ABSTRACT
Coaching behaviours can be described as how coaches communicate and interact or not with their participants during training or competition. Literature in education and more recently in sports coaching has highlighted the importance of reflecting on practice. A coach’s words and actions strongly influence the athletes’ performance and development, in addition to their social and emotional well-being. Coaching behaviours need to change to adapt to the interchangeable and individual situations that occur. In a team setting it can be difficult to provide coaching behaviours that suit all the athletes in one team or group. Coaching behaviours are therefore directly affected by social situations that are influenced by coaches’ personal characteristics, the athletes’ personal characteristics and any contextual factors. Technological advancements have opened up the opportunity for a coach to record his or her own coaching using equipment such as a camera, tripod and microphone.
