Lietuvos buriavimo trenerių vadovavimo stiliai trenerių ir sportininkų požiūriu bei trenerių kompetencijos ir bendravimo ypatumai sportininkų požiūriu ; Lithuanian sailing coaches leadership styles coaches and athletes terms and competence of trainers and athletes in terms of communication features

Abstract

Scientific problem: Lithuanian sailing coaches insufficient communication with athletes, skills gaps and coaches predominant autocratic leadership style are the main constraints for athletes to achieve high sports results. Research hypothesis: • Athletes having a greater mastery assesses more social support in coaching, positive feedback and communication competencies, than lower sportsmanship respondents. • Athletes and coaches leadership style assessments are different. Reseach object: the coach's competence, communication features, coach leadership style. Reseach aim: valuate Lithuanian sailing coaches leadership style of coaches and athletes and coaches in terms of competencies and communication peculiarities in terms of athletes. The tasks of the research: 1. Identify the different seniority of Lithuania sailing coaches leadership style of their own point of view. 2. Identify athletes approach to coaching leadership style. 3. Investigate the large and medium–master sailors (girls and boys) approach to coaching competencies, communication features. Conclucion: • The results showed that most of the coaches, in their view, led by democratically athletes. Two coaches a high degree of manifestation of democracy, seven – the average, in addition to the autocratic (3 coaches) and liberal (4 coaches) leadership style. The higher the coach seniority, the more manifested democratic – liberal leadership style (p=0.42). While competition coaches (less spent 10 years) often led democratic – autocratic leadership style (p=0.56). • Elite athletes coaches identified in Leadership autocratic behavior (p = 0.01) and moderate athletes most distinguished behavior training of coaches – coaching – instruction (p = 0.009), when the main focus is on the technical, tactical training, physical fitness improvement. Both groups mentioned in the second democratic behavior, but more occurring among middle–skill respondents (p = 0.04) further – a positive response (p = 0.06) and social support (p = 0.11). The evaluation results between different gender athletes, both men and women identified the training – instruction of trainers in leadership (p = 0.18). • Elite athletes in evaluating the behavior of coaches to conduct them in accordance with the component to the lower than the average athletes (p = 0.03); women – lower than men (p = 0.06). The emotional component coaches elite athletes by – lower than the average athletes (p = 0.28); women – lower than men (p = 0.28). Gnostic component showing the coach, the professional competence has been assessed under the extreme sports excellence group than the average performance athletes group (p = 0.04); women – lower than men (p = 0.04). It was found that the higher the skill group of athletes, the coach considered below. Girls, in particular, elite group of coaches was rated worse than boys (girls – below average guys – average).