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The Coach Expectancy Cycle And The Impact Of A Coaching Education Intervention In Youth Soccer, Erica Ann Pasquini
The Coach Expectancy Cycle And The Impact Of A Coaching Education Intervention In Youth Soccer, Erica Ann Pasquini
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The coach expectancy cycle is a four-stage model that explains coaches’ feedback behaviors (Horn, Lox, and Labrador, 1998). In the first stage coaches make judgments based off of previous sport experience and knowledge. In the second stage, these judgments influence coaches’ behaviors. Solomon (2008, 2012) has shown that coaches provide more instruction, praise, and corrective instruction to athletes they perceive to be higher expectancy. In the third stage, the unequal behaviors coaches exhibit affect athlete performance and satisfaction in sport. Research has shown that athletes perceptions of poor coaching behavior positively correlates with drop out (Gearity & Murray, 2011; Hollembeak …