential sport development. These factors may be role of
the education system; the mass media as supporter of curiosity in sport; the private sector like a
partner in game; the spectators like a resonance plank for excellent presentations and the selected
game civilization and the custom of convinced games in a nation. However, these factors cannot
be prejudiced unswervingly by sports policies.
Most Important Factors to Global Sporting Success: The
Macro-level
Assessments and forecasts of presentation in the sports competition of Olympic were
mostly depended on factors at macro-level. Several studies attempted to discover a financial
enlightenment for victory, whereas others acquired a sociological loom. There were numerous
studies in this area because data at the macro-level was freely obtainable in the public area
(Hwang, Zhao and Gay 2013). It is to be noted that the data is frequently not readily available at
the MESO-level and is tricky to compute. Thus, it became complicated to analyse and evaluate
sport policies. Therefore, research at the MESO-level was insufficient.

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Impact of Political system and Cultural factors
The hypothesis that there was an identical allocation of talent during the world was
proposed. Each country had the same prospects to make spirited influential athletes. The
influence of two self-sufficient macro-financial variables was highlighted in many studies. These
studies may exclude the distribution of talent dispute. These two variables constantly clarified
over half of the entirety variance of worldwide sporting achievement. It is necessary to concern
on the impact of other aspects like the political system, ground mass, the faith, and cultural
factors. The similar analysis was undertaken on the comprehensive variables with the number of
sportspersons contributing in the Olympics as an alternative of medals won. Hence, these
variables explicated the number of contestants same as the number of winning awards.
Financial Factor
It was revealed that financial factors were vital determinants of game accomplishment in
rising countries than in socialist countries and Western countries. The significance of factors at
the macro-level had been reduced. However, the influence of these macro-level features on
selected sporting achievement remained high. None of these variables could be influenced by
sports strategies in the dumpy term. These factors should be considered when worldwide
comparisons are made. The comparative success of nations should be measured by scheming for
these determinants (Akcura and Avci 2014). It is seen that the crowded and affluent countries
rule the tables of Olympic award. There is a stable requirement for the administrations to make
sure the sustained accessibility of the fundamental resource. This leaded rationally to the
exploration of the MESO-level.

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Most Important Features to Global Sporting Success: The
MESO-level
Sports policies partially determine the factors at MESO-level. Considering all factors that
decide success of elite sports, MESO-level factors can be influenced. National sports
organizations globally spend huge amount of money in expedition for better sport performance.
It is necessary to investigate why some nations do extremely well in precise sporting events
(Woratschek, Horbel and Popp 2014). The aim of the study is to make a structure enclosing the
classification of guidelines that may be evaluated as drivers of global sporting achievement.
These studies can be categorized into three extensive types. Here, coaches, athletes and
performing directors of Flanders have been reviewed to engage prime stakeholders in selected
game to resolve the guidelines. These consequences are compared to parallel research studies
performed in supplementary countries. The initial type of research focused on an association of
the executive framework of countries. Resemblances and dissimilarities of elite sport systems
should be shown among nations.
Individuality of Elite Sport System
Hence, significant research has been carried out on different features of practice in the
earlier socialist states. Familiar individuality of these elite sport systems are appreciation of sport
and physical education within legal law, identifying young talent throughout schools, elevated
training facility in school, prerequisite of expert coaches, monetary support, precedence to
technical study and system of game medication (Sotiriadou, Gowthorp and Bosscher 2014). Both
Canada and Australia have accepted guiding principles of selected group progress that are
extremely secure to the Soviet replica in numeral of major compliments (Clemente, Martins and
Mendes 2016). This observable fact can be exemplified by a universal globalization procedure.

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A rising propensity is discovered to expand ordinary sporting approaches in those countries.
There is scope for assortment and escalating variation compared the organism of ability
recognition and growth of talent in Russia, China, United States, France and Italy. Presently, a
significant research has been done on influential sports schemes in Russia, China, United States,
Italy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria (Klostermann and Nagal
2014). Attractive innovative insights are provided into how influential activity constructions
control relative to worldwide sporting achievement.
Elite Sports Policy
According to Jarvie (2013), the procedures of influential sport strategy vary in three
nations and three sports have been explored in revolutionary research related to best sport
policies. Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has been used as an implement for appreciative
the increase in the following precedence specified to selected game (Elgin and Weible 2013).
Comparison among the nations has been discussed. A depth study in four areas of elite sport
policy has been offered. These areas are expansion of influential level amenities, appearance of
‘full-time’ contestants, progress in training, game medicine and game science and rivalry
chances for privileged level sportspersons. An overview of fundamentals for global success has
been provided in few researches. This study has used the preceding study on game schemes to
describe the input features needed to reach global sporting achievement. Nine types of
imperative factors are found to establish accomplishment. A specified model can cover neither
all nations, nor all sports.
Other factors
Three main features are accountable for global achievement. These factors are monetary
sustain for training centres and people, a continuing incorporated Olympic game structure in

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addition to athletic talent. Time for training, sports medication back up, worldwide competition,
well-trained full-time coaches, early identification of talent, a superior communication system,
access for all and an steady line up through the scheme are also responsible for international
success. It is important to identify objects that may be observed as consistent in the mentioned
countries. There should be an obvious perceptive about the position of the special actions
involved and an effectual communiqué network that keeps the system. It is necessary to identify
the effortlessness of management through ordinary fair and following boundaries (Bouchet,
Hillairet and Bodet 2013). An efficient system should be introduced for the statistical
recognition, checking of the development of endowed athlete. Sports services should make an
brilliance culture in which all teammates can cooperate with one another. A base for the
formation of a widespread form of aspects that amplify worldwide sporting achievement should
be provided.
Importance of Coaches for Athlete’s Achievement
A theoretical model has not been derived with logical issues put into equipped criterion
that may be empirically experienced. Hence, further study is mandatory to appreciate well why
this propensity happens. An enduring study is needed. Guidelines vary over more than 10 years
have been analysed. The important constituent absent in all of the preceding attempts to
represent game plan impacts on victory has been the participation of coaches and athletes, since
the main stakeholders accountable for carrying victory for the country. According to Hylton
(2013), it is necessary to hub on individual inherited characters. Exciting information has been
provided on various responsibilities of game strategies in pathway of a sportsperson to
attainment the pinnacle. It is not as much of difficult to query coaches and athletes as to judge

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against countries at the MESO-level. Many assessments have done to recognize the features that
influence the individual achievement of athletes.
Classification of Determinants of Success
It is necessary to hub on the cluster for whose advantage an organization mainly subsists.
This loom is identified as the multiple-constituency replica of the efficiency of organizations. It
approves the measures depending on the values and preferences of external and internal
organizational participants. The sound conjecture on sports procedure issues foremost to global
sporting achievement has not been invented. Study has been done on the selected game
environment to classify the determinants of achievement according to the key stakeholders in
selected game. About 140 sportspersons, 26 performance directors and 119 coaches have been
asked to indicate the five mainly significant external and internal features, which have the
supreme impact on the individual sensation of sportspersons (Rocha and Chelladurai 2013).An
inductive study leads to the detection of ten parts, of which eight may be sorted out as game
strategy areas. The results are roughly equivalent with two analogous micro-level learning in
other countries. Unrestricted questions have been asked to recognize what contestants considered
them the determinants of achievement. The universal argument is that the vital and essential
stipulation for accomplishment is the individual inspiration and commitment of the competitor.
Further constantly mentioned aspects that may be classified, as special environment of a
sportsperson’ comprise variables like partner, coach and parents. The superiority of coaching
surpassed all other issues in terms of its significance at MESO-level.

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Need to categorize the factors that lead to global sporting
success
The apparent consequence of economic sustains, training chances, structural support,
training amenities and rivalry emerges in every study. Hence, sustain should be supplied to
exploit the authority of special favourable things. Therefore, revises at micro-level are attractive
because there may be an unplanned outcome at MESO-level. Thus, it can be said that a variety of
features have given to the achievement of individual athletes and elite sporting of nations (Ratten
2018). Nevertheless, none of the studies provides a general idea in such a manner that the erratics
are obviously distinct and quantifiable for utilize in international comparisons. The main
endeavour of the study is to deliberate in one place the numerous distinct resources appraised.
Hence, it is necessary to categorize the reasons that guide to worldwide sporting achievement.
A Conceptual framework for analyzing Factors related to
games
Based on the secondary sources and obtainable literature on selected game schemes,
research on the determinants of achievement at strategy level, and basics for achievement as par
coaches and athletes are the key stakeholders in selected game (Doherty 2013). All sources can
be clustered into a small number of strategy areas that have an imperative impact on global
honourable accomplishment (Kim et al. 2013).
Identification of Young Talent
Exceptional consideration may be provided to the sportsperson who is identified as “talented”
during the talent development phase. Some athletes among remaining athletes may lastly achieve
the peak and begin to execute at intercontinental stage. This profession path looks like a pyramid