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AUTOCRATIC COACHING

Disadvantages

Who was included:

Purpose of Study

  • Examine the differences of student-athletes' preffered leadership behavior for their coaches based on gender, competition level, task dependence, and task variability.

What is Autocratic Coaching?

Nick Saban

References

Beam, J., Serwatka, T., & Wilson, W. (n.d.). Preferred Leadership in NCAA Division I and II Intercollegiate Student-Athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 27(1), 1-17.

  • May not work well with independent sports such as tennis, golf, or swimming
  • Team cannot contribute to the decision making
  • The athletes' critical thinking or creativity may not develop or be used to their full advantage
  • Student-athletes from NCAA D1 and D2 schools
  • Included 408 males and females between ages of 18 and 25.
  • 4 D1 schools
  • 6 D2 schools
  • Included independent (172) and interdependent (236) sports
  • Full-time students only
  • 179 males/ 229 females
  • 171 D1
  • 237 D2

Results

  • "Do as I say"
  • According to Revised Leadership Scale
  • Limits involvement of athletes in decision making
  • Use of commands and punishments
  • Prescribes plans and methods for activites
  • Coach makes plan for team independently of the athletes

Advantages

  • Firm leader
  • Quick decision maker
  • Works well with dependent sports like basketball, baseball, and volleyball
  • Young/ inexperienced athletes need the direction
  • Less stress on the team
  • Teaches athletes to follow orders
  • Male student athletes preferred autocratic coaches
  • Demonstrated differences in behavior preferences based on characteristics of gender, task-dependence, and task-variability
  • Fisher's LSD revealed male closed sport student athletes gave higher ratings to autocratic behavior than female closed sport student athletes did
  • Male physical education majors and athletes had a significantly higher preference for autocratic leader behavior
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