Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire
Strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches must employ psychological skills to optimally motivate athletes and promote their well-being. Yet, S&C coaches feel uncomfortable in their ability to apply such skills, highlighting a need for the development of science-based, practical tools. The purp...
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University of Montenegro, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, Montenegrin Sports Academy
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| author | Alexandra Szarabajko Bradley J. Cardinal Dakota B. Dailey Nzubechukwu Emmanuel Ughelu Jake D. Wambaugh |
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| description | Strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches must employ psychological skills to optimally motivate athletes and promote their well-being. Yet, S&C coaches feel uncomfortable in their ability to apply such skills, highlighting a need for the development of science-based, practical tools. The purpose of this study was to examine the verbal language used by S&C coaches in publicly available YouTube videos through the Psychological Capital Model (PCM) lens. Coaches’ statements (N = 178) were transcribed verbatim and coded into one of the eight dimensions of the PCM. Significant differences were found in S&C coaches’ use of the eight developmental dimensions of the PCM, x 2 (7, N = 173) = 139.52, p < .0001, C = .67. Three PCM developmental dimensions were overused (i.e., standard residuals ranging from +2.76 to +7.10; i.e., experiencing success/modeling others [n = 54, 31.2%], building efficacy/confidence [n = 48, 27.8%], and implementing obstacle planning [n = 34, 19.7%]), while five were underused (i.e., standard residuals ranging from -2.23 to -4.18; i.e., building assets/avoiding risk [n = 11, 6.4%], persuasion and arousal [n = 10, 5.8%], affecting the influence process [n = 9, 5.2%]), goals and pathway design [n = 5, 2.9%]), and developing positive expectancy [n = 2, 1.2%]). To facilitate the use of a more diverse set of psychological strategies, this study offers a collection of 40 practice- and science-based motivational statements – five for each of the eight PCM dimensions – that S&C coaches may use and build upon to improve their own coaching language and practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6d49813a5c54209ab1971623d6f16332022-12-21T23:34:04ZengUniversity of Montenegro, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, Montenegrin Sports AcademyJournal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education2536-569X2536-57032021-07-015331010.26773/jaspe.210701Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language RepertoireAlexandra Szarabajko0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-0171Bradley J. Cardinal1Dakota B. Dailey2Nzubechukwu Emmanuel Ughelu3Jake D. Wambaugh4Oregon State University, Kinesiology Program, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United StatesOregon State University, Kinesiology Program, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United StatesMcKendree University, Athletic Department, Lebanon, IL, United StatesOregon State University, Kinesiology Program, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States23 Fit Club, Sports Performance, Bellevue, WA, United StatesStrength and conditioning (S&C) coaches must employ psychological skills to optimally motivate athletes and promote their well-being. Yet, S&C coaches feel uncomfortable in their ability to apply such skills, highlighting a need for the development of science-based, practical tools. The purpose of this study was to examine the verbal language used by S&C coaches in publicly available YouTube videos through the Psychological Capital Model (PCM) lens. Coaches’ statements (N = 178) were transcribed verbatim and coded into one of the eight dimensions of the PCM. Significant differences were found in S&C coaches’ use of the eight developmental dimensions of the PCM, x 2 (7, N = 173) = 139.52, p < .0001, C = .67. Three PCM developmental dimensions were overused (i.e., standard residuals ranging from +2.76 to +7.10; i.e., experiencing success/modeling others [n = 54, 31.2%], building efficacy/confidence [n = 48, 27.8%], and implementing obstacle planning [n = 34, 19.7%]), while five were underused (i.e., standard residuals ranging from -2.23 to -4.18; i.e., building assets/avoiding risk [n = 11, 6.4%], persuasion and arousal [n = 10, 5.8%], affecting the influence process [n = 9, 5.2%]), goals and pathway design [n = 5, 2.9%]), and developing positive expectancy [n = 2, 1.2%]). To facilitate the use of a more diverse set of psychological strategies, this study offers a collection of 40 practice- and science-based motivational statements – five for each of the eight PCM dimensions – that S&C coaches may use and build upon to improve their own coaching language and practices.http://www.jaspe.ac.me/?sekcija=article&artid=181coaching behaviorexercise leadershipmotivational climatepsychological capital |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Szarabajko Bradley J. Cardinal Dakota B. Dailey Nzubechukwu Emmanuel Ughelu Jake D. Wambaugh Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education coaching behavior exercise leadership motivational climate psychological capital |
| title | Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire |
| title_full | Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire |
| title_fullStr | Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire |
| title_short | Field Audit of Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Instructional and Motivational Language Repertoire |
| title_sort | field audit of strength and conditioning coaches instructional and motivational language repertoire |
| topic | coaching behavior exercise leadership motivational climate psychological capital |
| url | http://www.jaspe.ac.me/?sekcija=article&artid=181 |
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