“…Other research has found coach autonomy support to be associated with personal and social skills, cognitive skills, goal setting, and initiative (Cronin & Allen, 2015). Research conducted on adolescent soccer players found that team success had no correlation with the overall developmental experience; however, coach transformational leadership behavior and the coach-athlete relationship appeared to be the best predictors of athletes' positive developmental experiences such as goal setting, initiative, and personal and social skills (Vella, Oades, & Crowe, 2013).…”