July 30, 2009

Athlete's Education

Identify the learning process while educating your athlete's. 
  1. Ego motivated athlete is more concerned with proving himself to others rather than improving himself or others. These athlete's are easily identified in the weight room with "how much can you lift" on the field with "over complected celebrations and trash talk. And they can be very difficult to coach because they tend to be preoccupied. 
  2. Task/goal motivated athlete this athlete loves progressive tasks,  fiercely competitive, focus on achievement, feel successful when they gain skill and knowledge while thinking about how to get better at tasks. 
  3. Team motivated athletes learns and performs best when they interact with groups of people, they don't enjoy working independently or focusing on topic's separately from the team.  
  4. Learning motivated athletes enjoy practice and becomes aware of his or her skill set through continuous practice. They set out to seek knowledge and awareness of there skill, i.e. faster times, performance in the gym, wins and losses.... body awareness and team or sport awareness. The learning motivated athlete steers clear of anyone trying to pull them down or people that have a negative outlook on themselves and others.