Winning or not winning : the influence on coach-athlete relationships and goal ...

• Author(s): Mata, Rui Trocado ; Gomes, António Rui
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27689
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Leadership; Coaching; Satisfaction; Compatibility; Sports performance
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This study analyzes the relation between sports success and athletes’ perception of coaches’ leadership, athletes’ satisfaction with coaches’ leadership, coach-athlete compatibility, and goal achievement. Sixty-six athletes who qualified for the final Division I play-offs of a professional volleyball championship were grouped into winning (n = 21) and non-winning teams (n = 45). Leadership styles, satisfaction with leadership, coach-athlete compatibility, and goal achievement were evaluated. Analysis of variance with repeated-measures revealed that the winning teams evaluated their coaches’ vision, inspiration, technical coaching, positive feedback, and active management more positively than non-winning teams and that their satisfaction with coaches’ strategies increased over time. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated that the winning teams’ perceived achievement of personal and team goals was greater than that of the non-winning teams. Sports success was associated with athletes’ positive evaluation of coaches’ leadership, satisfaction with coaches’ strategy, and higher perceived goal attainment.