Athlete’s perceptions of Basic Need Fulfilment; the role of the coach and the effects and consequences

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Whitby, Francesca
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2013Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The main aim of this study is to establish female basketball athlete’s perception of
Basic Need fulfilment, the role of the coach and the effects and consequences this
has on performance. The rationale of the study was too effectively accumulate
themes within the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale and to then relate
to the findings in order to a greater understanding of how coaches’ influence
needs, the effects on a day-to-day basis and how they are detrimental to
performance in a competitive and training situation.
A method developed from Ng et al, (2010) an approach allowing research to
assess participant’s perceptions of competence, autonomy and relatedness, the
Basic Needs Satisfaction in Sport Scale (BNSSS). Semi structured interviews
were conducted in order to gather qualitative information; this method allows the
research to gain an in depth understanding of the participants’ personal constructs
and experiences during participation.
The findings established similarities and differences within responses given from
the interviews, however all participants gave in depth knowledge to the three
tenets for Basic Needs, and accumulate appropriate themes within competence,
autonomy and relatedness explaining effects and consequences.
The importance of the coach-athlete relationship has shown substantial resources
in order to maximise coaching performance and athletic performance. Notably all
participants made statements that referred to their current coach-athlete
relationship to being highly positive and effective towards performance. The
experiences of the athletes with their current coach were markedly similar with
regard to their perceptions of coaching style and qualities specific to the coaching
role regarding competence and support. Competence, autonomy and relatedness
have a meaningful role on the effects of athletes, more importantly the
identification of characteristics the coach adopts influences the coach-athlete
relationship and the consequence on effecting / improving athletes physical and
mental performance.
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