Objective. To examine the performance and pre-competition psychological states of individual sport athletes in relation to competition location. It was hypothesized that skiers would perform better when competing at home. Self-reports of state anxiety were expected to be lower and self-confidence higher prior to home races compared to away. Design. Within-subjects design to examine athletes’ pe...

Each coach has a distinctive leadership style, and each coach's style its advantages disadvantages. Trainers have several behaviors/actions in training. There are coach-style behaviors, i.e., training/instruction, authoritarian, democracy, social support, feedback. This study aims to determine whether there is relationship between the male athletes’ motivation. research method uses descriptive ...

Small-sided games (SSGs) are played on reduced pitch areas, often using modified rules and involving a smaller number of players than traditional football. These games are less structured than traditional fitness training methods but are very popular training drills for players of all ages and levels. At present, there is relatively little information regarding how SSGs can best be used to impr...

BACKGROUND A protective effect on injury risk in youth sports through neuromuscular warm-up training routines has consistently been demonstrated. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the quantity and quality of coach-led injury prevention programmes and its impact on the physical performance of players. OBJECTIVE The aim of this cluster-randomised controlled trial was to asses...

Social learning theory posits that one crucial way individuals learn how to behave is by observing andmodeling the behavior of salient others.We conducted a short-term longitudinal study using multisource data on 183 teenaged ice hockey players (M age=13.39 years) in 16 hockey teams to test the effects of 3 potentially salient leadership influences (team coaches, team players, and parents) on p...