Trenerio vaidmuo skatinant tėvų ir paauglių sąveiką sportinėje veikloje: tėvų patirtys

ENParticipation of family members in youth sports has a great effect on young athlete’s development and continuation of sports activities. In this background coaches have ample opportunities to influence parent–child relations and positive development of these relations. The coach can unite parents and children through sport, encourage their collaboration, act as a moderator, mediator, and counsellor. The article analyses the influence of the coach on parent–child interaction in sports activities, as well as prerequisites for the effectiveness of such influence. The aim of the article is to reveal youth sport parent experiences in relation of coach’s role in encouraging parent–child interaction in sport activities. Objectives of the qualitative research: 1) analyse the factors of coaches’ role in encouraging parent–child interaction in sport activities; 2) disclose parent experiences related to the coach’s role in supporting the interaction between parent and the child. Research methods: Qualitative study: Interpretative phenomenological analysis. Based on interpretative phenomenological analysis, the experiences of youth sport parents revealed qualitative research metatheme: role of the coach in encouraging parent–child educational interaction in youth sport and the main three topics has emerged: coach as a sports educator; coach as a sports psychologist; coach as a sports professional specialist. Phenomenological analysis revealed the importance of the coaches’ – as a sport educators – sport psychologists – sport professional specialist’s role in encouraging parent–child interaction in youth sport.In order to create a positive motivational environment for young athletes there is a need of a positive training and education strategy used by the coach, the coach’s ability to create parental interest in the child’s sport, to build and maintain positive relationships between sport participants, solve ethical and social problems arising in the sporting environment. The effectiveness of the coach’s influence on parent–child interaction in the sporting environment largely depends on the coach’s basic professional skills and intrapersonal competencies acquired in higher sport education institutions, through growing work experience and various professional development programmes. [From the publication]

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