Athletes’ evaluations of their head coach’s coaching competency

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-121

  Myers, Nicholas D ^a   Feltz, Deborah L ^b   Maier, Kimberly S ^b   Wolfe, Edward W ^b   Reckase, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching behavior; Collegiate; Hockey; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCCER; SPORTS;

EID: 33645759707     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599337     Document Type: Article

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