Coaches' Assessment of Their Coaching Efficacy Compared to Athletes' Perceptions

• Published in: Perceptual and motor skills Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 729 - 736
• Main Authors: Short, Sandra E., Short, Martin W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2004
• ISSN: 0031-5125; 1558-688X
• DOI: 10.2466/pms.99.2.729-736

This study compared coaches' assessments of their own coaching efficacy with their athletes' perceptions of the coaches' efficacy. Coaching efficacy was measured with the Coaching Efficacy Scale. Participants were 9 football coaches and 76 football players from the same team. Analysis indicated coaches were confident in their coaching abilities (range 6.5 to 9.0 on a 9-point scale). For 7 of the 9 coaches the coaches' ratings of themselves were higher than the athletes' ratings. For the other 2 coaches, athletes' ratings of coaches' efficacy were higher than the coaches' ratings of themselves. All coaches' ratings fell within the 95% confidence interval based on the athletes' ratings of the coaches' efficacy. Results are discussed in terms of the interplay between athletes and coaches efficacy beliefs and its influence on behavior.