Creating a motivational climate for athletes.
Sports Psychology
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48m
The motivational levels of your athletes will impact on how they think, feel, interact with others and perform in competition. High levels of motivation are essential in sport for getting athletes to not only enjoy the process of training and competing, but to ultimately fulfil their potential. So, a motivational climate is the psychological environment that a coach creates when designing sessions which provide instructions and feedback that will ultimately help to motivate the athletes in both training and competition. In the video series, Jym Brown looks into the motives behind motivation, and how best to develop a motivational climate. He discusses various types and theories of motivation, and how how coaches can manipulate the environment in order to increase levels of motivation.
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