APA 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Reinforcement
10 Nov 2016
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Coach education: 3 streams: community stream (focused on broad-based participation, intro levels, competition stream (focuses on self-development- competitive context, instruction stream (skill proficiency (not necessarily skilled athletes) **mentoring: the most important factor in coach"s growth & development. Chelladurai"s sport leadership model (mml: linear model comprising antecedents, leader behaviours, and consequences, conceptualizes leadership as an interactional process, allows researchers to evaluate leadership effectiveness through team member satisfaction and performances of athletes. Athlete"s characteristics (their mental/physical capacities influences coach"s behaviour) Coaching model (3 components: coach"s personal characteristics, athlete characteristics, contextual factors. Model of coaching efficacy (4 dimensions: game strategy, motivation, technique, character building. Athlete-centered approach: designed to enhance youth growth/development by building trusting relationships with athletes and using positive reinforcement upon communication. As few as 10% of these coaches continue coaching for 10 years or more. Almost all of these coaches competed in sport, and most were above-average athletes.
