Participation in sporting activities carries an injury risk. Conversely, the increased awareness that physical inactivity is a major risk factor for disease has led government agencies and the medical community to encourage increased levels of physical activity. Many people will achieve this through participation in sport. Injury inevitably leads to a reduction in participation on a temporary o...

BACKGROUND Concussions remain a serious public health concern. It is important that persons involved in youth sports, particularly coaches, be made aware and educated on the signs and symptoms of concussion. This study assessed the perceptions of youth sport coaches who have received the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) "Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports" materials in pre...

In two studies, the relationship between adolescent athletes’ skill development and perceived coach behavior as well as motivation climate was investigated. In Study 1, 119 (61 male, 58 female) competitive swimmers from various clubs with a mean age of 12.5 years responded twice with a one year interval to the Leadership Scale for Sports and the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionn...

Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate patterns of observational learning implemented by team sport athletes, coaches, and officials. Method: The Functions of Observational Learning Questionnaire (FOLQ; Cumming, Clark, Ste-Marie, McCullagh, & Hall, 2005) was administered to 240 participants (20 athletes, coaches, and officials from basketball, baseball, ice hockey and soccer...

The aim of this research was to examine whether attachment relationships significant others, such as parents and/or sports coaches, enable thriving and competition performance within sport. Two studies employing cross-sectional prospective designs were carried out across different samples athletes varied skill levels sports. In Study 1, we found athletes’ their coach significantly associated wi...

This paper overviews the role of the sports coach is hugely varied, but it mainly involves: Teaching rules, techniques and tactics to beginners. Providing an objective view to help teams and individuals enhance performance. Helping those involved in top level sport deal with enormous pressures faced in a highly competitive environment. Through expert tutoring, constructive criticism, motivation...

Background: The goals of participation youth sports are primarily concerned with the facilitation of positive youth development as opposed to outright success. Consequently, there are strong theoretical and empirical links between sports coaching and athlete development. Transformational leadership behaviours, in particular, have been theoretically linked to positive developmental outcomes with...

the current study examined interrelation of affectivity, emotional intelligence and personality and their roles in sport coaches’ transformational leadership style using their disposition. data are collected from 206 sport coaches. pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze data. the results showed a positive deep relationship between positive affectivity with personality (r=0.251, p

This research studied the coaches’ perceptions of innovation programs Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) during 2016-2020. The RFET is one most relevant national federations in Spain both terms results at highest levels game as well participation and grassroots tennis. Coaches are considered stakeholders any sport federation due to their role delivering sport. A 29-item questionnaire adapte...