Volume 6, Jan-Dec 2022 THE SKY-International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IJPESS) (uol.edu.pk) Published by: Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Pakistan. INFLUENCE OF COACHING STYLES UPON PLAYERS’ PERFORMANCE Alamgir Khan 1 , Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Butt 1 , Muhammad Jamil 2 Abstract Coaching play’s important role in the uplifting of player performance. Success and failure of player totally concerns with coach and his/her attitude in term of coaching style. The current study was initiated for the purpose to assess the influence of different coaching styles on athletic performance participants of the study was comprised of all hockey players of registered clubs of Distt Bannu, Kp, Pakistan. There are 15 registered hockey clubs in Distt Bannu, Kp Pakistan thus each club is comprised of 15 payers. The total number of registered players were 240. Similarly, one hundred and twenty-eight (128) hockey players were taken as sample of the study by applying available sampling procedure. A self-made Likert type was used for the collection of relevant data. The developed scale was processed through the procedures of validity and reliability before application for data collection. The reliability measures were assessed through Cronbach’s Alpha and found .875 which were highly significant. The gathered data about the various parameters of the study administered through statistical package for social science (SPSS, version 26). Based on data analysis the researcher highlighted that coaching styles have a significant influence upon field hockey player’s performance. In addition, the researcher also concluded that supportive coaching styles has more positive influence upon field hockey player’s performance Keys Words: Coach, Coaching Styles, Player 1 University of The Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. 2 Punajb Highway Patrolling Police Lahore, Pakistan