| The purposes of this study were to determine basic background information about youth sports coaches and to determine what these coaches believe concerning training youth sports coaches. Sixty coaches from Southeast Texas participated in this study. The instrument used was the Youth Sports Coaching Survey (YSCS) that was developed for this study. The Reliability for the YSCS was determined to be .79. Youth sports coaches are mostly male (73.3%), 61% were married, average age was 35.4 years, and 38.3% had children. 83.1% are unpaid volunteers, 47.5% planned to become a coach but 69.0% of the coaches would very likely coach again. 79.7% are not coaching their own child. These coaches have at least a high school education, coach 11 hours per week and have sixteen players. Coaches believe youth sports coaches need training. 95% agreed that coaches would benefit from training. These data can be used to adapt training programs. |
