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Research: Athletes don鈥檛 benefit from relying on a coach for too long

Transformational coaches make players more independent, less reliant, study finds

Athletes increasingly relying on a coach over the course of a season may be a sign that they aren鈥檛 progressing in their development, according to new research from 黑料视频.

On the other hand, inspirational coaches will find that their athletes will become less reliant on them over time.

鈥淏eing increasingly needed by your athletes as time goes on is not a good sign,鈥 says in . 鈥淚f your athletes no longer need your leadership and guidance as time goes on, that should be seen as a positive sign that you鈥檝e helped them in their development.鈥

Tsai, who studies leadership in a number of contexts, including athletics, worked with a research team consisting of San-Fu Kao of National Tsing Hua University and Robert Schinke of Laurentian University. They set out to discover how a coach鈥檚 leadership style affected athlete evaluations of their competency over time.

The researchers evaluated how nearly 250 Division I collegiate basketball players felt about their coaches at different points over the course of a season. They focused on a coach鈥檚 ability to enact transformational leadership, or the ability to develop athletes to their full potential.

鈥淭ransformational coaches empower their players in ways beyond just playing a sport. They help players develop meaning and instill pride, and encourage them to go above and beyond for the good of the team,鈥 said Tsai.

They found that coaches who enacted high transformational leadership had a decrease in perceived coaching competency by their athletes over time. In other words, the more a coach inspired a player to achieve their full potential, the less the athlete relied on their coaching.

In contrast, they found that coaches with low transformational leadership skills had an increase in perceived coaching competency by their athletes over the course of the season. This means that players may rely more on their uninspiring coaches over time.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e not gaining some sort of independence from your coach, you may feel like you need that coach even more,鈥 said Tsai. 鈥淭his probably isn鈥檛 a good sign.鈥

Tsai said it鈥檚 important for coaches to understand how their leadership style interacts with player perceptions of them.

鈥淐oaches may incorrectly think they did something wrong if their athletes aren鈥檛 as reliant on them anymore,鈥 said Tsai. 鈥淥n the contrary, our research indicates that this kind of independence is a sign that you demonstrated good leadership behaviors.鈥

As for how to become a transformational leader, Tsai recommends that coaches focus on the personal development of their athletes.

鈥淭ransformational coaches don鈥檛 want athletes to only become better players. They mentor their athletes and help them become better people as well,鈥 said Tsai.

The study, 鈥,鈥 has been published in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.

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