Best Behavioral Style For Coaches Dealing With Athletes

Mijanovic and Radjevic conducted a study to identify and determine the best behavioral style for coaches dealing with athletes on and off season, in another word this researched worked to establish the various type of behavior of coaches and the difference between then. To give a better explanation of the different styles of coaching the authors used Chelladurai & Saleh (1980) research to explain the difference between them. Instructive style characterizes the coach’s behavior which work is focused on the improving the motivation, as the athlete persists in carrying out difficult and strenuous exercises. He pays attention to the improvement of technique and tactics during the training. He promotes cooperation among athlete and coordinates

The athletes are involved in the planning of the training in a certain way. Athlete are asked and they decided about method of operation, loading during the training, selection the exercises etc. The coach gives the support to the athlete during the training encourages them when they lose and win. The coach asks athlete for the opinion and suggestions related to the training organization, gives the freedom in the resolving the specific tasks. He analyses the efficacy of training and competition regardless of the achieved results. (Mijanovic and Radjevic, 2016).

Autocratic styles refer to the coach who absolutely makes decision individually with the emphasizing and pointing out the personal authority. He plans and programs the training, he is not interested in the athlete’s opinion, he does not find it necessary to explain his opinion and decisions to the athletes, and he keeps his distance. Often, he discourages them during the training and the competition, considering that the encourages them by raised voice, inadequate vocabulary and his attitude, not allowing them questions. . (Mijanovic and Radjevic,

Characteristically for this behavior style is that the coach expresses a satisfaction when athletes perform well and efficiently the assigned activities. The awards that are related to the public praise in the training are not material. The coach tries to be fair; every sportsman is awarded for well done the activities in the training and the competition. The praise is very important for young sportsman in front of the friends and the parents. It is very serious and contra productive to commend what is not for commending regardless they are young, the athletes notice it immediately. The paradigm of underserved awards or penalties when the coach, for some personal reasons of vanity, leaves out the best athletes in the competition. The award and the punishment need to be devoted. . (Mijanovic and Radjevic, 2016). Further Mijanović and Radjević also based their study on a survey directed by Chelladurai and Saleh. The study included 121 participants’ perspective athletes on a chronological age of 15 to 17 years, of different sports (basketball, boxing, volleyball, swimming and skiing) who received scholarship. This questionnaire contained 40 questions that demonstrated the 5 different behavioral styles (Instructive, Democratic, Social support, Autocratic and Awarding). In addition to the questions for the