Sports Coaching and Adaptability of New College Student Athletes in a Medical College in Henan Province

This study determined the relationship between the level of sports coaching exhibited by Physical Education instructors and the sports adaptability among new college student athletes in a selected medical college in Henan, China. The study was conducted within the confines of a selected departments in Nanyang Medical College in Henan Province, China, focusing on new college student athletes and their respective instructors/coaches. It employed a quantitative comparative correlational research design. Based from the findings of the study, majority of the new college student athletes are female, younger than 20 years of age, and from grade 1 level; while instructors manifested a high level of sports coaching in terms of adherence to a code of ethics, they exhibited moderate level of sports coaching in general as observed by the new college student athletes. Also, new college student athletes have relatively the same assessment on the level of sports coaching of their PE instructors regardless of their sex, age, and grade level. Student athletes manifested a moderate level of sports adaptability based on their own perception. Student athletes did not make significant differences in their perceptions as regard their level of sports adaptability taking into consideration their sex, age, and grade level. The level of sports coaching of PE instructors did not give significant effect to the student athletes’ level of sports adaptability.