The drivers of the success of Spanish Canoeing: an analysis of the efficiency of regional federations

Guevara Pérez, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Martín Vallespín, E. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Le Clech, N. A. ; Urdaneta-Camacho, R.

Resumen: Even though canoeing is not a particularly popular sport in Spain, it is one of the Olympic disciplines that has brought much success to the Spanish medal table. This high performance of Spanish canoeing could be attributed to the work of the clubs and regional federations (FFAA) which can optimise the scarce resources available to them, most of which come from public transfers. This study measures the efficiency of the Spanish autonomous canoeing federations (FFAAP) during the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique and the Malmquist index. A second analysis tries to identify the key factors that lead to the efficiency of the federations. The results show that, despite the significant differences between FFAAs, there is no single way to reach efficiency. In general, the availability of resources increases the chances of achieving results, while coaches and internal competition contribute to optimising the performance of available resources. © 2022 Federacion Espanola de Docentes de Educacion Fisica. All rights reserved.

Idioma: Español

DOI: 10.47197/retos.v45i0.92054

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Retos 45 (2022), 1050-1060
ISSN: 1579-1726

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.8 - Social Sciences (Q2) - Health Professions (Q2) - Medicine (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.34 - Education (Q3) - Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Q3) - Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-113905GB-I00
Financiación: nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S56-20R

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Economía Finan. y Contab. (Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas)