Teaching Styles and Motivation in Learning Breast Stroke in Swimming

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out the difference between teaching styles and motivation toward breast stroke skill in swimming.The sample of this research consists of 32 students who major in Physical Education Health and Recreation, State University of Padang. An experimental study with 2 X 2 factorial was designed. The data were analyzed by using ANOVA (analysis of variance) and continued with Tukey Test. The results of the research showed that (1) In general, experimental group with inclusion style has higher result than those with training style. (2) There is an interaction in the treatment between teaching style and motivation toward breast stroke skill in swimming. (3) The students who have high motivation and got treatment with inclusion style have higher result than those of high motivation in training style. (4) There is no significance difference of breast stroke skill in swim between training style and inclusion style of students who have low motivation.

The Relationship Between the Teaching Style of Swimming Coaches and Their Athletes’ Motivation for Sport

“…more controlling teaching methods (command; practise; reciprocal; self-check; inclusion), more frequently motivated their athletes more externally. Moreover, similar results in slightly different contexts were obtained earlier (Amorose & Anderson-Butcher, 2015;Hanif & Mardesia, 2014).…”

“…Nevertheless, relationships between coach and athlete are one of major factors that can determine athlete's motivation for sports among various external factors having effect on an athlete throughout one's career in sports (Cuevas, García-López, & Serra-Olivares, 2016;Mageau & Vallerand, 2003;Reynders et al, 2019). Performance methods, style being applied by a coach may have both positive and negative influence on an athlete; therefore, it is important to understand what effect on athlete's motivation is made by coach's behaviour, personality and teaching style (Delrue, Soenens, Morbée, Vansteenkiste, & Haerens, 2019;Hanif & Mardesia, 2014).…”

“…Even though the correlation between coach's teaching style and athletes' motivation has been indirectly investigated in several research works (Hanif & Mardesia, 2014;Jõesaar et al, 2012;Karjane & Hein, 2015;Reynders et al, 2019), there is no unified answer to that issue. On the other hand, swimming is a very specific branch of sport where democratic methods of training may not always be effective.…”