Coach-Athlete Relationship and Coaching Effectiveness in Team Sports Athletes

Abstract

The coach-athlete relationship plays an integral role in the team and individual sports setting. Previous research suggests that the relationship between coach and athlete can be viewed as central to effective coaching. Coaching effectiveness view as the extent to which coaches can implement their knowledge and skills to positively affect the learning and performance of their athletes. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the athlete’s perception of the coach-athlete relationship and coaching effectiveness in team sports. 120 athletes, Male (n = 60) and Female (n = 60) from (Netball n = 36, Football n = 40, Hockey n = 44) types of sports completed questionnaire pack assessing the study variables. An adapted question of The Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q), were used to measure the athletic relationship, and Coaching Effectiveness Scale (CES) was used to measure coaching effectiveness. Results revealed that there were no significant differences for the dimension of coach-athlete relationship with all the three types of sports excluded for “commitment”, and there were no significant differences for dimensions of coaching effectiveness with all the three types of sports. Further, results showed that there were no significant differences for all the three dimensions of the coach-athlete relationship between genders and, there were no significant differences for all the four dimensions of coaching effectiveness between genders. In conclusion, coaching effectiveness and coach-athlete relationship affects to the optimal development and learning of the athletes in team sport.