The Leadership Puzzle: Unveiling the Impact of Leader Behaviors on Basketball Players Performance through Breakthrough EMG and EEG Measurements

Abstract

Abstract The research design investigated the leader-player relationship that is universally relevant in all organizations, focusing on the behavior between a university basketball team and their coach, using pre-established models. The study examined the mechanical changes in players' elbow joint movements and biceps brachii muscles in response to different behavior models exhibited by the coach, using electromyography (EMG) and precise camera analysis. Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings were also utilized to detect brain responses to various stimuli. Additionally, players' responses to the Leader Behavior Scale questionnaire were analyzed, and their free-throw performance at different times was compared with the results obtained from the aforementioned analysis methods. Thus, the research aimed to investigate whether different leader behavior models had an impact on team members' performance or perceptions. Interdisciplinary analysis using these techniques supported the conclusion that when the leader exhibits momentary different behavior, it does not affect the players' instant performance. EMG, precise camera analyses, EEG recordings analysis, free-throw percentages, and survey responses revealed that the momentary changes in the leader's behavior do not have a significant impact on basketball players' performance. The most significant constraint of the research is that it was conducted on university basketball team players and leaders. This study could be expanded with new research that has a more extensive experimental design, where the performance of leaders and players can be observed using various measurement methods, both used and unused in this study. Lay Summary: The main objective of our study is to analyze the relationships between athletes and coaches from a leadership perspective using various in-depth measurement methods. This study was conducted on athletes and their leaders, the coaches, in order to determine the extent to which the performance and perceptions of the players change when the leader exhibits different behavioral patterns.