Differences among Croatian coaches’ workload in different sports according to specific professional activities

PURPOSE: Sport coaching as a profession today is getting more and more attention in scientific and professional community. The aim of this paper is to reveal differences among coaches in the selected sports and professional activities. Coaching process is highly practical but yet complex job and it is necessary to define and meet all aspects of coaching. This is exactly why most authors point out education as the key indicator of successful coaching. METHODS: A total sample of 351 sport coaches from different sports in the City of Zagreb filled in the questionnaire regarding general information on their status and on their workload in the defined 16 professional activities. One way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test were used to test the set hypothesis. RESULTS: Results of one way ANOVA showed that there was no statistically significant (p=0.09) difference in coaches’ workload between different sports but, there was the statistically significant difference (p=0.00) between coaches in different sports according to the workload imposed by different professional activities. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding of sports coaches’ workload can clarify many aspects of this profession. In Croatian sport there are many challenges that can be solved with carefully conducted investigations of coaches’ work.