INVESTIGATION OF THE COACHING SELF-EFFICACY LEVELS OF COACH CANDIDATES

The aim of this study is to investigate the professional self-efficacy of coach candidates who are studying at university according to various variables. Study group of the research; it consists of 120 coach candidates (36 Female, 84 Male) who studying in Hitit University, Faculty of Sport Sciences Coaching Education Department in 2018-2019 academic year. Data of the research were collected by personal information form and Coaching Efficacy Scale (II) adapted to Turkish by Unutmaz and Gen？er (2017). SPSS 22 program was used in the analysis of the obtained data. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to determine whether the data showed normal distribution and the level of significance was accepted as p<0.05. Independent sample T Test was applied according to gender, sport branch classification and national team player career status. One-way ANOVA test was used for the analysis of age, duration of sports experience variables and LSD test was used to determine the significant difference. As a result of the research, gender, the type of sports branch that is coached, past sportsmanship experience and being a athletes in national teams have been determined to have a positive effect on the coach candidate’ self-efficacy level