Wegner's theory of ironic processes of mental control emphasizes how the implementation
of cognitive load-induced avoidant instructions can cause inefficient motor cognition in …

Research in the coaching effectiveness area has been conducted under the general
assumption that coaches exert a large influence not only on the performance and behavior …

Some of these categories are reactive in that they are responses to immediately preceding
player/team behaviors, such as desirable performances, mistakes, or misbehaviors. Other …

Organized youth sports afford a unique opportunity for promoting positive youth
development, but little is known about why these settings can be beneficial for youth. The …

This paper proposes a three-step method of evaluating high performance coaches involving
feedback from the athletes. First, data are collected using an instrument such as the …

Leadership research that examines follower characteristics as a potential moderator of
leadership effectiveness is lacking. Within Bass's (1985) transformational leadership …

This study provided initial validity evidence for multidimensional measures of coaching
competency derived from the Coaching Competency Scale (CCS). Data were collected from …

Este trabalho procura compreender o exercício da liderança no desporto de acordo com as
abordagens carismática e transformacional (Bass, 1985, 1998; Bass & Avoio, 1993; Conger …

The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the self-talk literature in sport
psychology, in particular with regard to the links between self-talk and performance …

Transformational coaching has been shown to increase the personal and social skills of
adolescent athletes. Nevertheless, the latter's dispositional characteristics, such us personal …