ИСТИНА

With the growing popularity and development of sports, interest in effective coaches is growing. Along with the professionalism of the coach is extremely important its individual characteristics and the ability to be an example for the athlete in their beliefs and attitude to life, as all this can have a direct impact on the development and effectiveness of the athlete. The aim of the study was to determine the nature of the connection between professional success and life satisfaction of coaches. Hypothesis: professional success and satisfaction with the life of coaches are in relation to the nonlinear relationship. In accordance with the literature [1,2,4-7] and the opinion of trainers – participants of the study, the criterion of professional success of coaches includes objective and subjective indicators: the maximum level of performance of athletes trained by coaches and their self-assessment of success. Checking the degree of consistency of the two indicators of success of trainers through the correlation analysis of Spearman showed their moderate and positive correlation (R=0,517, p<0,05). This confirms the adequacy of the chosen criterion of success. The analysis of the results revealed a nonlinear relationship of the studied parameters, which differs from the conclusions of previous studies of other specialists.