Coaching Behaviour

Question 1

Coach Behaviour Definition

Answer 1

Not just impact performance but also the social and emotional well-being of their athletes
Most common focus of coaching research since the 1970s

Question 2

Coaches Influence On Athletes..

Answer 2

Learning
Achieve at a high level
Enjoy their experience
Demonstrate effort

Question 3

Jae Su Chun

Answer 3

US speed skating coach
Negative coaching behaviour
Sabotage other skaters
Yelled at athletes, put them down, forced them to skate until they literally couldn’t, put fear in athletes, increased athletes anxiety

Question 4

Vicki Keith

Answer 4

Marathon swimmer
Founded YMCA Penguins aquatics program in kingston
Swam across lake Erie
Inspiration, Motivational
Gave people with disabilities the opportunities to swim

Question 5

Evaluating Coach Behaviour

Answer 5

• Questionnaires
  Leadership scale for sports
  Coach behaviour scale for sport (cote)
  Coach behaviour questionnaire
• Direct observation
  Coach behaviour assessment system (smith and smoll)
  Coach athlete interaction coding system (erickson)

Question 5

Examining Coach Athlete Interactions in Youth Sport Article
who
when
what

Answer 5

• Erickson et al
• 2011
• Explored the dynamics of coaches and athletes in youth synchronized swimming teams
• Used state space grid (SSG) methods to observe
• The more successful teams exhibited less variability and more structured interactions, with coaches using a balanced approach
• Highlights important of structured, reciprocal interactions