Athlete Perceptions Of Strength And Conditioning Coach Effectiveness

Download or read book Athlete Perceptions of Strength and Conditioning Coach Effectiveness written by Mary Kathleen Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The current study was designed to determine if differences exist between athlete perceptions of strength and conditioning coacheffectiveness based on four different gender pairings. The gender pairings were male coach-male athlete, male coach-female athlete,female coach-male athlete, and female coach-female athlete. The participants were 224 male and female Division I athletes, and twomale and two female full time strength and conditioning coaches from two New England colleges. The statistical analyses consisted offour independent groups 2 x 2 (gender coach x gender athlete) analyses of variance (ANOVA) to compare the mean scores of threesubscales and an overall score of the Coaching Competency Scale (Myers, Feltz, Maier, Wolfe, & Reckase, 2006a). Significant meandifferences (p .05) existed for coaches in the Technique and Character Building Competency subscales. Male coaches were perceivedas more effective in these areas. No significant mean differences (p .05) existed for gender of the athlete. Additionally, no significantinteraction (p >.05) existed between gender of coach and gender of athlete with regard to perceived coaching effectiveness.