Effects of Supportive Coaching Style on Technical Skill and Mental Preparation of National Badminton Players

Abstract

The researchers made an effort to determine the effects of a supportive coaching style on the technical skills and mental preparation of national badminton players (40 males and 20 females, aged 18 to 30 years) from Punjab, Pakistan. The research design is a quantitative, cross-sectional survey with a non-probability sampling strategy that draws a sample from the population using the Rao Soft formula. Researchers used an adopted tool for data collection of the independent variable "Autonomy-Supportive Coaching Style Scale by Williams and Deci (1991) with 14 questions to examine badminton players' opinions of autonomy-supportive coaching styles demonstrated by their primary sport's coach. For data collection of the dependent variable "technical skill and mental preparation," participants indicated each item using a 5-point Likert scale. Cronbach's alpha equals 0.901. We used the appropriate statistical methods to test the hypotheses, such as mean, SD, regression, ANOVA, and correlation analysis, using SPSS 17. National badminton players appreciate supportive instruction in terms of technical ability and mental preparedness. Coaches should be aware of the acquisition and exchange of knowledge among badminton players.