Motivational Strategies
()
About this ebook
Your success or failure as a coach will be in direct proportion to your ability to plan, teach, relate and motivate. What kind of coach would you like to play for? What does positive motivation look like? (1) Coaching Motivational Concepts (2) Using Statistics to Motivate (3) Use of Punishment (4) Using Role to Motivate (5) Creative Practices (6) Game Day Motivation (7) Motivating the Individual Athlete
Bruce E. Brown
35 years as a teacher, coach, athletic administrator at the junior high, high school, junior college and collegiate level Coached football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball Former National presenter for the NAIA’s Champions of Character Program Director of Proactive Coaching Clinician – Speaking nationally to athletes, coaches, parents, school districts and corporations
Read more from Bruce E. Brown
Team Building Through Positive Conditioning: A Team Building Formula Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDaily Lessons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCompete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProactive Leadership Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Impact of Trust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTeach Attitude First Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Captains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife Lessons For Athletes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlaying with confidence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Role of Parents in Athletics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 10 Disciplines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Teams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFaceBooklet 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurning Around Athletic Programs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAthletic Traditions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Steps to Creating a Successful Team Core Covenents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoach and Inspire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTeam Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Team Study Championship Principles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFour Keys to Successful Youth Coaching Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFaceBooklet 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacebooklet #5 Posts from 2015 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacebooklet 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Motivational Strategies
Related ebooks
Coach and Inspire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Impact of Trust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFaceBooklet 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTeach Attitude First Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Daily Lessons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlanning To Win: The Unseen Side of Coaching and Building a Successful Sports Program Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Steps to Creating a Successful Team Core Covenents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYour Coaching Philosophy: A Must for All Coaches: Coaching Mastery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife Lessons For Athletes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacebooklet 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Jon Gordon & Mike Smith's You Win in the Locker Room First Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaptains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlaying with confidence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSport Mindset Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 10 Disciplines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoccer: Soccer Strategies: The Top 100 Best Ways To Improve Your Soccer Game Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings3D COACHING: Suggestions for a New Approach Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoccerROM Coaching Series: Winning Coaching Methods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoaching: Coaching Strategies: The Top 100 Best Ways To Be A Great Coach Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Teams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFaceBooklet 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMental Toughness for the Unstoppable Athlete Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Designing Effective Practices for Team Sports: Teach To Win Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNext-Level Coaching: How to Use Sport Psychology to Educate, Motivate, and Improve Student-Athlete Performance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Consistent and Successful Coaching Philosophy: Generated by Principles Established in Sport Psychology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mindful Athlete: Unlocking Peak Performance Through Mental Training Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmotional Aptitude In Sports Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sports Psychology for Athletes 2.0: Develop a Champion Mindset and Train for Optimal Performance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFine Tuning Your Man-to-Man Defense: Fine Tuning Series, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoaching Like a Champion: Eight Essential Building Blocks for Taking Any Sports Program to the Next Level Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Sports & Recreation For You
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Am I Doing?: 40 Conversations to Have with Yourself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Basic Fishing: A Beginner's Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Advanced Bushcraft: An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anatomy of Strength and Conditioning: A Trainer's Guide to Building Strength and Stamina Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arthur: The Dog who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Take Your Eye Off the Ball 2.0: How to Watch Football by Knowing Where to Look Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Field Guide to Knots: How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Zen in the Art of Archery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Strength Training for Women: Training Programs, Food, and Motivation for a Stronger, More Beautiful Body Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stretching Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Improving Fitness and Flexibility Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting to Neutral: How to Conquer Negativity and Thrive in a Chaotic World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ultimate BodyWeight Workout: Transform Your Body Using Your Own Body Weight Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Reviews for Motivational Strategies
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Motivational Strategies - Bruce E. Brown
Motivational Strategies for Coaches
Bruce E. Brown
Proactive Coaching
Copyright © 2015 Bruce Brown
All rights reserved.
Distributed by Smashwords
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
Ebook formatting by www.ebooklaunch.com
www.proactivecoaching.info
Table of Contents
Overview - What does motivation look like?
Coaching and Motivation
Coaching Motivation Concepts
REWARDING STATISTICS - STATS THAT MATTER
Game Day Motivation
Motivating the Individual Athlete
Summary
About the Author
Overview - What does motivation look like?
The purpose of this booklet is to describe attributes that develop a coaching style that produces motivated athletes and teams; a style that propels players into action, a style that activates the hearts, minds and behaviors of the players. This type of coach understands that motivation is much more than the verbal pre game or half time pep talk
that many people recognize as motivation
in coaching.
Motivation is defined as a force that propels people into action. It is the motive to act
, an inner drive. What kind of action
do you want your coaching to inspire? The ultimate goal in motivation is to get people to do all they are capable of and enjoy it. Leaders who understand and produce a motivating climate get people to go beyond their own perceived limits.
In sport, as in life, either the hope of achieving a particular result or fear of experiencing a specific consequence triggers most internal motivation. As a rule, it is true that most individuals begin coaching as they were coached as athletes.
For example, if a person grew up with coaches who used fear as the primary motivator, they typically begin their coaching career using the same tactic.
It is a fact that fear works as a motivator (to a degree). Individuals motivated by fear not only get discouraged easier but also can become resentful of the leader who is imposing the fear. On teams where fear has been used as the primary form of motivation and punishment is given for mistakes, players will tend to avoid taking on any responsibility in order to prevent making mistakes and receiving the anticipated punishment. While fear works, it does not function nearly as