The Effect of Personal Coaching on Elite Athletes: Based on Interviews with Elite Athletes

Coaching" has different meanings in sports and business.In a sports context, it is used as a broad concept that refers to all the coaches guiding players to achieve the desired results.The primary focus being guidance on techniques and tactics.In the business sector, coaching pertains to personal support aimed at achieving the client's goals and involves awareness, learning, and voluntary action through dialogue based on equal relationships.Given the effects of personal coaching, it could be assumed that it would have a positive effect on athletes.Since it is known that there are only a few recorded cases of practicing and studying personal coaching for athletes.Therefore, this study explored the effect of personal coaching on athletes.This study investigated the effects of personal coaching on 14 elite athletes (eight men, six women) .A semi-structured interview survey was conducted to examine the changes (competitive, psychological, and social) caused by the personal coaching.All recorded interview data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using a Modified Grounded Theory Approach.Fifty concepts were consequently extracted, and the process that led to competitive results was modeled through personal coaching awareness and verbalization, behavior change, psychological effects, and performance improvements.Secondary effects, such as human growth, self-coaching improvement, application to sports coaching, and career design advancement, were also confirmed.