Abstract
This article looks at whether higher levels of perceived coaching competencies focusing on relational issues, were associated with higher satisfaction among elite athletes with their progress in sport. In order to explore this, we investigated elite athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ coaching competence (CCS) and how these perceptions related to their own satisfaction with their progress in sport during the last year. The CCS measures core competencies for coaches as defined by the coaching profession (Moen & Federici, 2011). Our hypothesis was partly confirmed as the results revealed that higher perceived coach competencies were associated with higher athlete satisfaction with their progress in sport. This result applies for all the five dimensions of the CCS. However, the group of athletes who are most dissatisfied with their progress in sport do not follow this trend, as they in general score higher on the different dimensions of the CCS compared to the nearby levels.
Highlights
Coaching in sport has received much attention in both empirical research and in the sports literature (Chelladurai, 2007; Côté and Gilbert, 2009; Jones, Armour and Potrac, 2004; Jowett & Cockerill, 2003; Myers, et al, 2010)
In order to explore this, we investigated elite athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ coaching competence (CCS) and how these perceptions related to their own satisfaction with their progress in sport during the last year
The group of athletes who are most dissatisfied with their progress in sport do not follow this trend, as they in general score higher on the different dimensions of the Competence Scale (CCS) compared to the nearby levels
Summary
Coaching in sport has received much attention in both empirical research and in the sports literature (Chelladurai, 2007; Côté and Gilbert, 2009; Jones, Armour and Potrac, 2004; Jowett & Cockerill, 2003; Myers, et al, 2010). Coaching in sport still remains an ill-defined and under-theorised field that need to be explored further in order to develop valid and reliable knowledge (Jones, 2006). One reasonable explanation to this argument is the complex reality that characterise the coach role in sport (Abraham, Collins & Martindale, 2006; Cushion, Armour & Jones, 2003; Demers, Woodburn & Savard, 2006; Durand-Bush, Thompson & Salmela, 2006; Saury & Durand, 1998). Researchers claim that training, competition, and managing are the three major domains where coaches need to be effective in their roles (Côté & Salmela, 1996; Côté, et al, 1993; Côté & Sedgwick, 2003; Duffy, 2008). This study aims to investigate elite athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ relational qualities as defined by the coaching profession (e.g., Moen & Federici, 2011, 2012a), and investigate possible relationships between coaches’ coaching competence and elite athletes’ perceived satisfaction with their own progress in elite sport
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