Although Lawn Bowls was strong in provinces like Ontario and British Columbria,
I doubt if the data for this survey came from Lawn Bowls. Of the 500 questionnaires distributed in September 1986 by S.P.O.R.T.S. ( Science periodical on research and technology in sports) in the study the stress and burnout in national coaches, only 144 returned supplied the data for analyzes.
Interesting facts like more than 25% of coaches would change jobs tomorrow and women coaches give more time to athletics than male coaches.
The Canadian coaching Association (CCA) FB link Then called The Coaching Association of Canada send out in September 1988 " Burnout in Coaching Part Two to members. The wrote " since only approximately 28 percent of the national coaches responded, care should be taken in generalizing these results to all coaches "
It was concluded that " the majority of coaches stress comes from coaching (44 % ) as opposed to other sources such as other employment or personal relationship ".
The degree of reported stress range from extreme levels ( 8%) through very stressed ( 38% ), quite ( 24%, to moderate stress ( 30%) " in the total respondents, of whom 83% were men.
" it was interesting to note that there was no relationship between the time of season and their answers on (their stress) questionnaire " wrote the publication.
" Of the coaches replying to the Survey " 42 % filled out the questionnaire during their preseason, 42% during mid season and 16 percent during a competitive phase "
" Surprisingly, the second major aggravation was the perception of problems with the athletes. Example of the respondents were " athlete's waste time ", " Moody athletes ", athletes not giving their best effort in practice ", and " the athlete's attitude ". These facts should allow us athletes to better appreciate our coaches as they attempt to do their jobs.
The report stated "the coping strategy most often used by coaches were of the stress management techniques ( self- talk) relaxation, physical workout and the use of Distraction ( T V., music, reading, going away) "
" The only statistically significant difference between males ( n=123) and females (n=19) were that females reported more hours of contact with their athletes " The report stated " they reported more hours at practice (19 vs 14 hrs) in competition environments (14 vs 7 hrs) and in travel- social environment (22 vs 10 hrs) ".
Interesting facts like more than 25% of coaches would change jobs tomorrow and women coaches give more time to athletics than male coaches.
The Canadian coaching Association (CCA) FB link Then called The Coaching Association of Canada send out in September 1988 " Burnout in Coaching Part Two to members. The wrote " since only approximately 28 percent of the national coaches responded, care should be taken in generalizing these results to all coaches "
It was concluded that " the majority of coaches stress comes from coaching (44 % ) as opposed to other sources such as other employment or personal relationship ".
 |
| Canadian Coaching Assoc. |
The degree of reported stress range from extreme levels ( 8%) through very stressed ( 38% ), quite ( 24%, to moderate stress ( 30%) " in the total respondents, of whom 83% were men.
" it was interesting to note that there was no relationship between the time of season and their answers on (their stress) questionnaire " wrote the publication." Of the coaches replying to the Survey " 42 % filled out the questionnaire during their preseason, 42% during mid season and 16 percent during a competitive phase "
" Surprisingly, the second major aggravation was the perception of problems with the athletes. Example of the respondents were " athlete's waste time ", " Moody athletes ", athletes not giving their best effort in practice ", and " the athlete's attitude ". These facts should allow us athletes to better appreciate our coaches as they attempt to do their jobs.
The report stated "the coping strategy most often used by coaches were of the stress management techniques ( self- talk) relaxation, physical workout and the use of Distraction ( T V., music, reading, going away) "
" The only statistically significant difference between males ( n=123) and females (n=19) were that females reported more hours of contact with their athletes " The report stated " they reported more hours at practice (19 vs 14 hrs) in competition environments (14 vs 7 hrs) and in travel- social environment (22 vs 10 hrs) ".
"Demographic data was also interesting in that the province of Ontario were 36% of the respondent, British Columbia at 21%, Quebec's 13%, Alberta 10% and the remaining provinces were less than 10 percent each .
" Most coaches primary (57 %) reported having a BA or BS degree or higher education ( 68%) with 57% of the degrees coming from either a physical education or coaching program "
A chart of the various symptoms of burnout listed physical symptoms such as headaches, insomnia and chronic fatigue as well as showing changes from burnout in behavior, live style and the coach's reaction to the job.
How serious Burnout in coaches is (was) can be seen in the 1986 questionnaire question of :
" In the last year have you seriously considered "
" Changing coaching job? " ................. yes 20%
" Moving into administration? " .......... yes 13%
" Taking a year off? " .......................... yes 25%
" Quitting coaching? ".......................... yes 29%.
" comparison with the part-time coaches indicated that full-time coaches, ( 65%) were younger, possess more formal education , reported more contact hours, and rated their stress higher. " however surprising was that full-time coaches " were five times more likely to consider changing coaching jobs " and " or three tests are likely to desire come moved into administrative position "
The data showed that " 92 percent of respondents were English " and " the maturity of coaches were between 33 to is 39 years " which was (38%)
" 51 percent of the respondents coach both male and female and 86 percent were head coaches " while " full-time, paid coaches accounted for 65%. "
Personally myself, aware of the coaching structure in Quebec and having viewed provincial organizations in the maritime, and not surprised at these percentages. In Lawn Bowls throughout Canada Ontario and Quebec are very strong membership, and result in producing athletes to the national level.
this study also made recommendations for the National Sports Organization which today 30 years later would be interesting to see the progress and development.
a follow-up study on such recommendations as " national sport organization should investigate how to improve the daily lives of their coaches " or " for those coaches reporting .... burnout... explore possibilities such as time of the job " would be interesting.
although all these statistics and figures are boring to some people one interesting point here or there, may justify this blog.
Part 3 of this blog will list the reported recommendations which the survey suggest for clubs and organizations to avoiding burnout in their coaches.
" Most coaches primary (57 %) reported having a BA or BS degree or higher education ( 68%) with 57% of the degrees coming from either a physical education or coaching program "
A chart of the various symptoms of burnout listed physical symptoms such as headaches, insomnia and chronic fatigue as well as showing changes from burnout in behavior, live style and the coach's reaction to the job.
How serious Burnout in coaches is (was) can be seen in the 1986 questionnaire question of :
" In the last year have you seriously considered "
" Changing coaching job? " ................. yes 20%
" Moving into administration? " .......... yes 13%
" Taking a year off? " .......................... yes 25%
" Quitting coaching? ".......................... yes 29%.
" comparison with the part-time coaches indicated that full-time coaches, ( 65%) were younger, possess more formal education , reported more contact hours, and rated their stress higher. " however surprising was that full-time coaches " were five times more likely to consider changing coaching jobs " and " or three tests are likely to desire come moved into administrative position "
The data showed that " 92 percent of respondents were English " and " the maturity of coaches were between 33 to is 39 years " which was (38%)
" 51 percent of the respondents coach both male and female and 86 percent were head coaches " while " full-time, paid coaches accounted for 65%. "
Personally myself, aware of the coaching structure in Quebec and having viewed provincial organizations in the maritime, and not surprised at these percentages. In Lawn Bowls throughout Canada Ontario and Quebec are very strong membership, and result in producing athletes to the national level.
this study also made recommendations for the National Sports Organization which today 30 years later would be interesting to see the progress and development.
a follow-up study on such recommendations as " national sport organization should investigate how to improve the daily lives of their coaches " or " for those coaches reporting .... burnout... explore possibilities such as time of the job " would be interesting.
although all these statistics and figures are boring to some people one interesting point here or there, may justify this blog.
Part 3 of this blog will list the reported recommendations which the survey suggest for clubs and organizations to avoiding burnout in their coaches.
No comments:
Post a Comment