Influence of Coaches' Behaviour on Malaysian National Squash Athletes' Satisfaction
Keywords:
Athletes' satisfaction, Coach, Coaching behaviour, National athletes, SquashAbstract
In sports scene, identifying coach behaviour is a phenomenon that has been frequently grab the attention of athletes. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of coaches’ behaviour on Malaysian national squash athletes’ satisfaction. Malaysian national squash athletes (n = 30) were required to complete Coaching Behaviour Scale for Sport (CBS-S) and Athletes Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ). The results of Pearson Correlation (r) analysis revealed that a significant association was found between physical training and planning, competition strategies, personal positive behaviour, mental preparation and goal settings with athletes’ satisfaction. However, there was no significant relationship between technical skills and coach’s negative personal behaviour with athletes’ satisfaction was discovered. It indicates that the Malaysian national squash athletes were satisfying more with the coach’s physical training and planning, competition strategies, personal positive behaviour, mental preparation and goal settings coaching behaviour rather than the two facet subscales - technical skills and negative personal rapport. Future studies to evaluate the potential of coaching behaviour for performance enhancement a warranted.
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