The aim of the current study was to examine actor and partner effects of (a) athletes' and coaches' attachment styles (avoidant and anxious) on the quality of the coach-athlete relationship, and (b) athletes' and coaches' quality of the coach-athlete relationship on relationship satisfaction employing the actor-partner interdependence model (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006). Coaches (N = 107) and at...

Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of sports coaches regarding sports related injuries and its prevention using a questionnaire survey design. Material and Methods: A modified questionnaire was distributed to 50 coaches of various sports teams in different parts of Chennai city in India between October 2009 and February 2010. The statistical analyses...

Objectives To assess whether clerks need coaches, for which issues, and whether retired physicians are able to support clerks. Methods  The study combines both qualitative and quantitative methods and the perspectives of both coaches and clerks. Clerks starting their first clerkship were randomised between having a coach (n=61) and not having a coach (n=59). All participants were followed for...

It has been known that amateur or professional athletes quit competing because of personal and socio-economic reasons such as lack financial, technical, family support, motivation for a future career. Especially, it common in Turkish wrestling many elite wrestlers at an early age. This research aims to determine the why sport, according coaches. A qualitative method was used conduct study. The ...

Velocity-based training (VBT) is a contemporary prescriptive, programming, and testing tool commonly utilised in strength conditioning (S&C). Over recent years, there has been an influx of peer-reviewed literature investigating several different applications (e.g. load-velocity profiling, velocity loss, load manipulation, reliability technology) VBT. The procedures implemented research, how...

The effectiveness of coach education programmes has been identified as a key factor in the development of coaches (Gilbert & Trudel, 1999a). There are a number of elements that constitute a measurement of effectiveness, not least of all, how useful the coaches find the information presented to them during coach education courses, if they utilise the content during their execution of the coachin...