Perfil de liderança dos treinadores preferido pelos atletas de voleibol universitário

Abstract

This study goals to investigate the leadership profile of coaches preferred by college volleyball athletes. 99 athletes enrolled in higher education universities and belonging to their respective “athletics” participated in the study. Data were collected from volleyball athletes of both sexes aged between 18 and 35 years. The sample was for convenience and participants were invited through a link to Google Forms. Initially, a questionnaire aimed at sociodemographic and sports information was applied. To analyze the coaches' leadership profile preferred by college volleyball athletes, the Sport Leadership Scale (ELD) questionnaire was used, an Ideal or Desired profile version of the coach's leadership behavior. The Sport Leadership Scale consists of three subscales. In the present study, the scale referring to the athletes' preference for leadership was used, which has 40 items, which represent five dimensions of the coach/leader's behavior, namely: Training-Instruction, Social Support, Reinforcement, Democratic and Autocratic behavior. The translated and validated version was used. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. As a result of the study, it was possible to observe that the leadership profile of coaches preferred by college volleyball athletes is the Reinforcement dimensions (Mean = 3.35 ± Standard deviation = 0.49), followed by the Training-Instruction dimension (p = 3.27 ± 0.44) and the Autocratic dimension, the least preferred by college volleyball athletes. This study can help volleyball coaches on actions directed at team athletes, in order to serve as a reference for future decision-making in the sport, with the intention of increasing and improving team performance, in addition to improving the relationship between coach- athlete.