Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction. The success of coaching activity, as is well known, demonstrates the result of students' achievements (the place taken by the team in the relevant competitions, the number of trained athletes in national teams of different levels and qualitative indicators of the effectiveness of competitive activity of athletes). Particular attention should be paid to the study of the coach's personal requirements for the effectiveness of coaching activities, which prevents mental exhaustion of the specialist, regulates the understanding of the efforts made in relation to the result obtained, which is determined by the self-efficacy of the specialist. The level of confidence of the coach in the effectiveness of the educational and training process and in the management of the competitive activity of children's and youth basketball teams often determines their success. The aim of the study is to to determine the level of self-efficacy of basketball coaches and to substantiate its significance in the management of children's and youth teams. Material and methods: analysis and synthesis of data from scientific and methodological literature sources and informative data from the Internet, questionnaires based on the R. Schwartzler and M. Jerusalem Self-Efficacy Scale, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. A survey was conducted of 21 coaches of children's and youth teams that systematically participate in the championships of the All-Ukrainian Youth Basketball League (AUYBL), organised under the auspices of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine (FBU). Using the methodology for studying self-efficacy according to the ‘Self-efficacy Scale by R. Schwartz and M. Jerusalem’, the level of confidence (beliefs) of coaches regarding their potential ability to lead and organise training and competitive processes, which is a necessary component of effective management of children's and youth basketball teams, is determined. Conclusions. An important element of the effectiveness of implementation in professional activity is confidence in the possibility of solving the tasks in the pursuit of achieving the goal as a component of success and, as a result, a high level of self-efficacy. Based on a questionnaire on the five-level self-efficacy scale by R. Schwarzer and M. Jerusalem, the current state of the level of self-efficacy of management of 21 basketball coaches of children's and youth basketball teams of Ukraine, which systematically participate in the championships of the All-Ukrainian Youth Basketball League (AUYBL), is determined: 7 people - high level; 13 - above average; 1 person - low level.
Source: Sport Science and Human Health
Authors: Oksana Komotska, Ruslana Sushko
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405117401