Creating a Positive Team
Environment
1. Set High Expectations
• if you expect more, you will get more
• be genuine, honest, and consistent
• The classic “Pygmalion Effect”
2. Apply Consequences Fairly
• your actions must be consistent with your values
(team policies)
• You are endorsing the behaviors you ignore
3. Make It
Competitive/Challenging/Intense
• “It’s 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 it’s technical edge
- practices should not seem easy
• don’t let players cut corners or downshift
- know when to moderate your training patterns
to get the most out of your players
4.Find and Respect Challenging
Opponents
• get into the appropriate league/tournament
environment
• be prepared for each and every game
• playing vs. your opponent AND the game
5. Consistently Evaluate Players
• never stop evaluating players
– be willing to make changes
• use opportunities to start/play to motivate
For Next Time:
What are some of the differences between
male and female athletes and therefore
coaching each?
Coaching Men vs Women
Managing Ego vs Emotion
Women
- open-minded
- more willing to accept
the team mission
- more externally
motivated
Men
- stubbornly
individualistic
- less concerned with
the team’s needs
- internally motivated
Leadership
a pyramid or hierarchy
vs
networking
-- women tend to value relationships more than
men and want to be valued beyond their physical
abilities
Communication
Directive, aggressive
vs
positive and reinforcing
-- women tend to communicate and interpret much
more information than men
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