Research Paper on:
Ensuring Success Through Coaching Techniques

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a climate of political correctness. Gender differences must be considered as well, and whether or not coaches can embrace teams of other genders, or allow "girls" into predominately male sports,  are some of todays unique challenges that coaches face. Yet, changes aside, coaching relies on some dominant principles which remain timeless. For example, leadership style is important and coaches  must choose correctly to develop strong teams. Team building methods are critical to success and what most coaches want to develop are athletically and psychologically resilient teams. Competition is also  the crux of the coaching goal. Turman (2001) looks at five different coaching styles. In examining the autocratic, democratic, social support, positive feedback, and training and instruction approaches, different  styles of leadership are examined. When looking at the impact of the athletic experience level, the results of one study indicated that only athletes perceptions of their coaches social  support styles seem to be affected by athletes experience level across time (2001). Further, it is important to point out that athletes perceptions of their coaches autocratic leadership styles for  successful and unsuccessful teams had been significantly different at the end of a sports season (2001). Many athletes resent the stern style that gives them no room for participation. For  example, if an athlete misses a practice, he or she may be banned from the next competition. The athlete may resent the coach at first, but by the end of  the season realizes that such strict guidelines are important in the building of a strong team. Hence, leadership style may change over the course of a season. The study of  leadership has advanced a great deal since the introduction of the trait approach at the turn of the century and such methods do focus on situational characteristics that affect the