臺灣許多運動項目都出現孩童提早接受運動專項化訓練的現象，而在競技運動的情境中，父母與教練是影響孩童的關鍵角色，許多父母也為了自己的孩子辭去工作並投入訓練的行列，形成了父母身兼教練雙重角色的現象，這樣的情況在其它國家及運動項目也相當常見。父母教練與孩童運動員雙重角色的關係會帶來正面及負面的影響。過去研究都是著重在孩童一般運動的探討，到目前為止並沒有針對孩童競技運動的研究，透過本文簡單介紹重要他人對孩童運動員參與的影響、父母教練與孩童運動員雙重角色關係的影響及相關理論後，期望能夠對此現象增加更多關注並有更多的研究來加以探討及提出建議及改善的方法。
It is a phenomenon in Taiwan that for many sports, children have started receiving specialized training at an early age. In the context of competitive sports, as parents and coaches are the key players who have a great effect on the child, many parents choose to give up their career in order to be fully involved in their children's training, thus resulting in the phenomenon of parent-coaches with double roles. This situation is also common in many sports in other countries. The double roles of parent-coach and child-athlete may bring positive and negative effects. In the past, many studies focused more on exploring youths' participation in non-competitive sports. However there has been no study on their participation in competitive sports. Through the introduction of the effects significant others have on young athletes' participation, this paper aims to draw more attention to the previously described phenomenon and encourages more studies to further explore this topic and propose ways for improvement.
