The Stress of Coaching

McCafferty, William B.; Gliner, Jeffery A.; Horvath, Steven M.

doi:10.1080/00913847.1978.11710680

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“…In addition, it has been found that coaches' HR responds to specific features of competition such as type and importance of contest. 14,15 Together these studies provide consistent evidence that coach's experience average HR during games/competitions is greater and certain aspects of a competition may accelerate the HR response from baseline game HR.…”

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“…12 Psychophysiological stress is defined as increased psychological and physiological arousal caused by a reaction to perceived threats and demands, and HR has been used to measure this because it is a tightly controlled index of arousal. 13 McCafferty et al 14 examined the HR response of coaches working in various sports, such as swimming, water polo and volleyball, and identified an increase in HR in response to competition. In addition, it has been found that coaches' HR responds to specific features of competition such as type and importance of contest.…”

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“…13 McCafferty et al. 14 examined the HR response of coaches working in various sports, such as swimming, water polo and volleyball, and identified an increase in HR in response to competition. In addition, it has been found that coaches’ HR responds to specific features of competition such as type and importance of contest.…”

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Bench behaviour of ice hockey coaches: Psychophysiological and verbal responses to critical game incidents

Kennedy

Knight

2017

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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The purpose of this study was to examine coaches' psychophysiological and verbal responses to different game situations. The in-game heart rate and verbal responses of three elite ice hockey coaches to four critical game incidents (Goals For/Against; Penalties Taken/Drawn) over four university women's games were assessed. Verbal comments were categorised using the Coach Behaviour Assessment System, and then comments and heart rate were sequenced to critical incidents recorded on video review. Overall, in-game heart rate was greater than rest and coaches were rarely silent. General encouragement and general commentary were the most common verbal comments. Two hundred and eight critical incident comments were recorded (Goals For/Against 34.6 %; Penalties Taken/Drawn 65.4%) associated with a 10 bpm greater heart rate. Most common verbal responses to critical incidents were general commentary, silence and organisation. The type of comment was affected by the type of critical incident. In 78% of critical incidents, the type of comment made before incidents differed to type of comment after the incident, coaches rarely talked at the same time and silence was common. These novel findings are limited to ice hockey coaches given the small sample size. However, these results should encourage more research into the psychophysiological and verbal responses of coaches in other team sports real game situations to better understand in game coaching behaviour.

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Bench behaviour of ice hockey coaches: Psychophysiological and verbal responses to critical game incidents

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2017

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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“…In addition to the many stressors that coaches may face during competitions, stressors are triggered from other demands as well [12]. For example, a study in which high school principals identified the origin of pressures on their coaches found that significant sources of perceived pressure were derived from attempting to meet external standards of excellence; dealing with boosters, fans, parents; coaching high visibility teams; and the internal pressure that coaches place upon themselves [7].…”

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Understanding the Occupational Stress of Collegiate Track and Field Coaches during the Championship Season

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Kirkpatrick

Bolin

et al. 2015

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of occupational stress for NCAA Division I and Division III track and field coaches during the championship season. The Administrative Stress Index (ASI) measured the perceived occupational stressors, and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ): Part 2 assessed perceived social support. A total of 67 male and female (44.51 + 10.92 yrs.) experienced (14.75 + 10.00 yrs.) coaches participated. Results indicated that a weak to moderate significant correlation exists between the three subscales of the ASI. A significant negative correlation was found between the PRQ and task-based stress (r = −.244, p < .05). When all three predictors and the interaction of years of experience were entered into the model, the social support (β = −0.259 p = .04) and NCAA Division (β = −0.243 p = .052) were significant predictors of task-based stress. As social support increased, task-based stress decreased.

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Development of the Coaching Issues Survey (CIS)

Kelley

Baghurst²

2009

The Sport Psychologist

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The Coaching Issues Survey (CIS) was developed to measure sport/coaching-specific issues that may produce stress within the coaching role and situation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure with a sample of collegiate basketball coaches. The four separate, but related subscales of Win-Loss, Time-Role, Program-Success, and Athlete-Concerns demonstrated high internal consistency and good stability over time. The CIS was sensitive to gender differences and paralleled differences noted with stress and burnout measures. The CIS was quite predictive of stress appraisal and slightly predictive of burnout, providing evidence for construct validity as a personal/situational variable within the current theoretical conceptualizations of the stress and burnout process. The initial reliability and validity evidence suggests that the CIS can be a valuable measure of potentially problematic issues for coaches, facilitating the investigation of stress and burnout in coaching.

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The Stress of Coaching

Abstract: Like many other professions, coaching precipitates psychophysiological stress. Moreover, the authors found that there may be considerable stress on the coach of any sport, not just the major ones.

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Bench behaviour of ice hockey coaches: Psychophysiological and verbal responses to critical game incidents

Bench behaviour of ice hockey coaches: Psychophysiological and verbal responses to critical game incidents

Understanding the Occupational Stress of Collegiate Track and Field Coaches during the Championship Season

Development of the Coaching Issues Survey (CIS)

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