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The study aimed to identify the sources of information that athletes perceive as influential during their initial evaluation of coaching ability. University athletes (N = 538) were asked to indicate the influence of 31 informational cues (e.g., gender, body language or gestures, reputation) on the initial impression formed of a coach. Following exploratory factor analysis, a 3-factor model (i.e., static cues, dynamic cues, and third-party reports) was extracted. Mean scores revealed that although static cues (e.g., gender, race or ethnicity) were rated as relatively unimportant during impression formation, dynamic cues (e.g., facial expressions, body language or gestures) and third-party reports (e.g., coaching qualifications, reputation) were viewed by athletes as influential factors in the formation of expectancies about coaches. Such findings have implications for the occurrence of expectancy effects in coach−athlete relationships and the way in which coaches seek to present themselves. People form initial impressions of one another in a host of social situations ranging from school classrooms (Jussim & Eccles, 1992) to job interviews (Jussim, Coleman, & Lerch, 1987). Expectancies of a target person or group will be developed depending on the nature of the impression that is formed (Miller & Turnbull, 1986), and although these social interactions might be fleeting, the impres sions and expectations initially formed might prove to be long lasting (Jussim & Harber, 2005) and affect future interactions between perceiver and target. In the

Athletes’ Perceived Use of Information Sources When Forming Initial Impressions and Expectancies of a Coach: An Explorative Study