The Relationships between Coaching Efficacy, Experience, and Behaviors among Scholastic Coaches in Botswana.

This study examined the relationships between coaching efficacy, experience, and perceived coaching behaviors among Botswana scholastic coaches. It was anticipated that coaching efficacy would significantly predict coaching behaviors after statistically controlling for previous coaching experience. A sample of 118 coaches (104 male, 14 female) completed the Coaching Efficacy Scale (Feltz, Chase, Moritz, & Sullivan, 1999) and the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport (Zhang, Jensen, & Mann, 1997). Previous coaching experience was a significant negative predictor of autocratic coaching behaviors, whereas general coaching efficacy was a significant predictor of training and instruction, positive feedback, social support, situational consideration, and democratic behaviors after controlling for previous experience. These results were comparable to previous North American studies, offering further information relative to the construct of coaching efficacy in a non-North American population. However, notable differences in relationships of coaching efficacy, experience, and perceived coaching behaviors may be attributable to contextual differences in culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]