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Final Exam Flashcards

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What is character education

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teaching young people the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, skills, and behaviors to be good moral people
-as a coach you must accept the role of being a character educator

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What is the Arizona Sports Summit Accord? What are the 6 pillars of character?

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-the accord encourages character development through sport

Trustworthiness: play by the spirit of the rules
Respect: be respectful to the game, rules, officiants
Responsibility: prepare yourself to do your best
Fairness: be fair to all including those who are difference
Caring: help others be better
Good Citizenship: be a role model , strive for excellence

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What is sportsmanship?

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-good character when participating in sport
-respect for opponents, officials, teammates, coaches, and the game

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What are the 3 steps in teaching character and sportsmanship

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  1. Identify the principles of character
  2. Teach the principles of character
  3. Provide opportunities to practice moral behaviour
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Discuss step 1 in teaching character and sportsmanship

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Identify the principles of character
-the moral values that tell us what we should do and abide by

2 moral values
Respect: showing regard for worth of something
(respect for oneself, others, all forms of life)
Responsibility: emphasizes out positive obligations to care for each other

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Discuss step 2 in teaching character and sportsmanship

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Teach the principles of character
-6 strategies to help you meet challenges of coaching character

-Create moral team environment
-Set rules for good behaviour
-Explain and discuss moral behaviour
-Use and teach ethical decision making
-Motivate players to develop good character
-Model moral behaviour

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Discuss step 3 in teaching character and sportsmanship

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Provide opportunities to practice moral behaviour
-teachable moments arise and you need to respond in appropriate ways

-Establish routines
-Reward good character

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Example of respect in life and sport

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-be respectful of others property
-be respectful of opponents

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Example of responsibility in life and sport

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-be dependable
-be punctual for practices and games

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Example of caring in life and sport

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-be generous and kind
-give praise, and be stingy with criticism

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Example of honesty in life and sport

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-be truthful
-play by the spirit of the rules

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Example of fairness in life and sport

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-avoid taking advantage of others
-play by the rules

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Example of good citizenship in life and sport

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-contribute to the community
-give back to the sport

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Talk about Todd Warriner (guest lecture)

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-had 12 coaches and learned something from each
-he can relate to all types of players (rookie, leader, 1st round pick)
-past coaches taught him how to treat, inspire, and communicate with people
-trust, dialogue, honesty
-cooperative style (wants vets to act as role models)
-treats players as equals
-needs command style every now and then

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Talk about Dan Devin (guest lecture)

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-almost quit but had a coach that propelled him to success
-wanted to give back to the sport
-the most important thing is being part of a team (synergy)
-adaptability (its about what they can handle, not what you know)
-I believe in you (most important words as a coach)
-not about wins and losses
-he is all coaching styles
-always critique yourself
-if everyone has given 100% you have succeeded

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Talk about Jacqui West (guest lecture)

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-command style
-if you start too easy it is harder to reign them in
-want kids to learn life skills (live through the ups and downs of life)
-focus on where they come from and where they finish
-make it fun
-learn how different people are motivated
-wants to give back, finds coaching incredibly valuable

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What are the 3 dimensions of communication

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-includes sending and receiving messages
-consists of verbal and non verbal messages
-2 parts: content and emotion

18
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What are the 8 skills of communication

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-developing credibility
-communicate with positive approach
-send messages high in info
-communicate with consistency
-learn to be an effective listener
-improve non verbal communication
-instructional communication
-apply principles of reinforcement

18
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How to develop credibility in communication

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-be cooperative
-be knowledgeable about your sport and be honest about what you know
-be fair
-follow through
-be empathetic
-use positive approach

18
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How to communicate with a positive approach

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-positive approach emphasizes praise and rewards desirable behaviours
-helps athletes value themselves
(negative approach uses punishment to rid undesirable behaviours and makes athletes fear failure)

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Why do some coaches adopt a negative approach

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Bad Habits
-tell athletes only what they do wrong and don’t mention what they do right
(to stop this they must want to change, practice positive approach, and monitor themselves)

Unrealistic Expectations
-forget who they are coaching and set unrealistic expectations which means they seldom view performance as successful

Short Term Success
-believe a negative approach will yield success
-can motivate athletes but has short lifespan

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How to send messages high in info

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-provide evaluative comments only when athlete clearly doesn’t know what is correct
-give specific info
-don’t evaluate athletes selves, evaluate behaviour

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How to communicate with consistency

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-preach and do the same thing
-stay true to your word
-follow through
-avoid gossip

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How to learn how to listen

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-less than 20% of what is said is heard
-paraphrase after being spoken to with content and emotion
-express empathy not sympathy

23
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How to improve non verbal communication

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-70% of communication is non verbal
-writing on coaching board is communicating a message
-hand signals, head nods
-utilize body language, tone, motions

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What are the categories of non verbal communication

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Body Motion
-gestures/ hand movements

Physical Characteristics
-physique

Touching Behaviour
-pats on back/shoulder

Voice Characteristics
-pitch, inflections, tone

Body Position
-personal space
-perception of cold shoulder

25
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Donkey vs Stork Approach to Motivation

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Donkey
-using a reward with emphasis on a potential punishment
(3 enveloped is used by the hockey team)

Stork
-the coach delivers a pep talk

26
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Extrinsic vs Intrinsic needs

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E
-trophies, medals, money, praise
-over time become less valuable
-best for short term

I
-feelings that are internally satisfying when athletes participate
-having fun, feeling competent
-provide athletes with opportunities to attain these
-best for long term

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Discuss what ‘flow’ is

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-when attention is intensely focused on activity so concentration is automatic
-we don’t focus on being self critical
-similar ability and challenge= fun
(high challenge and low ability= anxiety)
-if team tightens up when facing good opponent, might be a sign of too much activation
*keep practices stimulating by varying drills

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Discuss the self fulfilling prophecy

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  1. you form certain expectations about players
  2. you communicate those expectations with various cues
  3. your athletes respond to these by adjusting their behaviour to match your expectations
  4. your expectations become true

*expectations that a coach has of players affects athletes motivation
*coaches tend to reward players they have high expectations for

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How do athletes learn to fear failure

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  1. emphasis on performing not learning
  2. unrealistic goals
  3. extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motivation (play for rewards, set unrealistic goals setting themselves up for failure)
30
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What are 3 ways that organized sports can cause athletes to fear failure

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  1. mistakes and errors that are a natural part of learning are viewed as failures
  2. competitive pressures cause athletes to set unrealistically high goals that lead to failure
  3. athletes play for extrinsic rewards rather than to attain personal goals
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How to enhance athlete’s motivation

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  1. success is not winning
    (view success as achievement of goals)
  2. set realistic personal goals
  3. team goals
    (success is all performances coming together)
  4. consequence of setting personal goals
    (when winning is secondary to personal goals, they become apart of the process and winning is the product)
32
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What are the guidelines when goal setting

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-emphasize performance goals over outcome goals
-set challenging but realistic goals
-set specific goals
-set practice and contest goals

SMART
-specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time bound

33
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Discuss the activation performance relationship

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-when activation is too high/low performance decreases
-lower level activation is needed for high performance in golf, whereas football needs high activation for high performance
*every sport has an optimal level

34
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What is positive discipline

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-correcting and teaching behaviour
-constructive not destructive

2 types of mistakes
-when athlete tries to perform the skills but haven’t mastered them yet so fall short
-when athlete willfully misbehaves

Instruction, training, correction

35
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What are the 6 steps to preventive discipline

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Create the right team culture
Hold team meetings
Develop team standards
Create team routines
Conduct exciting practices
Catch them doing good

36
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What is corrective discipline

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-learning how to correct misbehaviour using positive discipline
(coaches goal is to help misbehaving athlete develop self discipline)

37
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Why do athletes misbehave

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-they are discouraged (home life, school, relationships)
-feel like they don’t belong and aren’t significant to the team
-if they can’t get attention for positive behaviour, they will get it for negative behaviour

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