The effect of coachs behaviour on team dynamics in south western super league football clubs

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of coache’s behaviour on team dynamics in south western super league football clubs. To achieve this objective, crosssectional descriptive survey method was used in order to collect data once from respondents. In this descriptive survey method, mixed approaches was used throughout this study.purposive sampling techniques was used to select group C zone due to proximity and availability of data. Then after the researcher was select 4 football clubs from group C by using simple random sampling method.primary data was usedand collect through questioner.Players(n=100) who participated in Ethiopian super league football competition complete the demographic questionnaire, leadership scale for sport (LSS) and group environment questionnaire (GEQ). The LSS contained 40 items that measured five dimensions of leadership behaviors and the GEQ with 18 items assessed four dimensions of group dynamics. The statistical package for social science (SPSS version 20.1) was used to compute the data. Logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of coach’sbehavior on team dynamics. The level of significance was set at 0.05 alpha level, As a finding of this research shows, autocratic coaching behavior and democratic behavior had statistically positive relationship (r=0.21 p<05, r=0.21,p<0.05),with players experience respectively.Individual Attraction to GroupSocial had a statistically significant positive relationship with training and instruction(r=.29, p<.01). Logistic regression shows that, training and instruction and positive feedback had positively influence on individual attraction to group social,whereas democratic behavior had statistically negative influence on individual attraction to group social.Autocratic behavior and positive feedback coaches behavior had positively influence on group integration social. whereas, democratic coaches behavior had statistically negative influence on group integration social .In conclusion, autocratic behavior had positively influence group integration-social and positive feedback were found to influence individual attraction to group-social and group integration task positively,whereas social support had not shows significancy.The result recommended that, the first major practical issues of the Ethiopian footballfederation would design strategy to improve the coaches and players knowledge towards sport psychology and the coaches should upgrade themselves with the current coaching science knowledge, coaching style and leadership behavior.