The purpose of this study was to explore a scale to measure the competency of coaches at community sport clubs (CCCSC). The literature review and thought listing procedure (n=20) were conducted to generate items specifically related to coaches at community sport clubs. Data were collected from 12 community sport clubs. The conditions for selecting clubs were as follows: first, these clubs were nonprofit organizations, second, these clubs have provided above 20 sport activities, and third, people of all ages can become members. The total number of coaches was 269. The literature review and thought listing procedure provided a total of 274 items. In order to minimize the subjectivity of the category classification and establish content validity, triangulation was selected to refine and edit the items. This procedure resulted in the development of 43 competency items. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 7 factors consisting of 35 competency items: 1)manner education (5 items), 2)cooperative approach (8 items), 3)field management (7 items), 4)coaching skills (6 items), 5)communication with people outside the club (3 items), 6) communication with people inside the club (3 items), 7)safety management (3 items). Cronbach's alpha for the 7 factors ranged from 0.803 to 0.930. The model was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. The indexes of model data fit were: χ2/df=2.622, CFI=.87, RMSEA=.078. Construct validity was made up of three components. These components were convergent validity (factor loadings, average variance extracted, construct reliability), discriminant validity and content validity. It was shown that this scale was reliable and valid to measure the CCCSC.
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