Leadership

Question 1

What are the characteristics of a good leader?

Answer 1

Communication skills 
Enthusiasm 
Confidence 
Decision making 
Organisation

Question 2

Prescribed leaders

Answer 2

A leader who is appointed by an external sources

Brings fresh ideas

Disruptive to group harmony

Question 3

Emergent leaders

Answer 3

A leader who comes from within the group
Respect from the tea,
High skill level

Question 4

The autocratic style/task orientated

Answer 4

A leader who concentrates on setting goals and completing the task as quickly as possible

Win orientated

Very structured

Effective in team sports with large numbers

Command approach

Question 5

Democratic/person orientated leader

Answer 5

A leader wo concentrates on developing inter personal relations within the group

Co operative

Positive social interactions

Suits individual sports

Question 6

Laissez faire

Answer 6

Leader adopts a passive role
Group members get on with the task themselves
Not recommended in sport

Question 7

Fiedler’s contingency model

Answer 7

Model suggests that leaders should decide whether to be a task or person orientated in their leadership style

Task orientated is best when the situation requires discipline and members have high ability

Question 8

Chellandurai

Answer 8

States that effective leadership will vary depending on the characteristics of the group and the constraints of the situation

Therefore sports leaders have to be dynamic and changeable

Question 9

5 types of leadership behaviour

Answer 9

Training and instruction behaviour

Rewarding behaviour

Autocratic behaviour

Social support behaviour

Democratic behaviour

Question 10

Chellandurai results

Answer 10

Novice prefer feedback in terms of rewards where as experts tend to prefer a more democratic approach with social support behaviour

Performers involved in individual sports tend to prefer democratic coaching and social support where as members of teams prefer training and instruction through autocratic coaching

Females prefer a democratic approach

Older performers peer a democratic style with social support and training and instruction

All performers seem to value rewarding behaviours