The Importance of Coaches’ Autonomy Support in the Leisure Experience and Well-Being of Young Footballers

Drawing on the self-determination framework, the study examined the effect of coaches’ autonomy support on the leisure experience of young male football players. Specifically, a model was tested analyzing the long-term predictive power of the players’ perceptions of the coaches’ autonomy support at...

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Main Authors: Isabel Balaguer, Isabel Castillo, Ricardo Cuevas, Francisco Atienza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00840/full