スポーツ選手育成とその援助体制に関する調査研究 : 国体選手のスポーツキャリアの特徴と援助者の関係

Relation between athletes and their supporters have been studied to improve management method for continuing sport career. Sport career pattern of athletes participating in the 1992 National Athletic Meet (Yamagata) form Tokushima prefecture is classified into continuing type and transfer one. Of 211 athletes examined，103 athletes (51.2%) are continuing participants in Japanese major school sports such as baseball，soccer，track and field. volleyball，and so (continuing type). They started their sport career at stage of elementary school. Other athletes (48.8%) are transfer participants in minor school sports such as hockey，wrestling，kyudo，and 50 (transfer type). Most of them transferred from major school sports to minor ones during stage of senior high school. In both types，instructor/coach is most important factor in continuing sport career among supporters for athletes，es pecially during stages of junior and senior high schools. Parent(s)/family is also important for preadolescent athletes and friend/colleague for adolescent ones. Therefore，besides roles of instructor/coach，the management method for continuing sport career should be improved in consideration on roles of other supporters.