2024, Vol. 11, Issue 6, Part C

This study aims to examine the importance of individual innovativeness and innovative approaches in sports in different dimensions. The concept of individual innovativeness, which is expressed as individuals' willingness to innovate, their ability to internalize and apply innovation, their positive behaviors regarding innovation and the benefits of innovation, has been examined. In addition, it is important to follow current and technological innovative developments in sports together with the changing and developing sports culture today. Sport organizations continue to adapt, renew and develop themselves through creative and novel ideas. The various strategies for innovation applied by sport organizations hold the potential to radically change how we play, view and organize sport. In sport organizations, competitive advantages are often created through innovation. In this way, strategy and innovation are inherently linked within sports. Examples of strategic innovations in modern sport include the development of the race runner bike and the introduction of the fiberglass pole in Olympic high jumping. Other examples of strategic innovation include the increasing use of new technologies in sport, such as sensor monitoring in martial arts refereeing.