The purpose of this study was to identify the preferred coaching styles of the Malaysian Sports School athletes based on gender, age group, and types of sports they had participated. This study utilised the athletes preferred version of the Leadership Scale for Sport questionnaire (LSS). The subjects were the population of two Malaysian Sport School athletes (N = 854; Bukit Jalil Sports School = 409, Bandar Penawar Sports School = 445). The findings demonstrated that Training and Instruction (M = 4:09, SD = 73) was the most preferred leadership style by the athletes, followed by Democratic (M = 3.87, SD = .75), Social Support (M = 3.74, SD = .75) and Positive Feedback (M = 3:59, SD = .82). Autocratic behavior was the least preferred coaching style (M = 2.35, SD = 96). T-test analysis showed that there were significant differences between autocratic leadership style t(852) = 4.63, p
The purpose of this study is to examine the team cohesion pattern between
male and female secondary school volleyball team from Larut Matang and
Selama districts. A total of 192 volleyball players (96 men and 96 women)
were selected as respondents. This study is a quantitative survey which
adopted the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ: Carron, Widmeyer, &
Brawley, 1985) which contains 18 items and four cohesion dimensions. It
was employed to identify the team cohesion pattern of the aforementioned
teams in the quarter and semi-final stage. The data obtained were analysed
using descriptive and independent sample t test. The results demonstrated
that the team with a higher team cohesion pattern won the quarter-finals and
the semi-finals as compared to losing teams. The findings further indicate
that there are significant differences in the winning team in the quarter-finals.
However, there was no significant difference in the men and women team
who lost or won in the semi-finals. This suggests that teams that do not
exhibit strong team cohesion amongst the team members, were found to lose
the matches played and demonstrated inconsistency in their performance.
The present study reveals that team integrity cohesion is a non-trivial element
in team sports and the coach should emphasise on team cohesion before,
during and after the match to form a better performing team in future
competitions.
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between goal orientation and aggressiveness among under 18 handball players in Negeri Sembilan. This study used survey method using Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionaire (TEOSQ) and The Judgement About Moral Behavior in Youth Sport Questionaire (JAMBYSQ). The respondents are the Under 18 handball players that represent eight districts in Negeri Sembilan (n = 192, 96 male and 96 females). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percent, frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t-test) and correlation. The findings showed that the orientation pattern of the female players were higher than the male players for both the task orientation and the ego. The results of the t-test showed that female handball players have higher levels of cognitive and somatic anxiety than male players. However, from the aspect of aggression, the findings showed that female players are more likely to show aggressive action compared to male. In conclusion, the findings showed that there was a significant relationship between goal orientation and aggression among under 18 handball players. Indirectly, this study stressed the importance of goal orientation. Coaches also need to put more focus on the task-orientation compared to ego-orientation.