This research was carried out with the aim of analyzing the relationship between the cognitive flexibility levels of the amateur footballers who are actively playing football between 2018 and 2019 and registered to the club, and the behaviors of the coach. Within the scope of the study, footballers between the ages of 17-34 were employed. The research along with various demographic questions also included 20-item scale developed by Dennis and Vander Wal (2010) for the measurement of “Cognitive Flexibility” and “Coaching Behavior Scale for Sport” (CBS-S) developed by Côté, et al. (1999) for the measurement of the behaviors of the coach. SPSS v24.00 statistical package program was used for research analysis. Descriptive statistics are given with arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and frequency. Normality tests were carried by means of Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests. Non-parametric tests were used in the analysis since normal distribution was not observed. Variance analysis test (ANOVA) was used to compare the values of the athletes with respect to demographic variables, and Tukey test method was used for multiple comparisons. Correlation analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between cognitive flexibility and coach behavior. Significance level was taken as (p <0.05) for parametric and non-parametric test. According to the findings of the study, it was found that the sub-dimensions of technical behaviors and negative sub-dimensions of coach behaviors differed according to the education level, and there was a significant relationship between the duration of licensed football players and sub-dimensions of coach behaviors. It was seen that cognitive flexibility did not differ according to educational background but it varied according to monthly income. There was a significant difference in the size of goal setting according to monthly income. As a result, it was found that there was no significant relationship between coach behaviors and cognitive flexibility.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | January 2, 2020 |
Submission Date | July 31, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | November 9, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 25 Issue: 1 |
Gazi Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences is a scientific and peer-reviewed journal published quarterly.