~ 96 ~  International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health 2015; 1(6): 96-99  P-ISSN: 2394-1685 E-ISSN: 2394-1693 Impact Factor (ISRA): 4.69 IJPESH 2015; 1(6): 96-99 © 2015 IJPESH www.kheljournal.com Received: 19-05-2015 Accepted: 23-06-2015 Yuwraj Shrivastava Assistant Professor, Dr. C. V. Raman University, Kota- Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). Dr. Rajkumar Sharma Grade- I Gymnastic Coach, Sport Authority of India, NSTC/STC, Malhar Ashram, Ram Bagh, Indore (M.P.). Correspondence: Dr. Rajkumar Sharma 28/4/1, In Front pf Main I.T.I. Gate, Near- Evergreen Nursary, Centre Koni, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). Leadership behavior as preferred by male athletes of different games and sports Yuwraj Shrivastava, Rajkumar Sharma Abstract Coach's leadership behavior is a complex and diversified behavior; it guides player to reach the goal through direct or indirect ways. An outstanding coach should possess training basics and abilities to enhance player's body and mind, and also make much of using skills, strategy, and process to encourage player to work voluntarily toward his goal. The purpose of the research study was to investigate the leadership behavior as preferred by male players of archery, baseball, handball, kabaddi and jump rope games and sports. Eighty five males players representing their respective districts in state school competitions held in Higher Secondary School, Bilaspur (Chattisgarh) were selected randomly to serve as subjects for this study. Leadership Scale for Sports developed by P. Chelladurai (1980) [7] was selected as a criterion tool to measure preferred behaviour preferences of male players. To find out the significant of differences among means of male players on various determined factors of preferred leadership behaviour, the means, standard deviations, Analysis of variance and Scheffe's Test of post-hoc analysis were computed The results of the study revealed the significant difference among state level male players in their actual leader behaviour. Male player preferred greater amount of positive feedback and lesser of autocritic behaviour from their coaches. Keywords: Actual leader behaviour, Male players, preferences, State level. 1. Introduction In modern period, sport performance in different games and sports does not only depend on scientific and systematic training to develop psycho-physical and physiological variables as well as technical and tactical aspects of sport but also demand the consideration of affective territory for success in the field of different games and sports. Leadership behaviour consisted of different effective factors preferred by the male players in different sports and games in various ways from their sport coaches. Coach's leadership behavior is a complex and diversified behavior; it guides player to reach the goal through direct or indirect ways. An outstanding coach should possess training basics and abilities to enhance player's body and mind, and also make much of using skills, strategy, and process to encourage player to work voluntarily toward his goal. And during scenarios of sports, coach and player's interaction behavior is also a process of interpersonal interaction. This kind of interactive relationship will affect player's motive and satisfaction with performance in sports (Weiss & Friedrichs, 1986) [24] Preferred leader behavior describes the type of behavior athletes would like from their coaches. Preferred behavior influences actual leader behavior, perhaps as a result of situational requirements such as organizational rules, regulations, and goals. Student-athletes' preferred leadership behavior in each setting may differ because of the varying situational characteristics. In term, the differing athlete’s preferences may influence actual leader behavior (Beam, 2001) [2] . Preferred behavior is also influenced by member characteristics of personality, ability, attitude toward authority, attitude towards individualism, self-esteem, and need for independence (Chelladurai, 1980) [7] . Investigations of athlete’s preferences for coaching leader behavior based on gender have demonstrated various and at times contradictory findings. Researchers have demonstrated significant differences among preferences for leader behavior attributable to gender (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1978; Erle, 1981; Terry, 1984) [5, 9, 23] . Others have demonstrated that male and female athletes' overall preference for leadership behaviors appeared similar in club,