Table 4. Differences in coaching behaviors (week before a match) of the old and new coach.

	Praise		Support		Friendly		Challenge		Criticism
	mild	strong	mild	strong	mild	strong	positive	negative	mild	strong
All matches (42 obs)	6.90	5.19	1.24	1.76	0.69	0.55	3.31	2.40	0.64	0.45
Under Old coach (17 obs)	4.76	3.18	1.53	1.29	0.82	0.18	2.82	4.29	1.18	1.00
Under New Coach (25 obs)	8.36	6.56	1.04	2.08	0.60	0.80	3.64	1.12	0.28	0.08
Difference in means (old-new)	-3.60	-3.38	0.49	-0.79	0.22	-0.62	-0.82	3.17	0.90	0.92
Std. error	1.72	1.37	0.47	0.56	0.29	0.36	0.85	0.78	0.36	0.38
P-value (Ha: New > Old)	0.02	0.01	0.85	0.08	0.78	0.05	0.17	1.00	0.99	0.99
P-value (Ha: New < Old)	0.98	0.99	0.15	0.92	0.22	0.95	0.83	0.00	0.01	0.01

Note: The table reports t-tests for difference in mean outcomes: old coach–new.