The relationship between leadership styles and coaches power bases in the satisfaction of Kurdistan province volleyball league Players

The purpose of this research was to investigate relationship between leadership style and coaches power bases can affect players’ satisfaction in Kurdistan province volleyball league. 120 players in Kurdistan volleyball league was chosen and answered to the following questionnaire: Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS)¡ Power in Sport Questionnaire (PSQ)¡ Athlete’ Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ). Experts’ interpretations have been used to verify the initial set of data. Also¡ the internal stability of questionnaires has been demonstrated by utilizing Cronbach’s alpha (Questionnaire Leadership Scale α = 0/88¡ power bases α = 0/74 and satisfaction α = 0/87). Findings of this research revealed that Athlete’ satisfaction has a significant and meaningful relation with leadership style instruction and training(r=0/236)¡ social support style(r=0/421) and expert-based power(r=0/236). The results of regression analysis shown that among the styles of leadership and coaches power bases¡ only the Social Support style ( = 0/421 & P = 0/001) can predict the Athlete’ satisfaction. Speculating all aspects of this research¡ coaches are expected to increase their technical expertise and knowledge¡ and to consider the training styles as a vital parameter.