Coach leadership

Chelladurai's multidimensional model, autocratic and democratic styles, and coaching behaviours.

The outline, topic by topic

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Multidimensional model: what is it?
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According to Chelladurai, performance and satisfaction are best when the coach's required, preferred and actual behaviours match.
There is no good style in the abstract.
Two minutes from the end, the coach decides the system of play alone. Which style, and is it suitable?
- Autocratic, suited to an urgent decision
- Democratic, unsuitable at the end of a match
- Laissez-faire, suited to urgency
- Autocratic, unsuitable because it excludes the players
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Autocratic, suited to an urgent decision
Style is judged by the situation.
Required behaviour: what is it?
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What the situation demands of the coach: rules, level, stakes.
A final does not demand the same as a taster session.
Why can the same coach succeed with one team and fail with another?
- The autocratic style always fails
- Athletes' preferred behaviours differ from team to team
- Only the coach's actual behaviour counts
- Athletes expect the same everywhere
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Athletes' preferred behaviours differ from team to team
What counts is the match, not style alone.
Preferred behaviour: what is it?
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What athletes expect from their coach.
It varies with age, level and personality.