This paper tries to study the relationship between the leadership of coaches and the satisfaction of sport students at I.A.U of Kermanshah Province. More than 200 sport students and 120 coaches were chosen as sample cases and Alpha Cronbach formula were used here. SPSS 21 Amos 21 were used for analyzing the results. It also shows that there is a significant relationship between the satisfaction...

This paper presents the first in a series of studies exploring coaches’ experiences of stress within the unique culture of world class sport. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth account of the stressors encountered by elite coaches in the United Kingdom. Six male and six female coaches with international experience were interviewed. Transcribed interviews were inductively content ...

PURPOSE It has been suggested that programs regarding early identification and prevention of eating disorders (ED) among athletes are unlikely to succeed without their coaches' endorsement and participation. Therefore, we developed a 1-yr intervention aiming to prevent the development of ED among adolescent elite athletes by targeting athletes and their coaches. The separate part of the interve...

The present study examined personal and social correlates of poor sportspersonship among youth sport participants. Male and female athletes (n = 676) in the fifth through eighth grades from three geographic regions of the U.S. participated in the study. Young athletes involved in basketball, soccer, football, hockey, baseball/ softball, or lacrosse completed a questionnaire that tapped poor spo...

the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between coaches' bases of power and athletes’ satisfaction in female handball players of iran pro league. the study used a descriptive – correlation approach and was carried out as a field study. the population of the study consisted of all female handball players in iran pro league; statistical sample consisted of 115 handball players....

Using appropriate devices and scientific methods by coaches and trainers can accelerate the process of sport talent identification and development, and could also provide condition in which capable athletes to be directed in to suitable sport according to their abilities and skills. Former researches in scope of sport talent identification usually have been done in order to determine or normali...

Psychological characteristics, including personality traits and psychological skills, have been shown to be relevant predictors of soccer performance. In research, general and sport specific standardized self-report questionnaires have been applied in psychological diagnostics of sports talent. However, with regard to the assessment of psychological characteristics of talented soccer players, a...