Abstract: This study examined how managers and coaches managed communication with athletes in team and individual sports. Also, discover ways to develop communication styles and communication timing between coaches and athletes. Communication is a critical element in the relationship between coaches and athletes in team and individual sports, and between managers, referees, scorers, and other officials, who involves indirect measures of Development Communication Management (DCM). The researcher surveyed 200 athletes and 14 coaches in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Data were collected using two questionnaires designed by the researcher, one for coaches and one for athletes -¬that employed a 5.0 Likert scale. The researcher used (MANOVA) models to test for significant differences between coaches and athletes, between genders, team, and individual sports. The significance level was set at p^.05. There is a significant difference between team and individual athletes regarding who they communicate with most frequently (p-value < .001).
Keywords: Coaches, communication, management, sport event, NCAA - DI University.
Title: COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AMONG ATHLETE AND COACHES AT NATIONAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA) – DIVISION 1 UNIVERSITY
Author: Ezzeldin R. Aly
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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