Self- assessment of tennis coaches relating to athletes, parents and their educational level. The case of Greece

In social psychology, self-assessment is the process of looking at oneself in order to assess aspects that are important to one's identity. It is one of the motives that drive self-evaluation, along with self-verification and self-enhancement. The review of literatures showed that participants would prefer to make highly accurate tasks which measured their abilities; however they will be more persistent in tasks which are lower in accuracy. The purpose and goal of the present study was to investigate the level of self-assessment of Greek tennis coaches on knowledge (theoretical and practical knowledge on tennis coaching), as well as their level of cooperation with other parties involved (physicians, parents) and the level of their training regarding issues relating to tennis. The sample comprised of 90 coaches? ages 20 to 52.The grouping results in two groups placed on the factorial axes diagonally in relation to the above mentioned group of variables. The first group is characterized by high selfassessment, good cooperation and large number of seminars. This group (60 individuals) covers the majority of coaches. The second group (30 individuals) is characterized by lack of self-confidence, lack of cooperation and lack of attendance in training and sports events. The first group (60 individuals), present a high degree of selfassessment on both a theoretical and practical level. ). The second group shows a universality of views on various issues. This group is characterized by a low level of self-esteem and its members assess accordingly the level of their cooperation with other factors (physicians, parents, management).