Abstract
The current research investigated the relationship between psychological
skills and performance efficacy in team sports i.e. hockey players and
cricketers. It also explored the moderating role of coaching competence
between psychological skills and performance efficacy. It was a
correlational research with a cross-sectional research design employing
518 players (N=518, n=261 hockey players, and n=257 cricketers)
collected via purposive sampling. The assessment measures included
Psychological Skills Scale for Team Sports (Solomon, Malik & Kausar,
2019), Coaching Competency Scale (Moen & Federici, 2012), Youth
Sports Value Questionnaire-2 (Lee, Whitehead, & Ntoumanis, 2007), and
Collective Efficacy for Sports Questionnaire (Short, Sullivan, & Feltz,
2005). After data screening, assessment of parametric distribution and
accuracy of the sample; and determining the psychometric properties of
the research tools, the results revealed that there was a significant positive
relationship between psychological skills, coaching competence, and
performance efficacy both in hockey players and cricketers. For cricketers,
coaching competence significantly negatively moderated the relationship
between psycho-performance and performance efficacy, however,
coaching competence moderated perceived psychological support,
psycho-competitiveness, and performance efficacy. This research will work as empirical proof for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan
Hockey Federation (PHF) to conduct psychological skills training for
cricketers and hockey players for the enhancement of their performance
efficacy.
Vicar Solomon, PhD, Farah Malik, PhD. (2022) Psychological Skills and Performance Efficacy in Team Sports: Moderating Role of Coaching Competence, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, volume-32, issue 1.
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