THE INFLUENCE OF COACHING MODELS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN YOUNG ATHLETES

Abstract

Skills are temporarily transferred through effective coaching models that contribute to managerial skills in young athletes, influencing areas of performance and conduct. The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of strengthening various types of coaching models in increasing managerial skills, competence, confidence, affiliation, self-efficacy, team cohesiveness, and morality with young athletes. A cross-sectional design was employed, and measures were made on the sample at two different assessment points. The subjects involved 169 young athletes split into groups, the test group and the control group. Quantitative devices were utilized to measure efficiency, confidence, affiliation, self-efficacy, team cohesiveness, and positive and negative morality. Paired samples t-Tests and repeated measures ANOVA were performed using SPSS software for statistical analysis. It revealed maintenance of the levels of athlete’s proficiency, confidence, and self-esteem. During the process, noted changes occurred in affiliation and team cohesiveness where the changes were more pronounced in the experimental group. Morality-related behaviors were the least changed out of all the behaviors. The increase in affiliation and the team cohesion for the experimental group remained significantly higher in the control group. The paper reflects on the effectiveness of specific changes to psychological and behavioral conditions to support improvements in athlete growth and training methods. Coaching models play an important role in increasing affiliation and team spirit among young athletes and at the same assessment preserving stability in proficiency and self-efficacy. It became evident that the intervention had a very small effect, if any, on moral reasoning behaviors.