Investigating Coaching Practices and Athlete Motivation

This assignment requires students to investigate various aspects of sports coaching, including research methods, emotional labor, and athlete motivation. The provided references include studies on the psychological well-being of coaches, the role of autonomy-supportive pedagogy in sports coaching, and the impact of coach-created motivational environments on athlete motivation. Students are expected to critically analyze these concepts and apply them to their own research, demonstrating a deep understanding of the subject matter.

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Abstract
The different aspects of the coaching and the environmental factors affects athletes as it has a
great impact on the performance. The different situation and the communication situations with
the employees affect the overall performance of the different coaches. The coaches should take a
different approach towards the development of the athletes. The environmental factors affecting
the coach’s psyche also affects their coaching method and the planning. In the research the
interview based approach helps in analyzing the effect of the environment on the coaches and
their coaching practices.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background of the Study.............................................................................................................3
Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................4
Research Question.......................................................................................................................4
Research Aims and Objectives....................................................................................................4
Rationale......................................................................................................................................5
Structure.......................................................................................................................................5
Literature Review............................................................................................................................7
Psychological Aspect and Environment......................................................................................7
Team Work Environment............................................................................................................8
Coaching Style and Environemnet............................................................................................10
Relationship with Trainees........................................................................................................13
Research Methodology:.................................................................................................................16
Research outline.........................................................................................................................16
Research Philosophy..................................................................................................................16
Research Approach....................................................................................................................17
Research strategy an Analysis Method......................................................................................17
Research design.........................................................................................................................18
Data collection...........................................................................................................................18
Sampling method.......................................................................................................................19
Ethical consideration.................................................................................................................19
Research limitation....................................................................................................................19
Analysis and results:......................................................................................................................20
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................28
Discussion..................................................................................................................................28
Limitations.................................................................................................................................28
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................29
Areas of Future Research...........................................................................................................29
References......................................................................................................................................30

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Introduction
The sports coaching has a major role to play in the success of any sports. The coach has a
very important role of training the different sportsmen for being ready in the different situations
that they might face while playing a sport. The role of the coach and the overall environment in
which he/ she is the working scenarios has a great impact on the different players in helping their
objectives. The coaches on the other hand face their own sets of stress and situational scenarios
which affects their overall performance and their behavior in the different situation (Bentzen,
Lemyreand Kenttä2016). The research focusses on these aspects of coaching and how they help
in the overall development of the different sectors in the players abilities. The role of the coach is
also very stressful as they have immense pressure form the different workplace situations that
may present themselves in different scenario. Most of these stressful situations are the result of
the situations faced by the different expectations of the players, supporters of the team or player
and the different stakeholders whose interests are involved in the process for the overall
operations. The role of the coach in this research is therefore analysed in the purview of the
different environmental strains and the emotional situations faced by the student.
Background of the Study
The role of the coach in the success of the player often gets overlooked after the success
of the player but the coach always has an important role in the overall improvement of the
different sports person. The different scenarios that the coach goes through during the training of
the different sportsmen plays an important role in the overall development of the players. In the
due process the coaches themselves undergo a number of stressful situations leading to numerous
issues among them and because of them (Amorose and Anderson-Butcher2015). The different

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situational analysis and the pressures of the coaches need to be understood for the overall
understanding of the environmental and the situational factors that affect their overall
performance.
Problem Statement
The situations faced by the coaches directly affect their performance and their jobs. The
different training processes related to the different athletes. The relation between the coach and
the athlete also has a great impact on the overall performance of the coach in the real time
performance (Amoroseand Nolan-Sellers2016). The research seeks to explore the different
situations and the environmental factors that affect the psyche and the overall performance of the
coaches in the different scenarios. The understanding of the coaches, situations and the
environmental role in it helps in ascertaining the role of the different environmental factors in it.
Research Question
R1: What is the role effective coaching and leadership?
R2: To what extent do the environmental factors affect coaching process?
Research Aims and Objectives
 To analyze different factors regarding different job scenarios of the coaches
 To determine the environmental factors affecting it
Rationale
The research seeks to explore the importance of the different issues faced by the coaches
during their training sessions with the different athletes. These athletes and their success and

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failure is directly related to the coaches and they play an equally important role in the success of
different athletes. The role of the coaches is therefore one of the most important aspects to be
considered in the real time scenarios for success.
Structure
The report will follow the following structure:
 Introduction: It will include the basic information about the topic and the issue which is
to be researched. The research themes and the research objectives along with the
questions which are answered in the research are a part of the introduction. The
background of the study and the cause of choosing the topic is included.
 Literature Review: it incorporates the eminent and noteworthy research works identified
with the subject done beforehand on the theme. The writing incorporates a number of
articles and books identified with the theme. The general situation of the circumstance
and the data picked up from the articles prepares of the exploration work to be finished.
 Research Methodology: it incorporates every one of the strategies for research to be
utilized as a part of organizing and exhibiting the information of the examination. The
system of the examination incorporates various issues, for example, the consideration of
the theory of the exploration and giving a thought of the approachs to be followed in the
examination. It will likewise incorporate the kind of information utilized as a part of the
examination.
 Data Analysis and Interpretations: In this section the information gathered in the
exploration from the different sources are broke down the deciphered to reach a
conceivable decision about the examination. The utilization of the information
investigation and the elucidation approaches will be incorporated giving a general

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thought of the examination. The information examination and the diverse issues that the
translations may have are additionally specified.
 Conclusion: In this point, the general research will be closed giving a diagram and the
possibility that is assembled from the exploration. The general reason for the issue is
introduced and conceivable proposals are incorporated for its moderation. It will likewise
incorporate the downsides of the exploration and the conceivable points to be looked into
on further to comprehend the issue better.

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Literature Review
The literature review takes into account the different literature needed for the assessment
and understanding of the topic that is being worked upon. The different task related work and the
understanding with the different analysis will lead to the understanding of the secondary data and
it will help in the proper understanding of the different aspects related to the topic of research.
Psychological Aspect and Environment
According to Olusoga et al. (2009), the different aspects of the coaching of the world
class athletes across the different scenarios often makes it challenging for the coaches to relate to
the athletes and make the work scenarios to their liking. The different aspects of the coaching
related to the different situations that have been presenting themselves in the different scenarios
relating to the various situations of the athletes. Sixty world class coaches were analyzed and
interviewed in the research for the different stress related scenarios that presented themselves in
different situations in the organization. The different stressors of the various issues faced by the
different coaches such as the communication issues, the competitive environment of the different
areas among others play a vital role in making the coaching job stressful and challenging.
The different situations and the different coaching scenarios leads to a number of issues
in the coaching scenario faced by the different coaches. The challenges faced by the coaches in
the scenarios related to coaching include a number of different factors such as the teaching and
training of the new people in the sector of adventure sports (Collins and Collins2012). The
different situational factors relate to a number of issues about the different correlation between
the different situational scenarios that are affected by the various challenges faced by them in the
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of the coaches also depend on a number of different factors such as the involvement of the
different trainees effectively in the training process under the coaches. The coaches also face a
number of problems due to the different approaches used in the training and the supervision of
the new employees in the different sectors of training in adventure sports.
As shown by Lee, Y.H., Chelladurai, P. and Kim, Y., (2015), the emotional aspects of the
introduction of a number of policies in the different situations of the coaches. As the coaches
train the athletes for a number of purposes in the organization the different aspects relating to the
different aspects of the training of the different athletes in the different sports around the world.
From a through and through alternate point of view, the impacts of kinds of enthusiastic work
showed by the mentor on the group and individual competitors additionally should be
investigated. Such results may identify with individual or group improvement or execution,
fulfilment with individual encounters in games, fulfilment with the mentor, responsibility
regarding the quest for magnificence, et cetera. Along these lines, once the proposed display is
affirmed by future research, the following stage is fuse applicable results for singular competitors
and the group all in all. Such research would likewise reveal some insight into the differential
impacts of the types of passionate work.
Team Work Environment
According to Collins and Collins(2012), enabling athletes to leave "group performing
sessions" once they believe they have adequate data to endeavor the errand creates a
characteristic lurch all the while and enables the understudy to measure potential over-burden
and deal with his or her own particular learning. Guaranteeing athletes have open doors for
addressing before, amid, and "post-rehearse" additionally produces common lurches in
movement and deals with the psychological load. Utilization of corresponding, synergistic, issue

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based and near instructing ways to deal with create "even reconciliation" and administration of
the traverse of control limits the traverse of control. The suggestion for mentors, mentor
instruction, and accreditation is the acknowledgment and preparing of the methodologies that
"make time" for the decisions practically speaking, to be specific "making space to think".
As shown by Smith et al. (2016), Features of the competitor, mentor and watched
multidimensional motivational instructing condition were appeared to foresee competitors'
inspiration to partake in the event. When all is said in done, enabling and weakening highlights
of the earth (Duda, 2013) anticipated versatile and maladaptive reactions, separately however
various non-huge affiliations likewise developed. Seventy-four grassroots soccer mentors and
882 youth competitors from England, France, Greece and Spain were enrolled. Mentors were
video-recorded amid an instructional meeting and spectators appraised how much the training
atmosphere was independence strong, controlling, errand including, self-image including and
relatively steady. Competitors and mentors finished polls surveying their impression of the
mentor made atmosphere in connection to the previously mentioned measurements of nature. .
There were feeble affiliations found between alternate points of view of the multidimensional
instructing condition. Be that as it may, competitors', mentors' and onlookers' reports of
highlights of the motivational condition rose as huge indicators of competitors' self-governing,
controlled and amotivation.
According to Collins and Collins (2012), In light of the capable condition, the individual
understudy and the novel correspondence between the understudy and condition, the experience
sports guide holds a versatile, flexible and creative approach to manage orchestrate and passing
on the pathway between the present individual's execution and the pined for skilful execution.
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to have enlightening and valuable capacities and satisfactory mental capacity to manage the
'cross of control' in that required session. The empowering instrument is a refined capable
judgment and fundamental administration process that has an unmistakable meta process related
with its approval. This requires a refined cycle of plan audit, do, survey, and an energy and
ability to respond and conform to the changing needs of the understudy and the earth and the
capacities to individualize and isolate hone.
According to Stebbingset al. (2012), a self-sufficiency steady instructing style ought to be
advanced and controlling training styles lessened, notwithstanding, insufficient research tends to
potential reasons why mentors utilize these differentiating relational styles. Such consideration is
vital with the goal that mediations went for controlling mentor conduct can focus on these
forerunners. The present investigation planned to accomplish this by testing a hypothetically
educated model of potential precursors of saw mentor relational conduct. In particular, regardless
of whether mentors' impression of their workplace were related with their apparent arrangement
of self-governance support or control towards their competitors. Controlling for socially
attractive reactions, the outcomes recommend that apparent open doors for proficient
advancement, employer stability, and work-life struggle may fulfill and defeat mentors' mental
needs. Thus, the outcomes exhibit the presence of two unmistakable pathways, in which mental
need fulfillment was related with mental prosperity and a versatile relational style, though mental
need fulfillment was related with mental sick being and a maladaptive relational style.
Coaching Style and Environemnet
According to Occhino et al. (2014), Self-sufficiency strong situations are portrayed by a
man who is an expert (e.g., mentor) who recognizes the emotions and points of view of others
(e.g., competitors), and who isn't excessively controlled by outside weights and requests.

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Mentors are probably going to show independence steady and non self-sufficiency strong
practices to contrasting degrees and at different circumstances (e.g., amid preparing, rivalries,
and titles). Game training scientists should seriously think about testing both independence
steady and controlling practices all the while to watch the consequences for competitor results in
fluctuating donning settings. Giving an all encompassing perspective of the training scene may
include consolidating basic and social brain research with more sociological understandings to
consider the natural/basic and individual/office parts of instructing practice. In common sense,
this move in introduction bolsters the social and mental setting of mentors' work.
As shown by Adie, Duda and Ntoumanis (2012), it isn't right to accept that low need
fulfillment is synonymous with high need-frustration. As far as tapping the last develop, new
work has demonstrated that straightforwardly evaluating the level of need-defeating in the game
setting can foresee files of sick being in don much superior to measures of need fulfillment. The
examination considered an information pool of 54 youthful competitors from UK. The fitness
and relatedness needs may have taken up a great part of the mutual fluctuation in the forecast of
subjective essentialness, particularly considering the watched between connections among the
three needs. All together not to trade off the natural legitimacy of the outcomes we demonstrated
the three needs (both gathering mean focused and normal individual indicators for each need)
together in a solitary model.
As pointed out by Bailey, Cope and Pearce (2013), It ought not amaze that deliberately
built learning conditions can have positive advantages on the psychosocial advancement of
taking an interest kids and youth. The heaviness of confirmation from the survey of significant
writing proposes that mentors of youngsters need to begin to move far from the more customary
technocratic techniques for instructing to acknowledging more all encompassing, kid focused

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strategies for training that are better lined up with kids' intentions in partaking in brandish. The
test for mentor teachers and strategy creators is the manner by which they can bolster mentors of
kids to guarantee their practices are appropriate for the youngsters they are instructing. By
understanding what rouses youngsters to participate in brandish, a talk developed that gives
proposals to enhance the acts of mentors of kids. An essential finding from this audit is that
youngsters' inspirations to take an interest in game ought to be considered inside the socio-social
settings in which brandish happens, and in addition from a mental viewpoint.
Accordimg to Rynneand Mallett (2012), the work of SIS mentors may be portrayed as an
exceedingly complex. Undoubtedly, past research has distinguished that the dynamic,
multifaceted and equivocal nature of the part and the way that it is frequently directed by the
setting implies that mentors require impressive adaptability and basic reasoning aptitudes. While
the mentors may have had critical involvement in overseeing gatherings of competitors in
preparing settings, the expanded level of mediation bolster (i.e. exercises that help or plan for
intercession, for example, overseeing distinctive types of physiological information) expected of
SIS mentors for the most part surpassed anything that they had been already presented to. Thus, a
noteworthy issue was that not very many mentors had beforehand approached faculty, for
example, sports researchers and the related assets and open doors for inquire about preceding
being utilized at the SIS and had in this way had constrained chance to build up these
administration abilities. It appears that in spite of the fact that the SIS managers anticipated that
mentors would play out these capacities, a considerable lot of the mentors were not very much
arranged for this viewpoint when utilized by the SIS. At last, it was likewise expected that SIS
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might nourish competitors into the SIS. Supporting different mentors was surely not without
issues and concerns.
According to Gearity (2012), the subject of the poor educating by the mentor spoke to the
different ways competitors' results. The mentor being poor at giving valuable guideline,
individualizing that direction, overseeing diversion strategies, and being unknowledgeable about
the abilities and characteristics to instruct adequately. This inability to educate was specifically
connected with what the competitors discussed and portrayed as not gaining from their mentors.
Members in this investigation were restricted to an accommodation test of 16 present or previous
competitors who played group activities (e.g. baseball, rugby, softball, football) at the university,
expert, or semi-proficient level. When all is said in done, the discoveries of this investigation
were reliable with the discoveries of research on winning and master mentors, but oppositely
inverse. Competitors in this investigation saw that they neglected to get direction as a rule, and
what they got was unhelpful, inadequate, and was unfavorable to fruitful athletic execution.
Relationship with Trainees
Stewart and Owens (2011) embark on an interesting study about the athletes and retired
athletes’ memory of their favorite coaches. The authors underscore on the positive impact of
coaching as recognized by the athletes. According to the athletes, the attitude of the coaches
towards the athletes shapes the athlete’s outlook towards the sports. The method adopted for this
study was interview with the athletes who are enrolled in the introductory classes for a period of
six years. The researchers were interested in understanding the ten behavioral characteristics
from the athletes regarding their favorite coaches during the period of coaching. The results of
the study demonstrated that the attitude of the athletes towards their coaches were influenced by
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athletes in their coach were social support, their ability to train with alacrity, collection of
positive feedback from the athletes and democratic behavior shown to the athletes. The aspect of
a coach being concerned about the welfare of the athlete was placed higher on the scale. Some of
the terms that surfaced during the course of the interview while describing the ideal coach were
friend, supportive, respectful, role model, enthusiastic and caring. The authors argued that the
positive social settings have implications on the performance of the athletes. The findings from
the research would be helpful in guiding the aspiring coaches to imbibe the characteristics of
dedication, commitment towards the profession at the same time balancing the proper techniques
and tactics that would motivate the athletes to realize their true potential.
Adie, Duda and Ntoumanis (2011) inspired from the basic needs theory, the objective of
the study was to test a hypothesized chain of temporary relationships between axes of well-and-
ill condition with the understanding about coach-autonomy support and BNT) basic need
satisfaction). A filed-oriented longitudinal research design was adopted for the purpose of the
study. The sample population for the research comprised of 54 males who belonged to a specific
elite youth soccer institute located in United Kingdom. The technique of research was multi-
section questionnaire. On examination of the multi-level regression, it was found that coach
autonomy has a positive impact on the on how people changes and also between the mean
differences of person in BNT (basic need satisfaction) and the welfare over a period of time. The
satisfaction scores elicited from the study for the purpose of need for competence and the issue
of relatedness were reported to predict within-person transformations in subjectivity. These
needs were responsible for the mediation of coach autonomy. One highlight of the research was
that previous research has hardly focused on the antecedents that propel the coaches to adopt
autonomy as an adoptive style. It is important to note that the perception of the coaches

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regarding motivation of the athletes among a range of other antecedents inform the extent to
which coaches manifest their interpersonal style. The study contributes in broadening our
understanding about the role of the coaching environment in regard to the provision of autonomy
support.
This study by Chan, Lonsdale and Fung (2010), showed that relative impact of social
influences spearheaded by the parents, peers, coach on adolescent athletes and children entails
enjoyment, self-motivation, competitive trait anxiety and self-rated effort. The methodology
adopted for this study was quantitative research design. Questionnaires were distributed to 408
youth swimmers among the age group of 9 to 18 years. The results demonstrated the age of the
person neutralizes the impact of the family members and coach on the experiences of the
athletes. It was found that the mother plays an important role in the lives of children. In case of
adolescents, the peers have greater influence on the adolescents. The influence of the coaches
lies in motivating the children to deliver their best performance, igniting interest about the sport
and inspiring the adolescents to be competent. The result indicate that intervention catalyze
athletes for adaptive involvement in sport. This includes the mastery approach to coaching. The
authors believe that this might be the most suitable approach as it focuses on the socializing
agents gents based on the age of the concerned athletes. One limitation of the research is that the
constructed scale is applicable to the swimmers and might not be applicable to sportspersons in
other fields. Therefore, this measure of the presumed social influences in sport demands further
refinement and development. Another limitation of the study is that age-groups were formed
according to the age of the participants which may be obfuscated by gender distinctions.

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Research Methodology:
The research methodology of the research takes into account the different processes
involved in the research. The different methods involved in the research helps in ascertaining the
different philosophies that are included in the research for the overall involvement of the
different designs of the approaches that can be takes in the research. The methodology consists
of a number of different sections namely philosophy, design, strategy, analysis methods among
others.
Research outline
This demonstrates the structure of the whole research take a focus at. The scientist
has begun the examination by delineating the concentrations, objectives, issue clarification and
research speculation. By then he collected key data on the related subjects by considering
insightful works and scholarly diaries and displayed that in the composed work survey. This is
profitable in completing the exploration the right way (Gray 2013).
Research Philosophy
Research philosophy is a basic piece of any examination. The logic of the
exploration is picked in light of the focal points of the examination. It influences the customers
to comprehend the perspective of the analyst. Morals, attributes and benchmarks are the picking
sections of the rationality of the examination paper. Positivism, interpretivism, epistemology and
realness are four basic sorts of research theory that are followed in the exploration considers
(Wilson 2014). Positivism theory spins around picking up learning through authentic technique.
This is a champion among the most target inquire about techniques. It plans to test the

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exploration hypothesis utilizing quantifiable instruments to get a reliably indicated outcome
(Bryman 2015).
Research Approach
Research approach is of two important composes, particularly, inductive and deductive.
Inductive research intends to make another theory out of the examination contemplate and
deductive approach hopes to explore the subject of the exploration in perspective of formally
settled theories (Flick 2015). Under deductive research, the scientist generally explores the
exploration wonder in the light of theories by various makers (Creswell, 2014). In this
examination consider, the scientist will adopt after the deductive strategy, as he will use the
hypotheses on these factors as a foundation to his examination. Another sort of research is the
exploratory and informative research. For the given research think about, the researcher will take
after the explanatory research approach to manage address distinctive parts of agent gathering
movement and their association with definitive gauges and precepts. Informative research is
directed to illuminate the conditions and final products of an examination ponder in view of
formed hypotheses (Bryman and Bell 2015).
Research strategyan Analysis Method
Quantitative, qualitative, participatory and pragmatic are four essential sorts of research
procedure that are for the most part followed in the examination considers. In the going with
examination ponder, the master will get the quantitative and subjective research approach. This
is in the plan of the positivism rationale. Using intelligent methodology makes the researcher
draw a predictable and tentatively exhibited conclusion to the examination. In this form, the
association between the parts or factors is had a go at using consistent gadgets and the conclusion
is attracted perspective of the test results. Regardless, there is a credibility that the outcome isn't

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changed in accordance with the ordinary outcome, however the result will be exhibited
tentatively (Flick 2015).The variables to be considered are:
Dependent Variable: The coach’s character and his life experiences along with his athletic
practices.
Independent Variable: Environmental factors and outside influential aspects (Flick 2015).
Research design
As expressed by Tsang (2014), the research design, depends upon the hypotheses testing,
is the trial examination of the conditions and last items relationship between the differing
segments. Research arrangement portrays the framework took after by the scientist to address the
examination questions. Various sorts of research course of action are there, for example,
significant examination, social research, unmistakable, audit and assessment of semi test explore.
In this analysis the case study based approach based on the interview analysis will be adopted for
the overall understanding of the research.
Data collection
Primary and secondary are the two sorts of sources of information. The data,
which is assembled direct from the field of study and from the all inclusive community, who are
particularly included or affected by the subject of the examination, is called essential
information. The Survey technique will be utilized for the accumulation of information to be
utilized as a part of the essential investigation. On the other hand, the data, which is accumulated
from viably appropriated dependable sources, for instance, books, journals, magazines, every day
papers, yearly reports, online creations et cetera is called auxiliary information. Essential data is

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assembled through outlines, interviews, input structures and plans. For the present research, the
researcher has picked the quantitative data examination procedure on the essential data. The data
is collected from their coaches and trainers by conducting an interview (Flick 2015).
Sampling method
The research will be based on an interview data collected from the three interviews in the
research.
Ethical consideration
The researcher will endeavour to dodge biasness and will likewise take marked assent
from talk with members before leading meeting. No members will be compelled to take part in
the meeting and will be permitted to leave anytime of time. The research question will maintain a
strategic distance from individual inquiries and the research information won't be referred to for
other research work. It is better for the members to think about the exploration to give the
required data. It is additionally critical for the members to know in which explore and under
which conditions their meeting will be utilized. Along these lines the members would feel
protected and secure keeping in mind the end goal to convey the data required.
Research limitation
The main limitation of the research is time span. Moreover, the research also failed to
access adequate literatures for accessibility issue.

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Analysis and results:
The interview of the three coaches takes in to account the different perspectives relating
to their coaching experiences in the different environment and the scenarios faced by them in
their coaching experiences. The different coaching experiences of the different coaches vary with
the situations they face in the different scenarios. The fact that the coaches work among the best
and the worst of the athletes and the people who are often having a personality issues after the
initial success that they get, the coaches have to take the different approached to meet the needs
and requirements of the different employees in their supervision. The interview conducted takes
into account the different scenarios relating to the coaching situations faced by them. The three
coaches namely NINOS ELIADIS (Basketball Coach) [NE], CHRISTOS ANDREOU (Football
Coach) [CA] and VIRONAS PHILIPPOU (Personal Trainer) [VP] are questioned and the results
are analysed thematically.
Question 1: How do you deal with multiple character sport athletes?
NE: Communication has an important role to play in the overall development of the relation
between the athletes and the coaches and the it is the responsibility of the coach to make sure that
the idea is communicated properly and reaches out without any discrepancy.
CA: The communication has a strong role to play in the different scenarios that arise between the
coach and the athletes. The autocratic and the democratic approaches have their own advantages
and disadvantages but democratic is the preferred one.

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VP: The success of the communication channel is greatly dependent on the acceptance of the
different athletes. The athletes should know their objectives and should be able to communicate
to their coaches and understand and comprehend their speech through action.
Summary:In this analysis all the coaches show that the communication is one of the important
strategies that affects the overall coach8ing performance and the environment of the different
athletes. The different coaches prefer different methods but the openness and the responsiveness
to communication is also necessary on the athletes’ part for the establishment of the successful
communication channel.
Question 2: What is your philosophy on discipline?
NE: The philosophy is to be honest towards ones job and the athletes as far as the achievement
of the targets are considered in the different scenarios. Beyond that the ability to do hard work
and strive towards success is favored more than discipline.
CA:It is the duty of every person living in the society to pass on the knowledge they have to the
people who want it and need it. Moreover the teaching of the sports helps in developing social
bonding helping in cognitive development and social identity development.
VP: Disciplining of the athletes and the trainees has an important role to play in the achievement
of the different goals among the different athletes in the society. The achievement of these goals
further brings confidence among the different athletes.
Summary:The disciplining of the athletes has a major role to play in their success and the
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different approaches helps in the overall achievement of the goals and therefore can be said to be
successful overall.
Question 3: Describe and give examples of your role as a role model for the players or your
team (participants) and others.
NE: The values play a very important role in the lives of the different players and the coach has
the responsibility of the inculcation of those values in the training of their athletes that affect
their performance.
CA:The coach has a major influence on the lives of the players under him and it is extremely
important for him to involve trainees and working himself in the life lessons of the students
under his supervision and teach them the importance of team work and ideal behavior through
his example.
VP:For a personal trainer it is extremely important to include himself in the training regime of
the students under him. The students should be motivated by looking up to their supervisor
making it extremely important for them to be in good health.
Summary:It is therefore seen that the role of the coach is extremely important in the
development of the behaviors and the cognition of the athletes and the players. If the players can
look up to their coaches they perform better and strive towards success.
Question 4: Describe your typical pre game, half time and post game locker room routine
plus explain the thinking behind it. (*before exercise, during exercise, after exercise for
personal trainer)
NE: The pregame communication includes a regular talk and the specific strategies to be
implemented by the team for its success. The half time in used for the analysis of the first half

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and improvement of the performance in the second half. the post-game talk includes relaxing
activities like watching movies.
CA: The pregame talk should me passionate and motivating for the different athletes. The half
time is used for the motivation of the players regardless of the scores. The post-game talk is
mostly focused on the infusion of positivity among the athletes.
VP:The pregame talk is about giving the best performance in the sport and start with giving ones
best in the game. The half time is used for the analysis of the first and motivation for the second
half. The post game analysis is used for pointing out the negatives during the game and possible
development.
Summary:The different communications strategies in the game helps in the developmental
strategies and the motivation of the athletes. One thing that remains common in the different
strategies of communication is the half time which is always used for analysis and planning.
Question 5: Describe a coach’s role as a motivator. How do you plan on motivating players
and getting them to buy in to their role on the team each year?
NE: Motivation has a very important role to play in the acceptance of the athletes of the different
strategies that can be implemented on the different scenarios. The praises and the positive
reinforcement helps in raising the morale of the athletes.
CA:The appraisal of the work of the athletes are extremely important for their success in the
field of their sports. Appraisal works as a great way of motivating the employees for their
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VP: The setting of short term and long term goals is extremely important for the proper
functioning of the athletes. The lack of meeting the goals should be mitigated by providing
feedback and ways to improve the different aspects of the sport. Overall the trainees should
enjoy the overall exercise for a positive outcome.
Summary: Motivation, appraisal and the setting of the goals by the different employees is
extremely important for the proper implementation of the different coaching strategies in the
different scenarios. The coaches also focus towards making the overall workout enjoyable for the
athletes.
Question 6: What coaches, teacher or other people have been great influences in your life
and why or how?
NE: The coach who provides motivation to his students and helps them improve continuously
while achieving their goals is extremely important. The main motive of the coach should be to
make the athletes positive about themselves.
CA:one of the great influencing factors was of coaching like one of Pep Guardiola. The coaching
techniques used has a calm approach and a passionate one which motivates the athletes to
perform better.
VP: role of the father was very important in the success and the importance of the persistent hard
work is valued by the different athletes making it easy for them to relate to the coaches.
Summary: People are influenced by different factors and one of the most important factors
motivating most of the coaches to perform better is the lesson they learnt from the different
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Question 7: How would you promote a positive energy to your team or participants?
NE: The players should be trained for being humble in victory and calm in their defeat and not
undergo emotional stress because of the game. The different developmental factors affecting the
development of positive energy is the motivation that the athletes get from different situations.
CA:The athletes should be taught self-management in their life lessons like handling their
emotions properly and the management of the interpersonal skills for having a proper cohesion in
the team for better performance in the different situations.
VP:The inclusion of the positive intrinsic qualities in the behavioral schedule patterns of the
different athletes helps in the development of a number of different positive qualities among the
athletes.
Summary: The inclusion of the value in the training of the employees plays an important role in
the development of the athletes and the success of the coaching initiatives taken by the different
coaches. The self-management skills and the positive behavioral practices helps in the
improvement of the overall skills of the athletes.
Question 8: How do you plan on improving as a coach from year to year?
NE: The learning curve of the coach is always there with the improvement of the game and the
skills of the opponents. The development of the new approach of training and the newer game
strategies helps the learning curve of the coach.
CA:The experience of the coach has an important role to play in the success of the different
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inclusion of newer and better techniques and self-improvement by reading and learning from the
past mistakes.
VP: No matter how much a person learns there are constant developments going on in the
different fields and it becomes necessary for every coach to develop their abilities according to
newer and better techniques from time to time.
Summary: No matter how good or experienced the coach is the learning curve cannot be
complete ever because of the different learning abilities and the development of the better
techniques of training the athletes effectively.
Question 9: How do you plan to communicate your plans and expectations to the team or
athletes (participants)?
NE: The development of the communication strategy is extremely important for the coach as it
helps them train the athletes through effective transference of the ideas through the different
communication channels. The communication also helps the coach to develop the athlete by
making them aware of their strengths and weaknesses
CA:Along with developing the different communication strategy with the team, it is also the
responsibility of the coach to communicate with the different players individually to make them
aware of the different ideas needed for the development of the players and the team.
VP:Goal setting has an important role to play in the overall development of the athletes under a
coach. The goal setting with the help of individual and team goal setting techniques helps the
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Summary: Therefore it is seen that the communication of the different strategies along with the
setting of personal and team goals helps in the development of the team and the coaching
potential of the different coaches.
Question 10: 2-3 words or phrases that you hope former players use to describe you?
NE: The coaching should focus on the development of the knowledge ingenuity and the fairness
of the player which helps in their overall development.
CA:The coaching should develop the skill, leadership quality and the inventive attitude of the
different players.
VP:The coach should focus on making the task of training enjoyable exciting and learning based
for the trainees so that they learn and enjoy the process of it.
Summary: The different qualities that focus on the development of the trainees in the different
training environment should mainly focus on the development of different cognitive and the
social skills of the athletes that will help in their overall development along with the training
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Conclusion
The inclusion of the different coaching strategies by the different coaches helps in the
development of the athletes according to the needs of the different athletes. The training also
takes a toll on the coaches and the different strategies used by the coaches helps in the
understanding of the different strategies for the different athletes that work in the different
scenarios. The coaches have a number of different ethical issues they face while training the
athletes and they have a pressure of meeting a number of different social and the management
requirements that affect their coaching practices. Form the secondary data it is seen that the
different coaches undergo different pressure scenarios for the development of different training
schedule and practices for the development of the trainees.
Discussion
It is seen that the coaching and the ethical practices while doing it greatly affects the
overall performance of the athletes and helps them develop. The coaches undergo a number of
different situational pressures that they undergo because of the expectations of the athletes
management and the fans that follow the game. The major issue that is faced by the coach is the
ethical practices and the pressures they undergo while doing it.
Limitations
The limitations of the research takes into account the different factors that affect the
overall research limiting its reach and therefore the overall research.
 Unavailability of the Current Data: The unavailability of data for the research is one of
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database keeping a track of the different consumer innovation based development in the
society.
 Lack of Credible data Sources: The lack of trustworthiness of the data used in the
research is one of the major factors affecting the research.
 Time factor:time is one of the major limitations in a research as the general factors that
affect the overall development of the research is time dependent.
 Lack of Universal information:The lack of knowledge of the coaching practices around
the world and the different situations affecting the coaching scenarios in the country.
Recommendation
Therefore it can be seen that like the trainees under the coach can never stop learning or
cease the learning processes. One of the major issues that the coach faces are the situational
scenarios and they have the perseverance and persistence to overcome them.
Areas of Future Research
In the future a number of different areas can be developed for the overall understanding
that the different environmental facts have on the coaching. The effect of the fan pressure and the
pressure of performance of the team due to the pressure from the fans.
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