Sport is viable for promoting community health to an ever-increasing segment of the population: adults and older adults. Targeted research is needed to better understand how to contribute to a perception of a quality experience in sport for adults (Young et al., 2021). Masters sport is promoted and intended for adults who are past the normative age of peak performance in a sport. Participants are typically 35 years of age and older, and will acknowledge a regular pattern of preparation (train and practice) to partake in competitive events (Callary, Young et al., 2021). While all Masters athletes (MAs) are formally registered in sport (to an event, club, jamboree, and league), not all have coaches, although many do. MAs also have varied competitive interests and orientations. Masters groups also may have a very wide age range with large variations in life experiences, expertise, sport skills, and abilities (Rathwell et al., 2015). The heterogeneity of MAs means that there are many combinations of motives and other characteristics in Masters sport groups that a coach needs to consider (Rathwell et al., 2015). In Canada, research regarding coaches as leaders who work with groups of adults in sport is emerging as an important consideration in how to do more for adult sport, including what strategies coaches can use to recruit and retain more adults and enrich their experiences in it (Callary, Young et al., 2021). This study explores a self-assessment tool as a strategy for coach development. [...]
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