Sports Motivation
If you are working as a coach or trainer, motivating your players is easier said than done. The foremost challenge is how to create the right atmosphere that motivates the athlete internally rather than externally. If the athlete bothers at all to motivate himself to excel in his sport, half the job is done. The coach can then concentrate on other things such as the teaching proper techniques. Just try to imagine if you are the team coach and you handle at least a dozen players with different personalities and different motivations. The challenge has been multiplied twelve times!
I Dare to Like Sports
A player is like any human being and is often subject to multiple motives. Often, these motives are complementary and reinforce each other. At times, they conflict with each other and the player is forced to choose which has priority. But a good coach can always see through all these conflicting motives and try to see a way that will resolve these issues to the player’s benefit. If it is a team sports, the significance is increased since one player not motivated enough can destroy the whole team’s efforts. A good coach needs to exercise a lot of patience and tons of flexibility to adjust to individual players. He should be prepared to offer the carrot rather than the stick. Positive encouragement brings the best results.
Sports Motivation