Anshel, & Delany (2001) study the different kinds of stressors among junior athletes in field hockey. These stressors can be positive or negative. There are two types of stress coping mechanisms athletes use to manage these …show more content…
The amount of high level competitive interaction through training and competition can lead to overreaching loads from this negative stress. Negative stress can be an individual’s perceived inability to meet situational demands placed upon them. The cognitive affective model comes into play and is used to describe athlete burnout and the phases leading up to. Athletes lean towards burnout when there is a feeling of lower accomplishments, inefficacy, and negative feelings of oneself within their sport. There are also two types of passion that are used by athletes, Harmonious and Obsessive. In harmonious passion the athlete in more control of their surroundings and participation. They can choose to engage, or not, and when if desired. Obsessive passion is due to an internalized control of the sport by the athlete. This factor can consume an athlete and their identity becomes defined by the process and result within the …show more content…
It also correlates the two; athlete and coach, and how they each can experience burnout of their own. There are specific types of behaviors exemplified from coach and athlete during their relationships. The best model to share the collected data is the Chelladurai model of leadership. Two questions are asked: Do coaches who vary in level of burnout differ in the behaviors athletes perceive they exhibit, and are coaching behaviors related to athletes’ psychological responses to their sport experiences? Exhaustion from coaches can lead to lower level intensity training sessions, less feedback, and less positive responses to athletes. This can lead to burnout as the athletes’ perceived behavior to the environment created by the coach. Coaches can also use an autocratic style of coaching which takes decisions and choices out of the hands of athletes, and this can lead to burnout in athletes as well. This information is provided with the individual in mind rather than the team, and it shows the correlation between coach burnout and perceived coaching