The purpose of the study was to study the influence of the relationship between a coach and an athlete on the level of motivation of an athlete's achievement. The sample consisted of 64 athletes (girls and boys) aged 13 to 18 years, engaged in the Syrian Sports Federation in Latakia in such sports as athletics, football, table tennis, tennis, boxing and gymnastics. A descriptive approach was used as a methodology due to its relevance to the nature of the study, an author's questionnaire was

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... to assess the relationship in the coach-athlete system, and a methodology was used to assess the motivation for achievement (Abdel Karim and Barakat, 2007). The data were analyzed using statistical methods: arithmetic averages, standard deviations, Pearson correlation coefficient. The results of the study revealed that there are reliable links between the relationship in the "coach-athlete" system with the level of motivation of an athlete's achievement.