Research of football coach’s professionally important qualities in football player’s perception

Abstract

Problem Statement. Professionally important qualities of a sports coach are one of the factors and a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the athlete's competitive activity. The research problem of the influence of personal qualities on the professional effectiveness of players and coaches in sports in general, and in football in particular, remains relevant. The purpose of the research is to determine the characteristics and qualities of the trainer that are effective for the coaching activities. Materials and Methods: an expert survey was conducted among leading football coaches and football players of various training levels. Participants: 22 football coaches and 119 football players of Ukrainian leading clubs and National team. SPSS software was used to mathematicay processing of the results. Results: In the process of analysis, the structural components that characterize the professionally important qualities of a football coach were identified: individual-psychological qualities and characteristics; behavior and interaction; social status and education; look; special knowledge and skills. In turn, each of the selected structural components of the coach’s image is divided into meaningful characteristics, which is a model of professionally important qualities of a football coach as a whole. Each of the selected structural components of the image is determined in turn by the personal qualities and characteristics of the coach's personality, which have been recognized as important for the effective coaching and competitive activity of the team. Conclusions: The composition of individual-psychological characteristics include the following components: motivational; behavioral; cognitive; the atential; moral; emotional; psychomotor; stress resistance. The revealed results suggested that purposeful correction of personal qualities that determine the professional image can positively affect the process of coach’s professional improvement.