Coaching Philosophy & Objectives
This is the term for a coach’s guiding beliefs and principles that influence their decision-making and behavior.
What is a coaching philosophy?
This coaching style involves strict control, clear rules, and little input from athletes.
What is the command style?
This type of motivation comes from internal satisfaction rather than external rewards.
What is intrinsic motivation?
This type of listening involves full engagement and showing understanding.
What is active listening?
When texting a youth athlete, a coach should also send the message to this person or people.
Who are the parents or guardians?
A guest speaker who visited the class this semester.
(Any correct guest speaker name from the syllabus )
The three major objectives of coaching are ________, athlete development, and personal enjoyment.
What is winning?
A coach who allows athletes to take more responsibility but still provides guidance uses this style.
What is the cooperative style?
A good performance goal should be ________, measurable, achievable, and time-bound.
What is specific?
The ability to understand an athlete’s thoughts and emotions is called this.
What is empathy?
This occurs when we overgeneralize about a group or demographic of people.
What are stereotypes?
This is the main reason kids 5 to 17 participate in sport.
What is to have fun?
Overemphasizing this can negatively impact athlete development and performance.
What is winning?
This coaching style, often ineffective, involves minimal instruction and oversight.
What is the submissive style?
The feeling of total immersion in an activity, often experienced by athletes at peak performance, is called this.
What is the flow experience or flow-state?
Facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and physical movements are examples of this type of communication in coaching.
What is nonverbal communication?
In 1972 this federal law was passed requiring equal opportunities for males and females in any school or university that receives federal funding.
What is the Title IX of Education Amendments to the Civil Rights Act?
Feeling tired, reduced interest in sport, and feeling unable to perform are all symptoms of this.
What is athlete burnout?
A coach’s philosophy should be based on these two key components.
What are values and beliefs?
In what situation might the command coaching style be useful?
What is a crisis or time-urgent situation?
Coaches should focus more on rewarding this than winning.
What is effort?
This is a term for a coach providing personal experiences with their players.
What is self-disclosure?
This type of youth athlete tends to be smaller and lighter, lack strength and power, and are often discouraged to continue sport participation.
What are late-maturing athletes?
This level of sports are more selective than school programs and emphasize more intensive skill development, travel, and an emphasis on winning.
What are club sports?
This process involves coaches setting clear expectations, teaching values, and modeling behavior for athletes.
What is character development?
Coaches using this style focus more on athlete development than immediate team outcomes.
What is the cooperative style?
A performance goal focuses on personal improvement, while an outcome goal depends on this.
What are external results (i.e. winning a championship)?
Coaches should avoid using this type of communication, which involves body language that contradicts verbal messages.
What is mixed messaging or sarcasm?
This is the effect that occurs when athletes born early in an eligibility year are overrepresented on sports teams as compared to those athletes born later in the eligibility year.
Teenagers’ brains are different from adults because this part of the brain is not fully developed.
What is the prefrontal cortex?