Effect of coach’s feedback on swimming satisfaction in youth competitive swimmers

<ns3:p>Coach’s feedback is perceived as crucial element that improves communication with athletes and it enables to de-velop their competences. The aim of the research was twofold: (1) to determine the level and dynamics of changesin satisfaction with swimming; (2) to determine the relations between the level of athletes’ satisfaction with swim-ming and access to coach’s feedback. Four coaches and 41 swimmers took part in the study. Group 1 – with feed-back provided by coach; Group 2 – without additional feedback. The results showed that the swimmers had highersatisfaction derived from their practice sessions than their swimming achievements. Based on 16 measurementsover 26 weeks, a significant upward trend in the level of swimming practice satisfaction was observed in the groupwith coach’s feedback. Therefore, it can be concluded that coaches’ feedback in the long term can have positive ef-fect on athletes’ satisfaction and long-term motivation, which in turn can prevent them from burnout, prematureresignation and sports career termination.</ns3:p>