Cruz Angelita B, Kim Hyun-Duck
Department of Physical Education, Keimyung University, Daegu City, South Korea.
Department of Sport Marketing, Keimyung University, Daegu City, South Korea.
J Sports Sci Med. 2017 Jun 1;16(2):172-179. eCollection 2017 Jun.
The authors investigated the coaching behavior preferences and the relationships of these preferences with variables such as gender, type of sport, playing experience, competitive level, and coach gender among young athletes in the national badminton league. Participants were 167 elementary and high school badminton players (91 girls and 76 boys; age range = 9-18 years; M = 13.5 (SD = 2.22) years) competing in the badminton event of a national league. Players' preferences for coaching behavior were measured using athlete preference version of the LSS to evaluate the five dimensions of leadership behavior in a sporting context. Notably, young athletes strongly preferred training and instruction, followed by positive feedback, democratic behavior, social support, and autocratic behavior. An interaction effect of athlete and coach gender on the leadership dimensions of democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, and social support was found. Male athletes with female coaches preferred more democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, and social support behavior than did those with male coaches. Conversely, female players with male coaches favored more democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, and social support than did those with female coaches. This study provides valuable insight into understanding the dynamics of sport leadership environments among young athletes, and how crucial is the role of coach's gender in the athlete-coach dyad interaction.
作者调查了国家羽毛球联赛中年轻运动员的指导行为偏好，以及这些偏好与性别、运动类型、比赛经验、竞技水平和教练性别等变量之间的关系。参与者为167名参加国家联赛羽毛球项目的中小学生羽毛球运动员（91名女生和76名男生；年龄范围=9至18岁；平均年龄M=13.5岁（标准差SD=2.22））。使用领导力行为量表（LSS）的运动员偏好版本来测量运动员对指导行为的偏好，以评估体育背景下领导行为的五个维度。值得注意的是，年轻运动员强烈偏好训练和指导，其次是积极反馈、民主行为、社会支持和专制行为。研究发现运动员性别和教练性别在民主行为、专制行为和社会支持的领导维度上存在交互作用。与男教练指导的男运动员相比，女教练指导的男运动员更倾向于民主行为、专制行为和社会支持行为。相反，与女教练指导的女运动员相比，男教练指导的女运动员更倾向于民主行为、专制行为和社会支持。本研究为理解年轻运动员体育领导环境的动态变化，以及教练性别在运动员-教练二元互动中的关键作用提供了有价值的见解。
