In the fast changeable situation of athletic competition, the coach's decisions were the key factors of game for winning or losing. For the winning, it's necessary to study the coaching behavior in the situation of athletic competition. By using the systematic observation, it's productiveness to understand the picture and quantitative data of coaching behavior. The purposes of the study were to examine and evaluate the systematic observation instrument, Lombardo Coaching Behavior Analysis System (LOCOBAS). The literature analysis method was used. After the examination, the findings were as below. LOCOBAS, which focused on observing coaching behavior in athletic competition, is the unique instrument in the observation systems. It can collect, objectively, the descriptive data to provide the profile of the coaching behavior in competition situation and to compare the difference between variables. After the evaluation, the instrument was a system with medium complexity, easy-using after proper training and clear definition of behavior category. It was also a good instrument to observe coaching behavior in the team sport competition, to have a potential to discover the behavior mode of coaching, and to be able to compare situation variables. However, there were some deficiency to modify in the behavior categories and coding method. And it also needed to verify the applicability to the sport which wasn't group-ball sport.