title: Variables affecting athletes' retention of coaches' feedback.
abstract: Athletes' retention of information conveyed in coaches' feedback during training was examined, considering the nature of the information transmitted by each coach (extensions, total number of ideas transmitted, and total number of repeated ideas), athletes' characteristics, (ages, genders, school levels, and practice levels), and athletes' perceptions (relevance and acceptance of coaches' information, task motivational levels, and athletes' attention levels). Participants were 193 athletes (79 boys, 114 girls; 9 to 13 years of age) and 6 coaches. Feedback was both audio and video recorded and all athletes were interviewed. All coaches' feedback and athletes' recollections were subjected to content analysis. Information was completely retained in 31.60% of feedback episodes. Athletes' mean per-episode information retention was 63.0%. Three variables appeared to b e predictiveathletes' retention: athletes' practice levels (p = -.25), attention to coaches' provision of feedback (P = .17), and the number of different ideas transmitted by each coach (P = -.90).
authors.forename: Nuno M S
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Januário
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Rosado
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mesquita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D030141:Feedback, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D013177:Sports / Q000193:education