Comportamento de comunicação dos treinadores de futebol: a influência do contexto, da experiência e formação do treinador e das características dos jogadores

Abstract

Coaches need to take over a great responsibility in teaching-learning process, as communication behavior can facilitate or hinder the development of soccer players. However, coaches’ communication can suffer influence of several factors, therefore it is necessary to adapt their behavior to the demands of each context. Thus, the aim of this dissertation was to analyze soccer coaches’ communication and behaviors’ intervening factors. Systematic review was conducted and the databases used to search the studies were: Pubmed, Scopus, Cochrane, Lilacs, Cinahl, Pedro, SportDiscus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scielo and Eric. 1338 publications were selected, but only 28 met the established criteria and were included in the review. Most studies had excellent methodological quality, scoring above 80% according to the modified version of the Downs & Black scale. The results were divided into six topics to facilitate the identification of the intervening factors, namely: training (n=6), competition (n=7), training vs competition vs pre game talk (n=2), player’s characteristics (n=6), coaches’ characteristics (n=5) and combination of intervening factors (n=2). Studies indicated that coaches’ communication behavior has been influenced mainly by the context and the coach's characteristics. Furthermore, authors highlighted the gap between theory and practice, pointing that the practice of soccer coaches is still strongly based on tradition