Clima en el deporte generado por el entrenador y percibido por las futbolistas de la categoría femenil del club Progreso F.C. temporada 2025-2026

Abstract

Sport climate is considered a psychosocial factor of great relevance in sport, due to its influence on both mental and physical well-being, promoting continued participation in sports, with the coach being a key agent in this context. Within this framework, the aim of this research was to analyze the sport climate generated by the coach as perceived by female soccer players of Club Progreso F.C., conducting a quantitative, cross-sectional study in which the Coach-Athlete Relationship (CART-Q) and Sport Climate Questionnaire (S-SCQ) were administered. The population comprised 30 female soccer players, selected through non-probabilistic purposive sampling, who agreed to participate and signed informed consent. Reliability analyses showed adequate internal consistency of the instruments used. In the descriptive analysis, the sport climate had a mean of 5.96, while the perception of the coach–athlete relationship reached an overall mean of 6.61, with the commitment dimension being the highest at 6.88 on a 1-to-7 scale. Bivariate correlation analysis did not reveal statistically significant associations between perceived motivational climate and the dimensions of the coach–athlete relationship. This result indicates that the perception of the motivational climate is not directly related to the appraisal of closeness, commitment, and complementarity in the coach–athlete relationship. Furthermore, although these dimensions are positively associated with one another, they do not reach statistical significance and thus appear to operate relatively independently. Keywords: sport climate, coach, female footballers, motivation, coach-athlete relationship