INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

Support Group Appeal - refers to the extent to which the program
is visible to, and appeals to, groups capable of providing substantial
current or future support. This variable measures the media coverage
of the sport. The data for this variable was obtained from the Israeli
television channel that covers this sport. The average frequency with
which the sport appeared on television for the year 2001-2002 was
used as an indicator of support group appeal.
Equipment Costs - refers to the costs associated with the
equipment participants need to obtain in order to actively compete in a
sport at the introductory level. This imperative only takes into account
the equipment that must be purchased by the participant. The data was
obtained by conducting a telephone survey among a sample of the
three major sports equipment suppliers in Israel; the two extremes
were taken (the cheapest and the most expensive).
Affiliation fees - refers to the affiliation costs associated with
participation in a particular sport, in this case - beach volleyball, at the
initial level of competition. i.e. access to training facilities and
competitions. The data was obtained from the person in charge of
managing the beach volleyball competitions.
Secondary Data
Internal sources - the infrastructure of the beach volleyball
organisation, number of members, tournaments, participants and
amount of money allocated for beach volleyball from the IVA.
Coaches, officials, members of the board of directors, members of the
executive committee.
External sources – Israeli Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sport, media coverage of beach volleyball for 2001-2002, catalogues
containing the prices for beach volleyball equipment and phone calls
made to those sport shops.
Analysis of Data
The results of the data collected were compared with a
classification scheme offered by Thibault el al, (1994). The analysis of
the data in this form allowed the author to determine the placement of
the beach volleyball organization as high or low scorer, in terms of
program attractiveness and competitive position. According to these
placements, the strategic type of the organisation was determined.
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