tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78879267298578057842024-02-08T10:04:40.161-08:00joe warren's uni blogjoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-33471798974215518512010-12-06T03:50:00.000-08:002010-12-06T03:50:19.208-08:00limmiting agression<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The middle school principal has asked that I set up an after school program for the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The principal believes that something needs to be done to curb the recent violence in the student body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The principal wants the children to have a positive sports environment to enjoy, rather than getting into fights after school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have decided the program will be built around team sports that will focus on sportsmanship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will force the children to work in groups to achieve success together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will need to avoid high levels of aggression form the children which could lead to fighting, and ruin the whole point of the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To do this I will avoid aggressive sports like football, and rugby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sport I will focus on will be soccer, because it takes several players to play and is designed for little contact between the players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soccer is a good choice for this program because it forces teamwork, and provides a good cardiovascular workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will need to keep the focus of this program on teamwork and sportsmanship to avoid fights that may occur from the children getting to competitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the instructor I need to control my aggressive energy so the children do not pick up on it, and act negatively.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now What: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the instinct theory Konrad Lorenz (1966) aggressive energy builds up like steam in a boiler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So having the opportunity to run around and play should be able to burn off some of the aggressive energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By having less stored aggressive energy the students should have no reason to fight at school.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However Albert Bandura (1973) posed that aggression is a learned social behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the instructor I need to be firm in not reinforcing any aggressive behavior. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By putting the children in an environment where aggression is not tolerated it should help foster better actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will also be able to channel there aggressive energy to the success of the team rather than destructive behaviors. While these two theories are opposed by incorporating parts of both I am assured a positive outcome. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By creating a program to lower violence at the middle school I hope I have fostered an environment were aggressive behavior is frowned upon. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used soccer because it allows for limited physical contact to teach the students that they shouldn’t hurt each other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By using athletics, and the principles of instinct, and Social learning theory I hope I have helped these children to better handle their aggression. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gill, D., & Williams, L. (2008). <i>Psychology dynamics of sport and exercise (3<sup>rd</sup> ed.) </i>Champain,IL:Human Kinetics.<i> . </i>Pg. 228.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Bandura, A. (1973). <i>Aggression: A social learning analysis</i>. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.<u></u></span></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-30392247053665602222010-11-08T05:41:00.000-08:002010-11-08T05:41:36.440-08:00Better team through leadership<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coach Joe is a high school football coach, and he is trying to improve the leadership on his team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows that as the main leader of the team that most of the blame lays with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will need to augment his current leadership method to make an effective change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is no alone in this his players are also responsible to be leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They need to all strive to improve as leaders to positively affect their peers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first thing Coach Joe needs to know is what leadership is. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">Leadership can be defined as ‘a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal’ (</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">Northouse, 2001, p. 3<span style="color: black;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span>By being the Head Coach Joe is the formal leader of the team, and it is his responsibility to help the player achieve their goals as a team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the coach can have the largest impact on the team it is the responsibility of the players to act as leaders as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the players do not act as leaders they do not offer a support system for the other players.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Currently Coach Joe is very ridged in his autocratic style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesn’t delegate to his other coaches or the captains of the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By doing this he alienates the other main sources of influence on the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the coach of a prestigious football program he is mostly interested in getting wins and keeping his job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The current state of the team is so poor that only the Captains are quality leaders for the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of the other players take an interest in influencing others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thing to understand is that to be a leader one first needs influence, because if a leader has no influence they can’t effect change on someone else. As the head coach he is able to influence the whole team which put him in the position to positively affect everyone on the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To improve the leadership skills of the team Coach Joe needs to be more flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are times when the coach needs to make the decision, that’s what makes him the team’s leader, but other times he needs to let others have input.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows others to feel as though they have some say in the direction of the program.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It is important for Coach Joe to call a meeting that outlines the benefits of peer leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they do not have the ability to influence the large number of people the coach does, the teammates are able to provide leadership to individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact is that all the players know each other and they may have influence among their friends that the coach may not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to (Loughead, T.M., Hardy, J. pg 310)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">peer leaders were perceived by athletes to display the leadership behaviors of social support, positive feedback, and democratic decision-making behaviors to a greater extent than coaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The benefit of a football team is that it has a large number of players on the team so if even half take initiative and try to be a positive influence it could be 50 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coaches need to be good leaders because they influence the whole team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Players need to accept the role of leadership to help each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone needs to remember that leadership is a process of bringing everyone together to achieve goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must also understand that to have get influence they need to be a good example or people will stop following them.</span><span style="font-family: "AdvPS6F00", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">Northouse, P. G. (2001). </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F0B;">Leadership: theory and practice </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">(2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loughead, T.M., Hardy, J. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F0B;">(2005). </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;">An examination of coach and peer leader behaviors in sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F0B;">Psychology of Sport and Exercise 6</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F0B;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>303–312</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: AdvPS6F00;"></span></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-84705627518686702672010-11-01T14:32:00.000-07:002010-11-01T14:32:07.970-07:00the family that sweats together<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Garwin gym is trying to increase the number of its members, by implementing family classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To facilitate more families joining, the gym will lower the rate for new family memberships to the gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new family classes will need to be available during times when the family can all come together, and they need to be fun for everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family classes need to provide a positive social atmosphere so the families to improve their physical condoning as a group while having a fun time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make the classes available to the largest possible number of families the gym needs to have the classes at night or on the weekends so that nine to five parents will be off work and students will be done with school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The classes need to be set up so that the adults can influence the children by working out with the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By having these classes parents will be able to set a good example of a commitment to fitness that their children to model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Gill and Williams (2008) People learn by observing others. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modeling is a key part of exercise science because instructors can just say “just do what I do”. Pg.213<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By having the family work out together their will be more pressure to continue to go to classes, because they will be their own support system.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gym is setting up a three day a week cardiovascular/flexibility program for families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30-7:45pm, and on Saturday from 2:00-4:00pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The program consists of aerobics, spinning and yoga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By using cardiovascular activity all the participants will get in shape or at least improve their current conditioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will also supplement Physical Education classes for the children to help maintain a healthy body weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is key to trying to stem the tide of obesity in the children in this country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parents will benefit both from the cardio and flexibility training, but the flexibility training is critical to preventing workplace injuries in physically demanding jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By having the family working out together it allows the children a chance to impress their parents and a chance for the parents to model proper habits for their children, by having these opportunities the self efficacy of everyone should be positively affected.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fredricks and Eccles (2004) states that “parents who play sports on any level provide a model for their children and help normalize involvement in athletics” (p. 150).</span> By putting the parents in a position to influence the children positively can only increase their self efficacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By razing the efficacy of its patrons the gym will see greater attendance and achieve its goal of getting more members and increasing the overall health of the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other key advantage is that arousal is increase due to the fact that there is an audience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This effect can only increase when a person is trying to look good in front of family members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This effect will allow the family to get the most out of their work out leading to positive physical results.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By providing an opportunity for families to work out together the gym will increase its attendance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The families will be able to work out together giving the parents the opportunity to influence their children’s ideals of athletics that will lead to a healthier life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By working out together the self efficacy of all should increase as each gets to share their individual success with their family. This provides a positive situation for everyone.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fredricks, J. A., & Eccles, J. S. (2004). Parental Influences on youth involvement in sports. In M. R.Weiss (Ed.), <i>Developmental sport and exercise psychology: A lifespan perspective </i>(pp. 145-164). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008). <i>Psychological dynamics of sport and exercise (3rd Ed.). </i>Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics</span></span></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-51053875741290325342010-10-25T12:42:00.001-07:002010-10-25T12:42:59.571-07:00get motivated before its two late<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew is a 55 year old man who has a history of heart and vascular disease. He asked me for advice about starting a workout program to improve his quality of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He believes that working out will help him to live a longer life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are going to sit down and find what he is capable of doing so he can get started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After his assessment I would like to get him started on a light cardiovascular workout combined with a resistance workout.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So what: Stew is scared that if he doesn’t start building some cardiovascular endurance his health will simply continue to decline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He currently is not exercising and has led a sedentary life for some time now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is currently in the contemplation phase, he knows he needs to get in shape but hasn’t started working out yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to his life style he is overweight which is making his heart work harder to move the extra weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to his heart and weight he is not able to even walk long distance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At this point the fear of dying is more than his dislike of exercise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point we need to set some goals for him to achieve in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to be realistic with him his goal should not be to run the Boston marathon next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His goals need to start small and get bigger until he reaches his final goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His first goal needs to be taking the step from planning to get in shape to going to the gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because if he doesn’t commit to that one there is nothing I can do for him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now what:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew has decided to to come into the gym when he does he will leave contemplation and is entering the action phase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘’The action phase is when someone works out more than 20 min a day five days a week. I set him to workout three times a week. First due to his weight, and cardiovascular problems.”pg155 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to be careful not to over train him because he will have a low tolerance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not train him to failure due to his health risks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“An 8-wk linear periodized concurrent strength and endurance training program using a moderate number of repetitions not to failure (4NRF group) provides a favorable environment for achieving greater enhancements in strength, muscle power.” (Object ) I want to start him by walking in the pool it’s low impact and it should be low to moderate intensity for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For resistance training I would start him with elastic bands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just needs to try to show up every day and put for the effort to get better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As his trainer I need to provide as much positive reinforcement as I can to support him and to help him reach his goals. He should be able to progress from walking in the pool to riding a stationary bike, and advance to free weights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His final goal should be able to get to a point when he is maintaining his fitness level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But first he needs to overcome his disabilities to get to a normal fitness level</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion: .Stew is desperate to get into shape to improve his quality of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He finally decided to go from the planning stage to finally commit to getting into shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He should be able to get acclimated to working out with the lower stress activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he can master the stationary bike and free weights he should be able to increase his cardiovascular threshold. </span></div><div class="citationstyle" style="margin: auto 0in;">Object, . (2010). Concurrent endurance and strength training not to failure optimizes performance gains. <i>Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise V. 42 No. 6 (June 2010) P. 1191-9</i>, <i>42</i>(6), 1191-1199. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">References:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise . Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics pg155</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-57684333907026318142010-10-11T12:04:00.001-07:002010-10-11T12:04:18.815-07:00finding flow (chapter11)<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris is an excellent high school football player; in fact he is one of the best running backs in the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He always put up great stats agents lesser teams, but his problems seem to start when he plays in big games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the big games he makes uncharacteristic mistakes, and turns the ball over more often. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris has gotten a reputation as a good player, but one who folds in big games, or situations. I know Chris can get into his flow (zone) when it seems he can do anything he wants to do, but for the team to win big games he has to find his flow when it matters.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris’s problems seem to arise when he is over aroused do to the increased pressure to win agents the better teams. This increased arousal seems to be preventing him from reaching his flow state which will let him perform at his optimum level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the leading models for gauging arousal vs. performance is the inverted U.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gill, Williams (2008) The inverted U proposes that performance is optimal at a moderate level of arousal and it declines as arousal increases or decreases from that optimal level. (pg.181)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The key will be to manipulate Chris to keep his arousal level moderate so he can have a chance to enter a flow state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual flow state is hard to define but how the player feels is easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically flow is when everything works out right players sometimes say time slows down, and they can just do whatever they want to .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Csikszentmhalyi (1990) Flow is clearly a positive emotional state for an athlete it is a time when everything comes together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By putting Chris at his optimal arousal state it will give him the best chance to go into a flow state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once he learns how to get to his flow state he will be able to get there more often, but now it is a hit and miss situation.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his coach I need to help him to moderate his arousal so he can perform at his best this will intern give the team the best chance to win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First I can train him in a higher stress practices by putting him through more arousal during practice over time he may develop better coping mechanisms to deal with stress. I can also try to limit the arousal during the pre-game worm up, and limit speeches so Chris and the others will remain relaxed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his coach my biggest focus is to watch and see if he is either under or over aroused and to either amp him up or slow him down.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Some of the things I can teach him to help himself to regulate his arousal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First I need to get him to recognize when he is over aroused, then to react accordingly to slow down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this simple breathing exercises will do, by just taking a few slow deep breaths Chris can slow his heart rate and begin to feel more comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he is not aroused enough he can use self talk to convince himself that the team needs him to produce to win. There is no garuntee that Chris will go into a flow state if the arousal state even if he is in a optimal arousal level, but it is less likely to happen if he is not in that frame of mind</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris is a good player he just needs to learn how to play at his best more often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By learning what his optimal arousal level is he can try to control it to give himself the best chance for success.. By using the breathing exercises, and self talk he should be able to regulate his arousal to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his coach I need to try to monitor his arousal so I can try to help him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If all of these things are done he will have the best chance of reaching his flow state.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">References:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise pg181. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Csikszentnihalyi, M. (1990).<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Flow: The psychology of optimal experience.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New York Harper & Row.</span></span></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-84663692361756864882010-10-11T06:04:00.001-07:002010-10-11T06:04:36.102-07:00You need positive reinforcement (chaper 7)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew is a Junior Varsity Football Coach he is trying to prove to the varsity coaches that he is a good coach but his players do not respond well to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a talented group of players, but his methods have turned the team away from him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs to do something fast to regain the trust of his team or he will embarrass himself in front of the other coaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has come to me for advice to help him improve his coaching style for the benefit of the team, and for his own benefit. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to Stew’s practice to see if I could find some of the things that he could improve on to make him a better coach. The things I found were as follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew has not been spending enough time in his initial instruction, so the team doesn’t understand how to run the plays in the to begin with, and then they don’t run the plays right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He compounds the problem by yelling at the team when they run he plays wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He ends up having to show them how to run the plays again, and again which takes up to much of his practice time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is always punishing the players who don’t run the plays correctly, by making them run laps during practice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew needs spend more time on his initial instruction; it is the most important part of running a play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the team doesn’t know what to do they cannot do their jobs and execute the play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coach needs to spend the most amount of time making sure the team understands what they need to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is important because the plays are the foundation if they don’t understand them in practice then in the games the players will not be able to adjust to the changes that come up in competition. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a study of Coach John Wooden by Smith, Smoll (1997) they found that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Despite the UCLA teams experience and high skill level, more than 50% of Coach Wooden’s behaviors were specific instructions to players.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></i>Stew’s next problem is that he is yelling at his players and yelling without providing instruction is just taking the self-esteem from the players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By lowering the self-esteem of the players Stew is making them have less confidence in the team, and him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of yelling Stew needs to use positive reinforcement to encourage the players to do better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smith, Smoll (1997) also discuss the Feedback Sandwich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In this three-step approach, a positive action orientated instruction is sandwiched between two encouraging statements.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew is also punishing his players by making them run in practice for their mistakes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is counterproductive for him; first if the player is running he is not getting the repetitions wile he is running around the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also hurts the self-esteem of the player running, because he was embarrassed in front of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With his use of positive reinforcement the running should stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact the players are not forced to run laps will be a negative reinforcement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gill & Williams<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2008)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Behaviors can also be strengthened by eliminating something negative or adverse; this is called negative reinforcement.</i><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stew is a coach who is trying to improve his coaching style, but he needed a little help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By observing practice I saw that he spent too much time yelling at his players instead of instructing them on how to do things the right way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was punishing his players arbitrarily when they failed instead of reinforcing the positive things they did do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By spending more of his time instructing on how he wants the players to run the plays the players should make fewer mistakes do to the fact that they will actually understand their roles in the plays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Positive reinforcement will help with the players self esteem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the punishment laps taken away the players should feel better, and they won’t miss as much practice just running laps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope Stew will take this advice to heart because I believe it will make him a better coach, and it will lead to more success for his team.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise pg100. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Smith,R.E.,&SmollF.L. (1997). Coaching the Coaches: Youth Sports as a Scientific and applied behavioral setting. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Current Directions </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Psychological Science, pg 6,16-21.</span></span><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-62029972461394674982010-10-04T11:36:00.001-07:002010-10-04T11:36:24.817-07:00Controlling emotions takes a lot of work<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">James is a youth tennis player who is under a lot of pressure to succeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is being pressured by his parents to do well so that he will get accepted to get into a tennis academy for the gifted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While James is supremely talented all of the stress is starting to affect his play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If James doesn’t get help he will burn out if he doesn’t get a hold of his repeated stresses. He needs to learn how to control his emotions, and manage the stress in his life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As his coach I need to help him, not just on the court to be a better player, I also need to help him to enjoy the game and to relax so he will continue to play later on in life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The problems James is facing are that his parents are putting undue stress on a child to perform so that he can be sent to a private tennis school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This extra pressure to succeed razes his arousal during competition pushing it past his optimal level, this then leads to a decrease in performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since James is talented he needs to be challenged, but not at the expense of his enjoyment of the game especially at his age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pressure to perform will take the focus away from a good goal of quality practice and good performance that will lead to victories for James.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">James needs to learn how to manage all the stress he is undergoing, this will not only make him a better player but it will also help to prepare him for later in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First I will try to limit some stress by asking his parents to try to back off some on the must win attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next I will have James meditate before every practice to help him to let go of some of the extra pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meditation is a metal exercise to relax the mind so the body can perform at its best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal is that by doing this he can let go of all outside pressures and get back to his normal level of arousal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gill & Williams (2008) suggests finding a quit place and relaxing focus on breathing, and wile exhaling to repeat a non stimulating word to stay focused. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another way to help James to not get over aroused is to work with breathing exercises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with anyone when James gets aroused there are several physical signs including increased heart rate and breathing rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it is difficult to slow the heart rate directly a trained person can easily slow their breathing pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will help James when he is feeling over aroused to slow down and perform better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By just taking the time to take a few slow deep breaths he will slow his breathing pattern and perform better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would suggest that he do this before every serve because he has both time and it is the time that he needs to be his most focused. Gill&Williams (2008)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many performers mistakenly believe that high arousal is necessary, but the optimal state for most sport and exercise activities is one of relaxed concentration.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My biggest concern as a coach is that James is having fun and that he performs up o his expectations, however as the coach of a young child other people also have expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My worry is that his parents push him to hard and he burns out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burnout is the result of stress over a prolonged period of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fear James is at risk do to the amount of stress he is under, but with these stress management techniques hopefully he can continue to enjoy tennis.</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>James has problems with stress it is causing him to be over aroused during competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully by adding meditating and breathing exercises will help him to control his arousal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With these strategies I hope that James can cope with the stress he encounters and he will not burn out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stress will be a part of his life forever but by using these aids he should be able to deal with stress for the rest of his life</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1a222a; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1a222a; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise pg196. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-19802369083813862082010-09-20T09:05:00.001-07:002010-09-20T09:05:58.832-07:00Keep your eye on the ball<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy is a freshman baseball player he has high hopes of making the varsity team, but to achieve this he must improve his batting average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy is a good athlete but he doesn’t concentrate well, and to be a good hitter jimmy needs to focus on the pitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of Jimmy’s problem is that he hasn’t played baseball as long as some of the other boys but hopefully with some extra work he will improve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Jimmy’s coach I will help him to concentrate, and to become a better baseball player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So what: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy’s problem is that he is inexperienced and so he is having trouble picking up the pitches, and so he is not hitting at an acceptable average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could be due to a few problems not the least of which being that he is not ready for the varsity level due to his lack of experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As reported by Starks and Ericsson (2003) and others say <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">experience is gained over a ten year period or 10,000 hours of deliberate practice</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy’s concentration problems at the plate may be the result of a lack of training in how to properly focus on the ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy will need to set goals for him to have a chance to achieve what he wants.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now what:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal is to give Jimmy his best shot to make the team, so I will implement various principals to maximize his time before the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First is Psychoneuromuscular theory or muscle memory is something he can do at any time, it is just imagining the act of hitting the ball in his free time, and swinging. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply imagining the task well can build confidence that he can do it in real life, and it may build muscle memory. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second I will work with him on the Quit eye method this is done with equipment that tracks the eye’s gaze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By wearing this during training he can learn if he’s distracted or if he’s tracking the ball, and with practice track the ball for a longer time period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Jimmy can train himself to focus on the ball for a longer time his chances of hitting it will greatly improve. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jimmy needs clear goals, he needs a long term goal and several short term goals that as he progresses he will climb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goals should be like a ladder complete one to get to another, when all of the small ones are put together Jimmy should be at the top which is his final goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs to write his goals down so that he can always refer to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of all these goals need to need to be his, as a coach I can help make certain they are good goals, but he needs the goals to be his. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These goals will drive him to put in the extra work to gain the experience he will need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weinberg (2002) wrote <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">social support plays a role in goal attainment coaches and instructors that show a genuine concern for participants provide goal support.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy needs to improve his focus to become a better baseball player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By working on several focus training methods he will gain valuable experience, and improve his skill set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By setting goals Jimmy will be able to incrementally progress to being a better baseball player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of the training methods set up if Jimmy works hard he should be able to improve, However he will still be at a disadvantage due to his lack of experience.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">Gill, D. L., & Williams, L. (2008) Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1a222a; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">Weinberg, R. (2002) Goal setting in sport and exercise: Research to practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In J.L. Van Raalte &B.W. Brewer (Eds.) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exploring sport and exercise psychology<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>(2<sup>nd</sup> ed., pp25-48). Washington D.C.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887926729857805784.post-44736521995644971112010-09-13T10:49:00.001-07:002010-10-11T06:05:38.000-07:00strenth to get back in the saddlewhat: Jimmy is a 16 year old football player he has not been able to get on the varsity team because of his competition anxiety. He has the talent to be a valuable member of the team but he hasn't been able to get over his fear of failure, because he feels he costs his team a shot at the playoffs last year. His parents are concerned because he has been depressed, and he is worried he will repeat his failures. Jimmy needs to find a way to get over his past and get on to the future during this years training camp.<br />
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so what: Jimmy's fear of playing seams to rise from his proceeved failure of his teammates, and his unwillingness to fail again. According to the Pofile of Mood Sates (POMS; McNair, Lorr , Droppleman, 1971) <em>typically successfull athleates score above the waterline(population norm) on viger but below on negitive moods of tension, depression, anger, fatuge, and confusion.</em> Even though Jimmy is a good player and wants to help his team, but until he can find a way to confront this problem he will not be able to help himself or his team. He needs to find a way to forgive himself for his preceived failure or he will not be able to move on and be successfull. He will need the suport of his teammates if he feels he let them down as much as himself this will be difficult for him to interact with them cutting off a good part of his support group. <br />
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now what: As the coach of the team it is my duty to help Jimmy, he's a good kid and he is to good of a player not to realize his talent, and worth. First i must let Jimmy know that last years failure was not his falt, football is a team sport and that if we were met to win the game we would have. As his coach i must use as much praise and possitive renforcement as possible to try to build his confidence. I need to put him in the best possion as possible to succeed, and give him extra reps at the drills he does well in to both help him and to show the rest of the team that he is still a valuable member of the team.I need to get Jimmy as many reps in scrimages and live action as possible to help him to control smaller amounts of anxiety to aid him when the games start and he will be anxious. I will also have him visulize at home him winning the next game for the team to help him gain confidence that if the game is in his hands he will be alright.<br />
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My overall goal as a coach is to get Jimmy's personallity back to nomal and to once again get him to enjoy playing football . McAdams and Pals (2006) broke the human personality doen to five principals <em>personality is conseived as (a) an individuals unque variation on the general evilutionary design for human nature expressed as a developing padern of (b) dispositional traits, (c) charactoristic adaptation, and (d) self-defining life naratives, complexly and differintlly situated (e) culture and social contexts. </em>The hope is that by instilling more self confidence in Jimmy he will start to understand that failure is just a part of growth and become stronger from the expeirience. It would be easy if Jimmy could just forget that it ever happened but for him to ever find presonal growth he needs to face this as one of many challenges that will face him in the life.<br />
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Conclusion: Jimmy was troubled by his past failures but with the help of his teammates and his coachs suport he was able to understand that it wasn't all his fault that the team lost, he mite have had a bad play but everyone makes mistakes. By instilling cofidence in his current ablities he will be able to get over his fear of failure. By having the team rally around Jimmy he relizes the team will not abandon him. With the extra attention the other coachs have showed Jimmy that we have fath in him and his abilities. Now its just up to him to go conquer his fear, but we will all be their with him.<br />
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Gill, D.L., & Williams, L. (2008). Psychological dynamics of sport and exercise (pp. 44). United States of America: Human Kinetics.joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15826124349409590123noreply@blogger.com0