Final Flashcards
What is a democratic leader?
athlete centered
What is an autocratic leader?
win oriented
What are the autocratic styles of decision making?
The coach solves the problem herself using the information available at the time
What is the autocratic-consultative style of decision making?
The coach obtains the necessary information from relevant players and then comes to a decision
What is the consultative-individual style of decision making?
The coach consults the players individually and then makes a decision. The decision may or may not reflect the players’ input
What is the consultative-group style of decision making?
The coach consults the players as a group and then makes a decision. The decision may or may not reflect the players’ input.
What is the group style of decision making?
The coach shares the problem with the players; then the players jointly make the decision without any influence from the coach.
When does transformational leadership occur?
the leader takes a visionary position and inspires people to follow that vision and supportively work with each other to excel
What does transformational leadership involve?
having the ability to motivate and inspire followers to achieve new heights and accomplish more than they originally believed they could
What has been found about transformational leadership?
it is more effective than transactional leadership that focuses on reinforcing and punishing relative to team tasks and monitoring follower performance
What are the four components of transformational leadership?
idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration
What is an example of idealized influence?
the leader serves as. role model to followers by earning their trust, admiration, and respect
What is an example of inspirational motivation?
motivating followers by conveying a compelling vision of where the group is going, while simultaneously encouraging followers to take on challenging taks
What is an example of intellectual stimulation?
encouraging new and creative ways of approaching problems
What is an example of individualized consideration?
recognizing the individual needs of each group memeber
What do effective leaders have?
integrity, flexibility, loyalty, confidence, accountability, candor, preparedness, resourcefulness, self-discipline, and patience
What do effective leaders do?
mobilize and focus the physical, mental, and emotional energy resources of themselves and of team members toward the team objectives
What are the different types of communication?
interpersonal, nonverbal, and intrapersonal
What are the guidelines for sending messages?
be direct, own your message, be complete and specific, be clear and concise, clearly state needs and feelings, separate fact from opinion, focus on one thing at a time, deliver messages immediately, honesty
What happens when you don’t communicate effectively?
you are requiring someone to assume
What are six C’s of communication?
clear, concise, courteous, correct, complete, constructive
What is active listening?
ask questions, paraphrase, attend to main and supporting ideas, acknowledge and respond, give appropriate feedback, pay attention to the speaker’s total communication (verbal and nonverbal)
What is reflective listening?
mentally prepare to listen, don’t mistake hearing for listening, paraphrase what the speaker said
What is supportive listening?
communicate that you are with the speaker and value his or her messages; use supportive behaviors, confirming behaviors, verbal and nonverbal
What is aware listening?
realize that people react individually/differently to the way you communicate
What are the keys to aware listening?
be flexible and alert for barriers and breakdowns in communication
What is empathy?
ability of a person to perceive, recognize, and understand the feelings, behaviors, intentions, and attitudes of others
What is a caring climate?
interpersonally inviting safe, supportive, and capable of providing the experience of being values and respected
What does SOLER stand for?
square, open, lean, eye, relax
What are some barriers to effective communication?
inattention, bias, lack of trust, cultural differences, embarrassment, inconsistency between actions and words
What are some do’s in confrontation?
convey that you value your relationship with the person, go slowly and think about what you want to communicate, try to understand the other person’s position, listen carefully to what the other person is trying to communicate
What are some don’ts in confrontation?
confront someone when you are angry, stop communicating, use put-downs, rely on nonverbal hints
What is the sandwich approach to constructive criticism?
a positive statement, a future-oriented instruction, and a compliment
What is coping?
a process of constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external or internal demands or conflicts appraised as taxing or exceeding one’s resources
What is problem-focused coping?
efforts to alter or manage the problems that are causing stress (time mangement, problem solving)
What is emotion-focused coping?
regulating the emotional responses to the problem that causes the stress (through relaxation, meditation)
What is seeking social support coping?
occurs when one turns to others for assistance and emotional support in times of stress
How do you cope with adversity?
use problem-focused coping when stressful situations can be changed and use emotion-focused coping when situations are not amenable to change
What are some keys for resilient performers to cope with adversity?
mental toughness and personal resources
What is self-statement modification?
change negative to positive statements
What is vicarious learning?
modeling behavior
How do world-class coaches cope?
plan ahead, manage time well, and communicate with athletes; keep educating yourself, draw on past experience; make time for athletes, get to know and understand them
How do world-class coaches cope using psych skills?
put things into perspective, positive self-talk control the controllables
How do world-class coaches cope with distraction?
take time off to do other things you enjoy, and exercise
What is self-awareness of arousal?
reduction, maintenance, and induction
What is more important than how much anxiety a person experiences?
how they cope with the anxiety
What is somatic anxiety reduction?
progressive relaxation, breath control, biofeedback
What is progressive relaxation?
tensing and relaxing specific muscles
What is biofeedback?
electronic monitoring device that can detect and amplify internal responses not ordinarily known to us (muscle activity, skin temp, brain waves, or heart rate)
What is cognitive anxiety reduction?
relaxation response, autogenic training, systematic desensitization
What is relaxation response?
applies the basic elements of meditation but eliminates any spiritual or religious significance; quiet place, comfortable position, mental device (word), a passive attitude
What is autogenic training?
series of exercises that produce sensations, specifically of warmth and heaviness; heaviness in the extremities, warmth in the extremities, regulation of cardiac activity (2x), abdominal warmth, cooling of the forehead
What is systematic desensitization?
replace nervous activity with a competing behavior; deep muscle relaxation, anxiety hierachy constructed that consists of 5-10 scenes ranging from last to most anxiety-producing
What is multimodal anxiety reduction?
can alleviate both cognitve and somatic anxiety and provide systematic strategies for rehearsing coping procedures under simulated stressful conditions
What is cognitive affective stress management training (smt)?
teaches a person a specific integrated coping resppnse that uses relaxation and cognitive components to control emotional arousal
What are the different phases of cognitive affective stress management training?
pretreatment assessment, treatment rationale, skill acquisition, skill rehearsal, and posttraining evaluation
What is stress inoculation training?
individual is exposed to and learns to cope with stress in increasing amounts; preparing for the stressor, controlling and handling the stressor, coping with feelings of being overwhelmed, and evaluating coping efforts
What is hypnosis?
altered state of consciousness that can be induced by a procedire in which a person is in an unusually relaxed state and responds to suggestions for making alterations in perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or actions (induction, hypnotic, waking phase, posthypnotic)
What is the matching hypothesis?
an anxiety management technique should be matched to a particular problem; cognitive anxiety should be treated with mental relaxation; somatic anxiety should be treated with physical relaxation; social support should be matched to the specific anxiety problem experienced
What are some signs of underarousal?
moving slowly, mind wandering, easily distracted, lack of enthusiasm, heavy feelings in legs
What is the goal of arousal-inducing techniques?
to get athletes to an optimal level of arousal
What are some examples of arousal-inducing techniques?
act energized, use mood words and positive statements, yell or shout, listen to music, complete a pre competition workout
What is self-confidence?
belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior
What is trait self-confidence?
part of personality and be very stable
What is state self-confidence?
something you might feel today and might be unstable
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
when you expect something to go wrong