Table 4 Comparative analysis of coaches’ perceptions of competence and educational needs related to professional competences considering their academic education.
| Academic Education |
Mean |
SD |
| Perceptions of competence |
| Competences related to Annual and Multi-annual Planning (a; b) |
Bellow higher education |
3.403 |
.638 |
| P.E. degree |
3.735 |
.730 |
| Other higher education |
3.856 |
.724 |
| Competences related to Practice and Competition Orientation (a; b) |
Bellow higher education |
3.799 |
.583 |
| P.E. degree |
4.163 |
.599 |
| Other higher education |
4.172 |
.540 |
| Personal and Coaching Education Competences (a; b) |
Bellow higher education |
3.375 |
.673 |
| P.E. degree |
3.764 |
.693 |
| Other higher education |
3.750 |
.588 |
| Training Needs |
|
|
|
| Competences related to Practice and Competition Orientation (c) |
Bellow higher education |
3.173 |
.805 |
| P.E. degree |
2.874 |
1.026 |
| Other higher education |
2.902 |
1.042 |
| Competences related to Annual and Multi-annual Planning |
Bellow higher education |
3.148 |
.819 |
| P.E. degree |
2.949 |
.976 |
| Other higher education |
3.026 |
1.011 |
| Personal and Coaching Education Competences |
Bellow higher education |
3.085 |
.896 |
| P.E. degree |
3.020 |
1.029 |
| Other higher education |
3.069 |
.951 |
Legend: Statistical differences between a) Bellow higher education and P.E. degree; b) Bellow higher education and Other higher education; c) P.E. degree and Other higher education.
