Abstract des Autors

The purpose of this study was to extend the knowledge base regarding gender differences in coaching behavior when controlled for years experience coaching, past athletic participation, and age. Trained observers recorded overt coaching behaviors of 29 male and 29 female high school soccer coaches during competition using the Coaching Behavior Assessment System (CBAS). Demographics showed the male coaches in the study to be older and to havemore coaching experience but less past experience participating as athletes than did the females. When results were adjusted for these differences, the male coaches were found to engage significantly more frequently in Keeping Control and General Technical Instruction and significantly less frequently in General Encouragement than the female coaches. Further research is suggested relative to possible differences by gender in how athletes respond to various coaching behaviors. Verf.-Referat