The purpose of this research is to investigate psychological problems that occur in sport coaching (circle activities of the department of athletics), and moreover, is to gain useful data for psychological approach toward problems of sport coaching. The data of this study was obtained by the questionnaires consisting of 18 items administered from June through August 1991. Subjects were 365 male and 121 female athletes who were belonging to sport circles (containing male 14 sporting events and female 9 sporting events) in the faculty of physical education of Sendai College. Main findings of this study were as follows: 1. A large percentage of the athletes expressed dissatisfaction with their own and their circles\u27 results of games. However, most of them holded the continuous will of their circles\u27 activities. 2. Their desirable coach\u27s type in training was a democratic type. In addition, the coach that they hoped, was severe type when training but mild type after training. 3. Regarding the easiness of the so-called "Agari" (tendency to feel pressure or not feel pressure), most athletes answered "neither steady nor unsteady." The female athletes showed a tendency to more unsteady compared with male athletes. The athletes who adopted preventive measures against "Agari" were comparatively few. As to measures to prevent "Agari", the common methods based on experiences which are able to execute easily by oneself were often used. On the other hand, scientific or clinical -psychological technique as the mental-training was rarely used
