Abstract
The current was designed to investigate the role of coaching competence as perceived by players and coaches towards performance efficacy of team sports i.e. hockey and cricket. Research questions formulated as how team sports players perceive their coaches' coaching competence helpful for enhancement of their performance efficacy and how coaches perceive their coaching competence helpful in enhancing performance efficacy of their team sports players? Open ended, semi-structured and detailed interviews were conducted with twelve team sports players and twelve team sports coaches. Results analyzed using Grounded Theory approach and revealed perceptions of hockey players and cricketers how their coaches' coaching competence influences their performance efficacy, whereas, perceptions of hockey and cricket coaches how their coaching competence influence performance efficacy of their players. This research will work as an empirical proof for hockey and cricket boards and federation to conduct coaching competence and effectiveness training programs for the enhancement of performance efficacy both for their players and coaches.