The Relationship between leadership style of soccer coaches and burnout and commitment of players and submission of model

The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between leadership styles of soccer coaches and commitment and burnout of players Statistical population included soccer players(N=340)that competed in super league and Azadegan league of Iran in competing session of 2004-2005. The players judged about leadership style of their coaches and rate of their own burnout and commitment.The research method was based on correlation. The samples completed four inventories that included: their own Personal characteristics, burnout and commitment and leadership style of coaches.Data analysis included descriptive statistic, the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Cronbach Alpha Coefficient were applied.The value of p<0.05 was considered as significant. The result showed that:*Half of soccer coach’s leadership style was relation-oriented; %31.5 was combination style and %18.5 task-oriented.* The Burnout of %40.5 of players was over mean. * The commitment of %98 of players was over mean.*There was significant correlation between leadership style of task-oriented and burnout.*There was significant correlation between combination leadership style of coaches and commitment and burnout of players.* There was a significant but negative correlation between burnout and commitment.