The comparison of sports coaches’ pre-season, in-season and post-season leadership behaviours in terms of sport psychology

Authors

  • Turhan Toros Dr., Amateur Sports Clubs Confederation
  • Melih Salman Asist. Prof., Aksaray University-School of Physical Education and Sports
  • İhsan Sarı Lecturer., Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sports

Keywords:

Sports coach, leadership, leadership behaviour, during a season

Abstract

This research aimed to compare sports coaches’ perceived leadership behaviours during a season (pre-season, in-season and post-season) in terms of sports psychology. A total of 232 permanent and contracted sports coaches who work for Provincial Directorates of Youth Services and Sports voluntarily participated to the research. Leadership for Sport Scale-LSS was used for data collection. The scale was applied to sports coaches three times (pre-season, in-season and post-season). Data was analysed by descriptive statistics and variance analysis. If the variance analysis is significant at 0.05 level, Benferonni analysis was used as a post-hoc test.

According to variance analysis there is a significant difference for democratic behaviour [F (2,462)=3.723;p<0.025], training and instruction behaviour [F (2,462)=6.523;p<0.000] and social support behaviour [F (2,462)=7.925;p<0.000]. Moreover, there was not any significant difference for autocratic behaviour [F (2,462)=1.765;p>0.166] and positive feedback behaviour [F (2,462)=2.671;p>0.086].

To sum up, it could be said that sports coaches leadership behaviours could differ among seasons.

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Author Biographies

Turhan Toros, Dr., Amateur Sports Clubs Confederation

Dr. Turhan TOROS,He was born in 1969, Mersin. He studied Physical Education and Sports at Selçuk University and graduated in 1994. He finished his master degree on Sport Psychology at Mersin University in 2001. In 2009, he finished his PhD at the department of Sport Psychology, Hacettepe University. He stil works at Amateur Sports Clubs Confederation at Mersin.

Melih Salman, Asist. Prof., Aksaray University-School of Physical Education and Sports

Melih Salman, Assistant Proffessor,He was born in 1960, Tokat.
He studied Physical Education and Sports at Gazi University and graduated in 1982. He fİnished his master degree on Physical Education and Sports at Gazi University in 1986. In 1986, he started working as a lecturer at Hacettepe University, School of Phyiscal Education and Sports. In 1992, he finshed his PhD at the department of Phyiscal Education and Sports, Marmara University. He still works at Aksaray University, School of Physical Education and Sports as an Assistant Proffessor.

İhsan Sarı, Lecturer., Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sports

İhsan Sarı , Lecturer

He was born in 1985, Mersin.
He studied Physical Education and Sports at Sakarya University and graduated in 2007. In
2009, he fnished his master degree on Sports Coaching Science at Kingston University. He started working as a lecturer at Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sports in 2010.  In the same year, he started his PhD at the department of Phyiscal Education and Sports, Kocaeli University. He still works at Sakarya University, School of Physical Education and Sports as a Lecturer.

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2013-01-28

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Toros, T., Salman, M., & Sarı, İhsan. (2013). The comparison of sports coaches’ pre-season, in-season and post-season leadership behaviours in terms of sport psychology. Journal of Human Sciences, 10(1), 237–245. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2499

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Physical Education and Sport Sciences

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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