What is an ideal coach : voices of Singapore National beach volleyball female athletes
Beach volleyball is a growing sport worldwide. A coach is a powerful figure and has great influence on athletes’ performance and development. Research on the role of a coach in various sports have been done – soccer, basketball, volleyball and more. Communication and coaching styles that work with m...
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| author | Lau, Ee Shan |
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| description | Beach volleyball is a growing sport worldwide. A coach is a powerful figure and has great influence on athletes’ performance and development. Research on the role of a coach in various sports have been done – soccer, basketball, volleyball and more. Communication and coaching styles that work with male athletes may not be effective on female athletes. The alignment of coaching to the expectations and preferences of female athletes is important for effective coaching and their holistic development. As such, it is important to understand how female athletes perceive an ideal coach. The purpose of this research is to uncover how Singapore national beach volleyball female athletes voice out about an ideal coach. Five Singapore national beach volleyball female athletes were interviewed. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted for each participant. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data to identify common themes that participants used to describe an ideal coach. The four main themes that the female athletes voiced out about an ideal coach are – understanding the female athletes, being a role model with responsibility, possessing rich experience as a coach and athlete, and planning for well-organised training. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/772342020-09-27T20:23:07Z What is an ideal coach : voices of Singapore National beach volleyball female athletes Lau, Ee Shan Chung Ho Jin National Institute of Education DRNTU::Science::General Beach volleyball is a growing sport worldwide. A coach is a powerful figure and has great influence on athletes’ performance and development. Research on the role of a coach in various sports have been done – soccer, basketball, volleyball and more. Communication and coaching styles that work with male athletes may not be effective on female athletes. The alignment of coaching to the expectations and preferences of female athletes is important for effective coaching and their holistic development. As such, it is important to understand how female athletes perceive an ideal coach. The purpose of this research is to uncover how Singapore national beach volleyball female athletes voice out about an ideal coach. Five Singapore national beach volleyball female athletes were interviewed. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted for each participant. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data to identify common themes that participants used to describe an ideal coach. The four main themes that the female athletes voiced out about an ideal coach are – understanding the female athletes, being a role model with responsibility, possessing rich experience as a coach and athlete, and planning for well-organised training. Bachelor of Science (Sport Science and Management) 2019-05-21T02:20:50Z 2019-05-21T02:20:50Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77234 en 32 p. application/pdf |
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| title | What is an ideal coach : voices of Singapore National beach volleyball female athletes |
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| title_short | What is an ideal coach : voices of Singapore National beach volleyball female athletes |
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| topic | DRNTU::Science::General |
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