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Let’s look at what coaches must do to make competition a powerful motivational force, a valuable strategy for improving the quality of performance, a way to help athletes develop positive character traits, and a means of developing cooperative as well as competitive skills. Competition can play a valuable role in helping athletes develop positive character traits that will help them succeed in future endeavors. When administrators, coaches, parents, and fans understand competition and are ...
When communicating, coaches tend to focus on the content of the messages they send: "Run hard"; "Follow through." ” Communication problems arise if a coach assumes athletes are interpreting a message exactly as the coach intended. Beyond message content, then, communication also involves the emotional impact of the message on the athlete.
Understanding the nonverbal messages athletes send is a passport to greater understanding of the athletes you are coaching. Communication problems arise if a coach assumes athletes are interpreting a message exactly as the coach intended. Beyond message content, then, communication also involves the emotional impact of the message on the athlete.
Were the University of Connecticut women’s basketball teams of 1981 to 1986 that were unable to achieve a winning season record composed of losers and the players and coaches that contributed to UConn’s amazing 89-game winning streak stocked with winners? Athletes, teams, coaches, and schools that achieve a sparkling win–loss record season after season are typically perceived as such. The prevailing position of most sport psychologists and thoughtful observers is that winning too much or ...
Athletes, teams, coaches, and schools that achieve a sparkling win–loss record season after season are typically perceived as such. The prevailing position of most sport psychologists and thoughtful observers is that winning too much or losing too much shortchanges athletes (and coaches) of the full spectrum of experiences and emotions that make sports special. Were the University of Connecticut women’s basketball teams of 1981 to 1986 that were unable to achieve a winning season record ...
