Win-win cooperation: a review of parent-coach cooperation in sport parenting

Parents involved in sports parenting can be limited in their personal ability to achieve optimal sports parenting. Therefore, there is a need to work with professionals such as coaches to maximise the outcomes of sport parenting. Through the review, this paper found that the current model of parent-coach co-operation is based on three types of parent involvement in sport parenting. These are authoritative parents, who emphasise a Collaborative relationship between parents and coaches as equals. In the rejecting and permissive parent, the 'Coach-Athlete Centric' Relationship is based on the Coach-Athlete Relationship, which is supplemented by the Coach-Parent Relationship. In the case of authoritarian parents, the coach is regarded as a staff member and the parent's wishes are given priority in the 'Contractual relationship'. These relationships play different roles in youth sport development and personal socialisation. It aims to provide theoretical and practical references and lessons for future parent-coach sport parenting.