The Relationship Between Coaches’ Motivational Climate And Player’s Goal Orientation: The Case Of South Western Ethiopian National League Football Clubs

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between coaches motivational climate and players goal orientation in the south western ’A’ Ethiopian national league football club. Coaches and their players were contacted and participated in this study. In this study the cross sectional study design was employed and the sample was used, Coaches (n= 4) and players (n= 100). From two standard questionnaires goal orientation with two dimensions of task orientation and ego orientation in sport and motivational climate with two dimensions of mastery climate and performance climate were used. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and independent sample t-test at P=0.05. The findings indicated that the relationship between coach mastery climate and players task orientation was positive and significant and similarly the relationship between performance climate and ego goal orientation was positive and significant. Also, player’s task orientation score had higher than ego orientation scored. From motivational climate, coach’s mastery climate scores were higher than performance climate scores. Based on the result the researcher forwarded some important suggestion such as providing enough orientation to players and coaches on players goal orientation coaches perceptions of motivational climate.