Here you will find a collection of resources that have been developed through past and ongoing research in the lab and are available for use by other researchers.
Observational Coding Systems
The CAICS provides an exhaustive categorization of coach and athlete behaviour. Coach behaviour is coded across 12 categories which were adapted from the Coaching Behavior Assessment System (CBAS; Smith et al., 1977). Athlete behaviour is coded across six categories which were derived from observational systems used in physical education classes and exploratory interviews with youth coaches. Collectively, the CAICS is design to continuously code both coach and athlete behaviour in sport training sessions.
The Para-CAICS is adaptation of the CAICS that has been designed to capture the unique elements of coach and athlete behaviour in disability sport settings.
Para-CAICS Coding Manual [PDF, 172KB]
The ABCS is a coding system that is specifically focused on coding athletes' behaviour in organized sport. This coding system expanded upon the athlete behaviour categories from the CAICS to more accurately capture the unique elements of athlete behaviour in training and competition.
The ACT is a coding system that moves beyond the content, or "what" of coaching behaviour to examine the motivational tone of coaching behaviours--in other words, "how" behaviour is delivered. The ACT is deeply rooted in both Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory, and provides a parsimonious framework to code both what coaches say, and how they say it.
Similar to the ACT, the ACE examines both the whatand how of coaching behaviour. However, the ACE is unique in that it assesses the emotional tone associated with coaches' behaviour.
Questionnaires
The CBS-S is a 47-item questionnaire which measures athletes' perceptions of seven dimensions of coaching behaviour: physical training and planning, technical skills, mental preparation, goal setting, competition strategies, personal rapport, and negative personal rapport.
The YES-S is a 37-item questionnaire designed to assess youth's developmental experiences in sport. It emerged as a revised version of the Youth Experience Survey 2.0 (Hansen & Larson, 2005) due to its improved psychometric properties in a sport context.
The 4 Cs toolkit is a measurement framework made up of sport-specific measures of the 4 Cs of positive youth development: competence, confidence, connection, and character. Rather than constructing a new measure, this toolkit integrates existing questionnaires and measurement approaches that collectively measure each of the 4 Cs in sport.
The CSCQ is a 16-item questionnaire designed to assess the levels of cohesion within a youth sport team.
The TCQ is a 14-item questionnaire that is designed to measure team conflict amongst sport teams.
Interview Protocols
This structured interview protocol is designed to systematically trace and quantify athletes' participation in a wide range of sport activities throughout development.
Retrospective interview - athlete protocol [PDF, 426KB]