Coach Athlete Relationship In Youth Sports

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Introduction
The dynamics of the coach athlete relationship in youth sports are a very vital part of the sporting arena. This topic interests me because of my developing coaching career while dealing with the youth. The performance of the team does not solely relay on the coaches or athlete’s ability. There have been instances when interactions between the coach and player have not been optimum. Indiana Coach Bob Knight is universally known for several technical fouls and being ejected from the games on various occasions during his tenure. He is infamously known for his horrible temper and the harsh manner in which he dealt with the member of his team. While he was often seen as displaying lack of control and discipline when dealing with his players, he still is regarded as having a very successful career (Freidman, 2013).
For many years the wining averages were used to dictate the achievements on how the two interacted. It was believed that if a team has more wins than loses that the coach and athlete combination was superb. The win – loss record has been established as a longstanding instrument measuring the success of athletic players and coaches. However, this is not really a direct correlation to the coach’s effectiveness in a particular sport, being that there are many other factors in coaching a team other than game records. The coach’s job is to enhance to the athlete physically, socially, and psychologically, winning is only considered a by-product of that job (Gillham, Burton, & Gillham, 2013). Gillham, Burton, and Gillham (2013) focused on developing a Coaching Success Questionnaire-2 to allow a means of evaluating other aspects of a coach’s interaction with their athletes as both a research and coach devel...

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...e coach-athlete relationship for optimal athletic performance and how the coach influences that performance. However the facet of negative interactions must also be considered. A study that considered how emotionally abusive behavior is used in sports and the negative results it has on the coach and athlete relationship. In this study emotional abuse was defined as a pattern of non-contact deliberate behaviors by a person within a critical relationship role ending in a potential to be harmful to an individual’s emotional state. This emotionally behavior is manifested in two main forms, expressive and instrumental. Expressive origins of emotional abuse refer yelling demeaning comments at an athlete out of anger or frustration. Instrumental origins of emotional abuse refer to emotionally abusive behaviors that are used to achieve a desired end (Stirling, 2013).

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