摘要：AbstractThe aim of this study was to discover the relationship between perceived coaching behavior and achievement motivation in football players. 123 male football players (Xage= 20.16±2.96) voluntarily participated to the research. As the data collection tools, personal information form, Leadership Scale for Sport and Achievement Motivation Scale for Sport were used. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Spearman's correlation and Mann Whitney U test in SPSS 17 program. The results showed that level of education positively and significantly correlated with motive to approach success (r=.179, p<0.05). It was also found that power motive significantly correlated with training and instruction behavior (r=.198, p<0.05) and positive feedback behavior (r=.194, p<0.05). The score of perceived leadership behaviors was dived into two categories (low and high score groups) in order to discover whether there is a difference between the high and low score groups with regard to achievement motivation score. Results of Mann Whitney U test indicated a significant difference in motive to avoid failure between the high and low score groups of training and instruction behavior, democratic behavior and social support behavior. The results suggest that there is a relationship between coaching behaviors and achievement motivation in football players
