the primary purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between type a and type b behaviour patterns and sports injury. a secondary purpose was to investigate the relationship between behaviour patterns and coping styles of injured athletes. male athletes (n = 85) who competed in competitive and recreational soccer leagues completed the jenkins activity survey (jas) to determine their behaviour pattern type. those athletes who sustained an injury throughout the season (n = 17) completed the coping with health and injury problems (chip) scale to determine their coping strategy. results showed no significant differences between jas scale scores of injured and non-injured groups. however, a correlation was found between jas hard-driving/competitive (h/c) sub-scale with distraction coping, r = .579 (p = .05). this finding revealed that individuals with high scores on the jas h/c subscale were more inclined to cope through distraction methods such as concentrating on alternate tasks they wish to accomplish.