Coach-athlete relationship among individual game female athletes

The present study was designed to assess the coach-athlete relationship among individual game female athletes. Three hundred female athletes (N=300) who had participated in inter-college competitions were selected as subjects through random sampling technique. They consist of one hundred (n=100) wrestling, one hundred (n=100) boxing, one hundred (n=100) judo female athletes. The age of subjects was ranged between 17 to 28 years. Coach-athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q, 2004) developed by Jowett and Ntoumanis was used to collect the required data. One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to see the significant differences among individual game (wrestling, boxing and judo) female athletes with regard to coach-athlete relationship. Where ‘F’ value found significant, Least Significant Difference (LSD) Post-hoc test was employed to find out the direction and degree of differences. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The result showed significant differences among individual game female athletes on the sub-variables; closeness and the variable coach-athlete relationship (total). However, no significant differences were found among individual game female athletes on the sub-variables; commitment and complementarity.