Dalamitros Athanasios A, Nikolopoulos Alexandros, Varsamidou Katerina, Gourgoulis Vassilios, Zafeiroudi Aglaia, Loukovitis Andreas, Clemente-Suárez Vicente Javier, Tornero-Aguilera José Francisco, Powell Cormac
Laboratory of Evaluation of Human Biological Performance, School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Front Sports Act Living. 2023 Jul 18;5:1229066. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1229066. eCollection 2023.
This study investigated swim coaches' perceptions of professional development issues and current training practices according to their coaching experience, education level, and gender. An online survey (January-April 2022) was completed by 123 swim coaches (96 male/27 female) of competitive swimmers based in 41 countries. The survey consisted of 36 questions divided into six sections: (1) background information, (2) developing swim coaching through learning, (3) self-evaluation, (4) interpersonal-intrapersonal interactions, (5) life skills, and (6) analyzing swimming performance. Pearson chi-square assessed the relationship between the frequency of responses and professional background and gender. The survey results indicated that swim coaches' educational level is potentially one of the most influential parameters affecting the coaches' perceptions about their own professional development. The data presented may be used for the future design of coach education programmes as they advance current knowledge on understanding psycho-social issues related to professional development and training perceptions involved in the competitive swimming environment.
本研究根据游泳教练的执教经验、教育水平和性别，调查了他们对专业发展问题和当前培训实践的看法。2022年1月至4月，来自41个国家的123名竞技游泳运动员的教练（96名男性/27名女性）完成了一项在线调查。该调查由36个问题组成，分为六个部分：（1）背景信息，（2）通过学习发展游泳教练技能，（3）自我评估，（4）人际-个人内互动，（5）生活技能，以及（6）分析游泳表现。Pearson卡方检验评估了回答频率与专业背景和性别的关系。调查结果表明，游泳教练的教育水平可能是影响教练对自身专业发展看法的最具影响力的参数之一。所呈现的数据可用于未来教练教育项目的设计，因为它们推进了当前对竞技游泳环境中与专业发展和培训认知相关的心理社会问题的理解。
