Post-game assessments are a great way for coaches to gain insight into your athletes performance needs. These are paper and pencil self-assessments that help you get feedback shortly after the game. You should make the questions open-ended so they can't just say yes or no to your questions such as
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Confidence Coaching
As a coach, you must commit to working on confidence as much as helping your players improve their skills or learn a new technique. Most importantly, you want your players to have stable, enduring confidence when challenged by doubt, negative thinking, or lack of immediate success.
When your
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Managing Negative Inner Chatter
Many players maintain negative inner chatter. They have doubts at the least opportune times. Negative inner chatter happens when a player is engaging in doubt or negative thinking. Your players' negative inner chatter cannot be allowed to run unchecked. What do your players say to themselves after
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How Coaches Influence Players’ Confidence
Coaches should help their athletes' understand what confidence is and is not, as well as identify sources of confidence. Confidence is your players' belief in their ability to perform well in any situation, practice, or game. It is derived from a baseline assessment of past performances, training,
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