O perfil de liderança de treinadores de natação brasileiros de categorias de base

Abstract

This study aims to valuate the perception of Brazilian Federated swimming coaches and verify the existence of a possible preference of these professionals for a particular leadership style of decision and interaction with their athletes. The sample consisted of 66 coaches with an average age of 37.86 (±10.13) years and average professional practice of 12.27 (±11.02) years participating in Winter Tournaments organized by the CBDA. The self-perception version of the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport (ELRE) was used in the study. For the Statistical analysis, the Friedman test and post hoc Dunn were adopted with a significance level of p < 0.05. The results showed that, as for the style of decision, there was no significant difference between autocratic and democratic (p=0.857) behaviors. As for styles of interaction, there are significant differences between the mean rank of the dimensions instruction-training and social support (p=0.032); positive reinforcement and social support (p=0.037); and situational consideration and social support (p=0.042) and that there is a significant difference between the dimensions: positive reinforcement and situational consideration (p=0.045). It can be concluded that the coaches’ style of decision could not be clearly delineated and that the style of interaction is directed towards actions that involve improving the performance of swimmers and encouraging the achievement of established goals.