Abstract
Motivational climate and coach-behaviour seem important to understand sport involvement and participation. However, less is known about the potential interaction between these facets, and how it relates to athlete satisfaction. This study’s purpose is to examine the relationship between the perceived motivational climate, supportive coach-behaviour, and athletes’ personal treatment satisfaction among young soccer players. More specifically, we investigated the moderating effect of supportive coach-behaviour on the relationship between motivational climate and personal treatment satisfaction. Five hundred and thirty-two players (Mean age = 15.4 years, SD = 1.2) attending a Norwegian national soccer tournament participated in the study. Self-completion questionnaires were used to attain data. A linear regression analysis revealed that mastery of climate and supportive coach-behaviour were positively associated with personal treatment satisfaction. A negative association was found between performance climate and personal treatment satisfaction. Further, moderation analyses revealed that supportive coach-behaviour moderated the relationship between performance climate and personal treatment satisfaction. The findings indicate that a performance climate may not be as maladaptive when coaches provide supportive behaviour. The findings highlight the value of a further examination of the interaction between motivational climate and coaching behaviours, and its potential relations to young athlete’s sport experience.
Highlights
Numerous studies have shown beneficial outcomes for children and adolescents when participating in sports and physical activities [1,2,3]
Positive correlations were found between personal treatment satisfaction (PT), supportive coach-behaviour (SB), and mastery climate (MC)
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Summary
Numerous studies have shown beneficial outcomes for children and adolescents when participating in sports and physical activities [1,2,3]. What becomes important is identifying what motivates children and adolescents to continue participating. Several researchers have highlighted social environmental factors and, notably, the relationship between coaches and athletes, to be important factors when understanding sport involvement and participation [4,5,6]. Molinero and colleagues [7,8] showed that one of the reasons for dropouts among youth was dislike of the coach. Coach programs which aimed to enhance athletes’ relationships with their coaches revealed reduced dropout rates, suggesting that athletes with higher satisfying values of their coaches (e.g., liking them more) stay longer in sport [9]. The concept can be defined as “satisfaction with those coaching behaviours that directly
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