The psychological environment where sporting activity is undertaken has been suggested to influence performance. The coach orchestrates practice activities and their perception of the psychological environment has been regularly evaluated in competition research but not in practice. The aim of this study was to explore coach perceptions of the psychological influencing factors present in the practice environment. Participants were six U.K. academy basketball coaches (mean age = 35 years). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five superordinate themes were constructed from data analysis, which were player characteristics, team-first orientation, current performance perceptions, coach characteristics, and coaching structure. Results suggest that the coach has a unique insight into the psychological influencing factors of the practice environment. Combined with the practice environment framework offered by Smith, Cotterill, and Brown, a model is offered to aid practitioners in understanding the interrelatedness of psychological influencing factors in the practice environment.

有人建议进行体育活动的心理环境会影响表现。教练精心安排练习活动，他们对心理环境的感知已在比赛研究中得到定期评估，但在实践中并未得到评估。这项研究的目的是探索教练对练习环境中存在的心理影响因素的认识。参加者是英国的六位学院篮球教练（平均年龄= 35岁）。通过半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用解释性现象学分析进行分析。通过数据分析构建了五个上级主题，分别是球员特征，团队至上，当前表现，教练特征和教练结构。结果表明，教练对练习环境的心理影响因素有独特的见解。结合Smith，Cottill和Brown提供的练习环境框架，提供了一个模型来帮助从业者理解练习环境中心理影响因素的相互关系。