Creating a Positive Team Environment

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Creating a Positive Team Environment
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1. Set High Expectations 

• if you expect more, you will get more
• be genuine and avoid false praise

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2. Be Fair when applying Consequences

• your actions must be consistent with your values
  (team policies)

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3. Make It Competitive/Challenging/Intense

• Its OK to compete
• - push your teammates or your opponents will
• keep score and praise intensity
• - effort and energy in training should be a
  habit
• keep your team on its technical edge
• - practices should not seem easy
• dont let players cut corners or downshift
• - know when to moderate your training patterns
  to get the most out of your players

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4. Schedule Strong Opponents and Respect All of
Them

• get into a challenging league/tournament
  environment
• be prepared for each and every game
• playing vs your opponent AND the game

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5. Consistently Evaluate Players

• never stop evaluating players
• be willing to make changes
• use opportunities to start/play to motivate

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For Next Time

• What are some of the differences between male and
  female athletes and therefore coaching each?

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Coaching Men vs Women
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Managing Ego vs Emotion

• Men
• stubbornly individualistic
• less concerned with the teams needs
• internally motivated

• Women
• open-minded
• more willing to accept the team mission
• more externally motivated

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Leadership

• a pyramid or hierarchy
• vs
• networking
• -- women tend to value relationships more than
  men and want to be valued beyond their physical
  abilities

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Communication

• Directive, aggressive
• vs
• positive and reinforcing
• -- women tend to communicate and interpret much
  more information than men

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Final Word

• Things to think about
• gender equity
• equality of opportunity and fair distribution of
  resources
• sexual harassment
• unwanted or offensive sexual advances, remarks,
  or acts