Abstract

Objectives Ward (2009) emphasized the content knowledge of leaders, coaches, and teachers who teach students and revealed the correlation with student performance. Purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in SCK and performance of rhythmic gymnastics leaders based on the World Gymnastics Federation manual. Methods Participants were tennis coaches(n=14), athletes(n=28). The SCK data were content map(instructional tasks)(Ward, et al., 2017). The content map was used to measure the coach SCK, and the athletes performance as scored by the judges. Data were analyzed using the Shapiro Wilk test, nonparametric statistics Mann Whitney U verification, and the SPSS statistical program ANOVA were used for correlation analysis. Results The results of this study showed that (1) coaches who participated in the workshop had high SCK. (2) was a difference between the SCK and the performance of athletes of the coaches who participated in the workshop before and after the workshop. (3) was a relationship between coaches SCK and athletes performance. Conclusions Specialized content knowledge is the core of content knowledge necessary for coaches for the performance of athletes in the sports field. Therefore, education and workshops for preliminary and incumbent leaders based on expertise should be actively conducted.

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