ENHANCING PLAYER PERFORMANCE THROUGH LADDER TRAINING: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF COACHING BEHAVIOR

Abstract

The ladder training has emerged as a decisive component in enhancing the players’ performance, mainly in sports requiring agility, coordination and speed. This study surveys the role of ladder training in improving players’ performance, with mediating effect of coaching behavior. Thus, given the growing competitiveness in sports, understanding these relationships can offer valued insights in adjusting training practices. The quantitative survey was conducted among the football players in higher education institutions. The data was collected over structured questionnaires using the 5-point Likert scale for measuring ladder training effectiveness, coaching behavior, and performance outcomes. The study used different statistical procedures to analyze the direct and indirect relationships among these variables. The results show that ladder training significantly boosts players' performance and coaching behavior mediates relationship, as active coaching increases ladder training benefits over motivation, guidance and structured feedback covering the diverse aspect of performance and abilities of players to realize desired outcomes to chase hypothesized relationships by extracting certain recommendations to policy-makers and future researchers about the issues under considerations.