Download or read book THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF COACHES AND TEAMMATES IN YOUTH SOCCER written by Nicole J. Wood and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between specific aspects of the coach-athlete and athlete-athlete relationship on participation in competitive youth soccer was examined in the current study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the independent and combined effects from multiple social agents to examine whether age, gender, and competitive level moderate how status rank, achievement goal orientation, coaching behaviors, and friendship quality influence youth soccer participation. The design of the current study utilized quantitative and qualitative research methods. Four online questionnaires including: 1) an Individual Skills Rank Assessment, 2) Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2, 3) Leadership Scale for Sports, and 4) Sport Friendship Quality Scale, were completed by 172 youth participants. Sixteen youth soccer coaches completed the Status Rank Assessment online. Quantitative results revealed significant participation differences exist based upon the interaction among status rank, age, gender, competitive level, achievement goal orientation, coaching behavior and friendship quality, with gender and self-esteem enhancement representing the two strongest predictors in determining which athletes switched teams within the past 12 months. Interview data suggested youth soccer athletes' initial decision to play for specific teams is not based upon pre-existing friendships. They do, however, typically become friends with their teammates throughout the season, which makes individual experiences more enjoyable. Furthermore, the friendships formed with teammates are indirectly influenced by the motivational climate established by their coach through: 1) the achievement orientation emphasized, and 2) the coaching behaviors displayed. Additionally, participants discussed the following common themes: 1) Friendships Make Soccer More Fun but Are Not Necessary, 2) Girl Talk, 3) Just Want to Hang Out, 4) Confidence is Important, but Assumed, 5) Coach Knows Best, and 6) Play Your Best and Improve each Time.The relationship between specific aspects of the coach-athlete and athlete-athlete relationship on participation in competitive youth soccer was examined in the current study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the independent and combined effects from multiple social agents to examine whether age, gender, and competitive level moderate how status rank, achievement goal orientation, coaching behaviors, and friendship quality influence youth soccer participation. The design of the current study utilized quantitative and qualitative research methods. Four online questionnaires including: 1) an Individual Skills Rank Assessment, 2) Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2, 3) Leadership Scale for Sports, and 4) Sport Friendship Quality Scale, were completed by 172 youth participants. Sixteen youth soccer coaches completed the Status Rank Assessment online. Quantitative results revealed significant participation differences exist based upon the interaction among status rank, age, gender, competitive level, achievement goal orientation, coaching behavior and friendship quality, with gender and self-esteem enhancement representing the two strongest predictors in determining which athletes switched teams within the past 12 months. Interview data suggested youth soccer athletes' initial decision to play for specific teams is not based upon pre-existing friendships. They do, however, typically become friends with their teammates throughout the season, which makes individual experiences more enjoyable. Furthermore, the friendships formed with teammates are indirectly influenced by the motivational climate established by their coach through: 1) the achievement orientation emphasized, and 2) the coaching behaviors displayed. Additionally, participants discussed the following common themes: 1) Friendships Make Soccer More Fun but Are Not Necessary, 2) Girl Talk, 3) Just Want to Hang Out, 4) Confidence is Important, but Assumed, 5) Coach Knows Best, and 6) Play Your Best and Improve each Time.

Download or read book Youth Soccer Coaching Methodologies Impact on Enjoyment of the Game and Retention written by John A. Diffley and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA, 2018), at least 4,420,000 children between the ages of 6-12 and 2,454,000 children between the ages of 13-17 participate in outdoor soccer in the United States. Arguably, their coaches have a significant impact on these children's development. The purpose of this study was to evaluate coaching methods in soccer and their relationship to youth players' enjoyment of the game and retention rates. The sample consisted of youth soccer players from the New York metropolitan area. This study adds to the growing literature on youth sports and demonstrates that coaches have a significant impact on outcomes such as enjoyment of the sport, increases in self-confidence, and motivation to remain in the sport. This study was used quantitative analysis and the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS), designed by Chelladurai and Saleh (1978, 1980), with the goal of assessing athletes' perceptions of coaches' leadership styles and behaviors. This instrument assesses coaches' leadership style along five dimensions: training and instruction, autocratic behavior, democratic behavior, social support, and positive feedback (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980, as cited in Wood, 2008). It is important for coaches to understand young athletes' motives for continued participation. Creating a positive environment within a team and at training sessions can have a lasting impact on overall enjoyment and, ultimately, on retention of team members. The findings of this research provide additional support for specific coaching methodologies, such as including players in the decision-making process, providing specific positive feedback and encouragement, creating realistic expectations, providing social time for teammates to make friends, and creating an environment that reduces fear of trying new skills.

Download or read book Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching written by Richard Light and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of positive pedagogy has transformed the way we understand learning and coaching in sport. Presenting examples of positive pedagogy in action, this book is the first to apply its basic principles to individual sports such as swimming, athletics, gymnastics and karate. Using the game based approach (GBA) (an athlete-centred, inquiry-based method that involves game-like activities), this book demonstrates how positive pedagogy can be successfully employed across a range of sports and levels of performance, while also providing insight into coaches’ experiences of this approach. Divided into three sections that focus on the development, characteristics and applications of positive pedagogy, it fills a gap in coaching literature by extending the latest developments of GBA to activities beyond team sports. It pioneers a way of coaching that is both efficient in improving performance and effective in promoting positive experiences of learning across all ages and abilities. Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching: Athlete-centred coaching for individual sports is invaluable reading for all sports coaching students as well as any practising coach or physical education teacher looking for inspiration.

Download or read book Science and Practice of Youth Soccer written by Michael Duncan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soccer remains the world’s most popular sport with significant numbers of the world’s population engaged in grassroots soccer, particularly during childhood and adolescence. There is considerable scientific and practical data focused on soccer science available, most of which relates to elite performers and does not address the needs to grassroots coaches in understanding the science of soccer and translating this into practical messages and learning to help coaches maximise the experiences, enjoyment and development of the more than 250 million players who play grassroots soccer worldwide. Science and Practice of Youth Soccer presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to key topics relating to effective player and team development in youth grassroots soccer. Written by international experts and practitioners in the field and with a particular emphasis on the development of children and youth, the book provides essential guidance of how science translates into practice for coaches and those working in youth grassroots soccer. Each chapter outlines the scientific research base for each topic, highlights myths and misconceptions that are commonplace in current practice of grassroots coaches and then provides practical solutions that coaches can take and use in their coaching practice. This book is key reading to those working in or studying sport and exercise science, sports coaching and sports development and also of interest to grassroots coaches and parents of soccer players.

Download or read book Teambuilding The Road to Success written by and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FIFA coach of the Century presents his thoughts and observations on the art of Team Building in the world of soccer and beyond. All the facets of the team building process, including team tactics and psychology, are included down to the minutest detail. Also included is how youth talent, per age group category, should be developed. And finally, how to set up training sessions to achieve the best results. All the chapters are interspersed with examples from Rinus Michels` personal experiences as a trainer. At the same time he gives a reference framework for everyone who is, on a daily basis, involved with the team building process: from youth and professional coaches to managers in the business world. Because of these unique examples, most of which were never published, this will be a fascinating book for anyone involved in a team building process.

Download or read book Rethinking Sport and Exercise Psychology Research written by Peter Hassmén and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive historical account of the evolution of Sport and Exercise Psychology research, charting the progression of the field from the early days when well-controlled experimental research was the standard, to the subsequent paradigm war between positivism, post-positivism and constructivism. The book challenges current thinking and makes a plea for a move towards a future in which the accumulation of knowledge is at the core of Sport and Exercise research, rather than simply methods and measurements. The result is a critique not only of exercise and sport psychology, but of psychological research methods more broadly. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working in Sport Science, Research Methods, and Psychology.

Download or read book Being a Sport Psychologist written by Richard Keegan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a great sport psychologist? Is there an ideal style or approach? What do you need to consider when working with a client? In this practical guide, Richard Keegan presents a user-friendly model of the sport psychologist's consulting processes and offers a framework for understanding best practice. Whether you are a trainee or a qualified sport psychologist, this book will help you to deliver a consistent, transparent, effective and ethical service at all levels of sport. Being a Sport Psychologist: - Provides a clear and coherent model which accommodates different styles, philosophies and experience levels; - Contains worksheets to help you record, evaluate, understand and reflect; - Offers a range of useful case studies and examples; - Is the first book to describe the process of being a sport psychologist from beginning to end.

Download or read book Sport Psychology for Young Athletes written by Camilla J. Knight and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding and applying psychology within youth sport settings is key to maximising young athletes’ enjoyment, wellbeing, and sporting performance. Written by a team of leading international researcher-practitioners, this book is the first to offer an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of sport psychology for children and young athletes. It provides practical strategies and guidance for those working in or researching youth sport, demonstrating how to integrate sport psychology effectively in a variety of youth sport contexts. With real-life case studies that demonstrate psychological theory put into practice, it discusses a wide spectrum of issues faced by young athletes and recommends the best approaches to addressing them. Key topics covered include: the cognitive, social, and physical development of young athletes optimising fun, motivation, and self-confidence enhancing young athletes’ relationships with coaches, parents, and peers managing stress, injuries, and transitions effectively developing talent and long-term engagement in sport encouraging organisational culture change. The most up-to-date and authoritative guide to sport psychology for young people, this is essential reading for anyone working in youth sport.

Download or read book The Psychology of Soccer written by Joseph Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports psychology, exploring the effects of psychological interventions on important performance-related outcomes, has become ever more popular and prevalent within elite level soccer clubs in the past decade as teams look to gain psychological as well as physiological advantages over their competitors. The Psychology of Soccer seeks to present the detailed understanding of the theories underpinning the psychological issues relating to soccer, along with practical insights into effective psychological interventions and strategies This book uses contemporary theory and research to elucidate key concepts and applied interventions. It includes world-leading expert commentaries of contemporary theoretical and applied approaches in understanding critical issues in soccer, and provides practical implications and insights into working effectively in soccer-related contexts. The Psychology of Soccer is an evidence-based resource to guide research and facilitate practice and will be a vital resource for researchers, practitioners, and coaches within the area of sport psychology and related disciplines.

Download or read book Youth Soccer written by Thomas Reilly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the adult game has increased in popularity, youth soccer has also seen significant expansion in recent years. The popularity of the youth game is set to continue. Young boy and girl players wish to emulate professional soccer stars and the professional game, often with long-term financial rewards in mind, is increasingly keen to develop young talent. Applied sports science is now a well-established feature of the adult game but the sports science that supports modern football does not translate directly into the youth game. The coaches of young players need specific information about children. Themes explored in this text include: growth of physiological systems development of motor and perceptive skills paediatric environmental physiology prevention of injury diet and nutrition youth fitness and skills training effective teaching and coaching of juniors the role of football academies. Youth Soccer: From Science to Performance blends current child-focused sports science theory with youth-specific coaching practice to help create soccer development strategies for children. It promotes knowledge and understanding in all these areas and will further professional expertise amongst coaches who wish to develop the all year round potential of youth soccer players and train the stars of the future.

Download or read book Coaching Youth Soccer written by Ray Power and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching Youth Soccer is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the international, best-selling soccer coaching book, Making The Ball Roll, by Ray Power. With the help of dozens of contributors from across the professional, academy, and grassroots games, Ray delves into the art and science of coaching youth soccer players, using up-to-date studies, methods, and examples. The book covers not only the technical and tactical aspects of training in detail but also looks at the wider aspects of soccer coaching - including physical, psychological, and social elements - in clear language that will be of value to both expert and less-experienced youth soccer coaches. Coaching Youth Soccer covers the breadth of the game with compelling specifics, and with illustrations from across the soccer world - bringing together research, stories, best-practice, and a lifetime of experiences within the game. Chapters cover: Long-Term Player Development, Team Building, Modern Playing Positions, Age-Appropriate Coaching, Soccer Fitness, Small-Sided Games, Growth Mindset, Footballing Intelligence, Tactics, Coach Reflection, and more. Across more than 340 focused and insightful pages, this book will inspire coaches to be the best versions of themselves, and enable players under their tutelage to be the best versions of themselves. If you enjoyed Making The Ball Roll, you will love Coaching Youth Soccer! N.B. This book has more than 90% new material but, as a full-on sequel to Making The Ball Roll, please note that some of the first book's material is re-presented, or readapted, for this title. This was so that effective continuity between the themes, processes, and research of the two books could be achieved. About the Author. Ray Power is one of the bestselling soccer authors in the world. With over a decade of experience working in soccer and education, coaching players from non-league to Premier League levels, and internationally, he is the author of Making the Ball Roll, and the Deliberate Soccer Practice series. As a coach developer and educator, Ray has worked for, and consulted with, numerous national FAs, as well as governing bodies from other sports, including the NBA. He also works as a consultant - mentor - educator on a freelance basis, working with grassroots coaches all the way to professional teams.

Download or read book The Knowledge Gap written by Natalie Wexler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.

Download or read book Preferred Coaching Styles in Youth Sports written by Krisha Parker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Generation Z is the up and rising youth of our time. Its members are said to be those born after 2000 until the year 2025. Research has shown that each generation is different due to the events they experience in their lifetime. Although Generation Z is young, it is important to begin understanding their characteristics. Due to the high participation rate and benefits of youth sports, the following research study chose to examine a sample of Generation Z athlete's in sport in order to identify ways of keeping them involved. The focus of the study was placed on understanding youth's ideas of a great coach due to the impact that the coach can have on the young athlete's experience. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine the preferred coaching styles of Generation Z athletes from a semi-structured qualitative perspective. After analyzing the data, four themes emerged: does not yell and remains calm, caring and encouraging, knowledgeable of sport, and involves team in decision making. In congruence with past research, it is evident that over the years youth have showed a desire for a democratic style of coaching which is comprised of positive interactions and feedback. Coaches may be able to use this research to adapt their leadership qualities to the preferences of their athletes. By making such adjustments, it may lead to a more enjoyable and enhancing environment for youth.

Download or read book The Sport Psychologist s Handbook written by Joaquin Dosil and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-02-22 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical handbook for sports psychologists that outlines the most effective interventions for athletes across a variety of sports. A practical manual for the growing force of sports psychologists helping today's athletes to unprecedented levels of application and success Offers specific guidance on the psychological assessment of athletes, uniquely presented in an accessible sport-by-sport format Written by an experienced practicing sports psychologist and author, who draws on his own methods and experience in the field

Download or read book Social Psychology in Sport written by Louise Davis and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This edited textbook offers a global perspective on research, practice, and future directions in social psychology in sport. Topics include relationships, communication, leadership, motivation, and morality. Readers gain insight into the interactions and dynamics that affect sport performance and the sport experience for youth and adult athletes and coaches"--

Download or read book Coaching for the Love of the Game written by Jennifer L. Etnier and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 45 million children play youth sports in the United States each year, and most are coached by parent volunteers with good intentions but little training. This lack of training and an overemphasis on winning often results in stress and frustration for coaches and players alike, which can discourage young athletes so much that they walk away from sports altogether. With this new guide for amateur parent coaches, Jennifer Etnier, author of Bring Your 'A' Game, aims to change that. Etnier offers a system of positive coaching that can be applied to any sport, from the beginner level to high school athletics, and explains that good coaching requires working with young athletes at their developmental level and providing feedback designed to keep children engaged and having fun. Etnier gives easy-to-understand guidance on important aspects of successful coaching—including information on the development of children's motor skills, communication with a young athlete's parents, and nurturing a growth-oriented mind-set—making this a critical resource for youth coaches of all experience levels.

Download or read book Catch Them Being Good written by Tony Dicicco and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to coaching female athletes of all ages shows how to build a team and provides invaluable advice on the differences between coaching males and females. The authors include exercises that foster teamwork and develop essential skills. They also answer parents' most common questions, such as how to tell if the coach is doing a good job and what to do if a child wants to quit. Filled with stories about the Olympic and World Cup championship teams, this useful handbook is infused throughout with DiCicco's philosophy that at every level playing soccer (or any sport) is about "playing hard, playing fair, playing to win, and having fun."