What Are Sports Coaches Perfectionism

2431 Words10 Pages
Antecedents of Coaches' Interpersonal Behaviours: Perfectionism and Anger in Coaches Sport coaches perform an important role in their sports and have the ability to affect the quality of sporting experience through their interpersonal behaviours towards athletes. Sport coaches, like teachers and parents, are in a position of authority, and part of their role involve motivating athletes to perform during training and competition. To understand motivation, one would turn to the Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985). The SDT framework describes how these interpersonal behaviours, specifically autonomy supportive and controlling behaviours, satisfy or thwart the receiver's (of the behaviour) sense of volition and their need for…show more content…
These dispositional factors are appreciated as relatively stable traits which distinguishes a person and influences their behaviours, thoughts and emotions over time. In the realm of sport, one such dispositional factor that have been often examined is perfectionism. Perfectionism is a personality trait defined by an achievement oriented strive for flawlessness and excellence, where the person exhibiting this trait commits themselves to exceedingly high standards, along with a predisposition to critical evaluations (Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990; Hewitt & Flett, 1991). As such, perfectionism is a common trait found in competitive athletes given the achievement striving environment of competitive sport (Dunn, Gotwals, & Causgrove Dunn, 2005; Gould, Dieffenbach, & Moffett, 2002). With many sport coaches transiting from competitive sport to coaching through natural progression and affiliation with their sport (English Sport Council, 1997), it can thus be assumed that perfectionism is equally likely to be upheld in sport coaches. Furthermore, in the domain of competitive sport coaching, where there are pressures to have more victories than setbacks else the potential loss of one's job, the presence of perfectionism amongst sport coaches may have consequential effect on their coaching…show more content…
The Sport Climate Questionnaire (SCQ; PAS - Sport Climate, n.d.) will be used to measure athletes' perceptions of their coach's autonomy-supportive behaviours. The 15 item SCQ was designed to be used by athletes to report their perceptions of their coaches, trainers, or sport instructors. Using the SCQ, Kerr-Cumbo (2011) reported internal consistency reliability with Cronbach's alpha of 0.83. Participants will provide response to the questions in the SCQ using a seven-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 - Strongly Disagree to 7 - Strongly Agree (see appendix C for the SCQ and CCBS
Show More
Related

  • Burnout Among Swim Coaches Essay

    970 Words  | 4 Pages

    Take Home Points on Burnout Among Swim Coaches Burnout among coaches is a “brain drain” on the sport. Athletes may suffer if coaches are burned out. Understanding causes of burnout is critical for long term development and retention of coaches. Burnout is a common but unfortunate topic in the swimming community. (Why do Young Swimmers Burnout? and How to Prevent Swimming Burnout) Many swimmers hang up the goggles long before reaching their potential. Sometimes frustration due to injury discourages

    Read More

  • The Importance Of Hope In Life

    7345 Words  | 30 Pages

    is often what dreams are fed on and it gets us through tough times. In order to get through rough patches in life, some people tend to create false hope (gamble) or deceive themselves about reality just to keep going (Spirt Home, 2017). Hope allows us to live in the expectation of what might be because our desire for something to happen is so great. People hope for things that are out of their control. Parents have no control over whether or not their child will play professional sports. They hope

    Read More

More about What Are Sports Coaches Perfectionism

Open Document