Perception of Coach According to the Role of Starter or Substitute in the Final Stage of the Season

Diego Soto, Juan A. García-Herrero and Rodrigo J. Carcedo
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Diego Soto: Faculty of Sciences of Physical Education and Sports, University of León, 24007 León, Castilla y León, Spain
Juan A. García-Herrero: Faculty of Education, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain
Rodrigo J. Carcedo: Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: This paper examines the athletes’ perception of their coaches according to the role of starter or substitute in the final phase of the season. The variables analyzed were: leadership style, perceived justice, competence, and support for basic psychological needs. A longitudinal study was developed, evaluating the participants at two different stages: the end of the season and seven weeks before. A total of 112 football and handball players participated in this study, 78 completing the questionnaire at the two waves. The final sample comprised 51 starters (80.39% males) and 27 substitutes (70.37% males) who evaluated their coaches’ leadership, competence, and support of the players’ psychological needs. The interaction moment of measurement (seven weeks before the end of the season vs. end of the season) * group (starters vs. substitutes) was statistically significant for the variables authentic leadership, perceived justice, and the basic psychological need of competence. Post hoc analyses revealed a significant decline in the perception of authentic leadership from coaches, perceived justice, and support of the psychological need of competence at the end of the season only in those in a starter position, with no change observed in the substitutes group. The findings show that the perceptions of coaches among starting players deteriorates significantly in the final phase of the season, while those among substitutes remain unaffected.

Keywords: authentic leadership; justice; competence; basic psychological needs; team sport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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