This study is
conducted with ultimate objective of identify and evaluate the relationship between leadership style of the
coaches, player satisfaction and players performance with the case of Addis Ababa youth football projects. Four sample
youth projects were selected, from ten youth football projects using cluster sampling technique. Thus, the
subjects in the study were 60 randomly selected football players from the four
clubs and four purposively selected
coaches. The data was collected through questionnaire. Descriptive (frequency distribution and percentage,
mean) method of data analysis has been utilized to analyze the data for questioners. A descriptive survey
research design was employed as a general approach in the study. The finding of this study
is indicating that coaching leadership styles have a direct relationship with
players’ satisfaction and players’ performance. And there are challenges to use
fixed leadership style that can best suit with players’ satisfaction. Not all
but also majority of the players prefer training and instruction and democratic
leadership style for their development of performance. As
a general solution to the identified problems coaches’ should understand that every
individual player is coming from different culture, expectations, background
and with different interest , so the coach should accommodate the background of
the trainees’. Therefore, coaching is a multicultural aspect to treat an
individual based on their background.
