Player Development Project

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this Masterclass Webinar replay, we host Psychologist and Motivational Interviewing Pioneer, Prof. Stephen is a world leader in psychology and recently co-authored the book, Coaching Athletes to be Their Best: Motivational Interviewing in Sport. Stephen Rollnick.

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Player Development Project

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

What is it that motivates them to turn up to training, sometimes three or more times a week, no matter what the conditions? In this article, resident positive psychology expert Lara Mossman looks at the ways in which coaches can empower players to become self-motivated. Some may not want to be there at all.

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MSU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The tension between the two approaches arises when the psychological care of the athletes becomes an afterthought when talent development becomes a priority. High–performance environments associated with talent development may not be psychologically safe or can be an afterthought. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology , 33 (3), 302-320.

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Teen Health 101

AUGUST 14, 2022

Surely it comes to little surprise that music has a substantial psychological effect on people. Also, while matching music to our mood does have its psychological benefits, it can also trap one in a depressive, angry, or anxious mood state. By: Jaclyn Kotora, Contributing Writer. Edited by: Elias Azizi, Editor in Chief.

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Learning Through Sport

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is substantial evidence of many psychological, physical, and social health benefits of participation in sport across the lifespan, including that participation in sport is associated with improved psychological and social health benefits above other forms of leisure time physical activity for children and adolescents.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Early on in my career, I had no idea how to motivate students in my teaching. Knowing this impact, how can we best support student motivation in our lessons? Self-determination theory looks at human motivation and tries to understand the factors that push or prevent people from wanting to learn and grow. Supporting Autonomy.

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PLT4M

JUNE 7, 2022

In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education Often the responsibility for motivation is placed solely on the student in physical education (PE) classes. Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D.

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First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

Instead, I’ll take a look at some theory that I think is relevant and attempt to provide a framework for motivating your athletes to engage in the monitoring process. By devising strategies to enhance these three areas you will have athletes who are motivated and buy-in to your monitoring strategy.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 21, 2025

Its an opportunity to celebrate the important role these Creative Arts therapists play in combining the benefits of creative expression and psychological support. Music can be a great motivator, says one of the music therapists. And this year at Stanford Medicine Childrens Health, theres a lot to celebrate.

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AASP

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Athletic careers end for a variety of reasons including, age, deselection, decrements in performance, loss of motivation, having achieved all their desired goals, non-renewal of contract, or injury. </li> <li>More adaptive emotional and psychological outcomes.</li> </li> <li>Motivation.</li>

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Better Coaching

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Below is an interview with a youth sport psychology expert from Youth Football Online. Here’s our exclusive interview with youth sports psychology expert Professor Richard Stratton, PhD. YFO: What is the best way to motivate youth football players? Motivation. It’s worth your times if you coach kids. Always distractions.

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AASP

JANUARY 18, 2022

Initially, many people are motivated to begin an exercise program, but as much as 80% of people do not stick with exercise once they have started (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). So, what does it take to get/stay motivated and how can you increase the likelihood that you will continue exercising?

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Player Development Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

What motivates young people to play sport? In this Masterclass Discussion, Dan Wright sits down with PDP Lead Researcher James Vaughan to discuss some of the complexities of player motivation. Big topics like Self Determination Theory, intrinsic motivation and social-cultural influences are discussed. Image Source: Pexels.

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This article explores the debate between early specialization and multi-sport participation, focusing on the effects on individual athletes and their schools, while underscoring the risks of overuse injuries and psychological burnout.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While injury quite obviously affects us physically, i.e. not being able to run or being in pain, it also affects us psychologically, or mentally. If these goals are not realistic, this will deplete your confidence, perhaps decreasing your motivation to continue performing rehab exercises or other cross-training.

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MSU

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Use our six criteria for a motivating practice activity to grade your own practice activities. Every coach should want players to be highly motivated during a practice activity. But where does that motivation come from? Are some players just motivated from the inside? Or does motivation arise from the practice activities?

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Player Development Project

JANUARY 21, 2019

The post How can I improve the motivation of my players? Here’s what you can do: 1. Tweet your questions to us @playerdp, or contact us on our Facebook page.2. PDP Members can chat directly with the PDP team to ask. appeared first on Player Development Project.

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Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 9, 2023

I was there to show that I was motivated and to keep up with my team,” Aiden says. Aiden was motivated and determined to return to play, setting a goal of an upcoming tournament the following June—nine months after surgery. My mom and dad helped me stay motivated.” I’m a very motivated person,” Aiden says. “I

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Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Medha received medical care, psychological support, and physical therapy over the course of eight weeks to get her back to sport. Medha has a positive attitude, and she is very self-motivated. There, she saw Arvind Balaji, MD , a pediatric sports medicine specialist.

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Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 30, 2023

It delivers physical, psychological, social and cognitive health and wellbeing benefits. Physical literacy is about developing knowledge and behaviours that give children the motivation and confidence to enjoy active healthy lifestyles. Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through movement and physical activity.

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Player Development Project

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Stephen Rollnick is a pioneer in motivational interviewing and in recent years has been applying his knowledge to sport. In this article, Stephen offers a psychology perspective on the key differences between praise and affirmation with young athletes. When you’re that young, it doesn’t take a lot to be encouraged, or discouraged.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This connection between rhythm timing and motor coordination has been studied across various fields, including kinesiology, neuroscience, auditory neuroscience, developmental psychology, and education.

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Reinventing the Game

JANUARY 29, 2022

Some may indeed take classes led by instructors whose main modus operandi will be technique replication approaches as the quickest way to get outcomes from motivated individuals, usually very successfully. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 12(1). In which scenario are we value-adding better as teachers? Life after sport?

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Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

One of the main goals of good physical educators is to make fitness fun, because that’s the best way to motivate students into making physical activity part of their daily lifestyle. “Fun” is a theory that physical education teachers have been practicing for decades.

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Designs for Health

AUGUST 7, 2023

As an adaptogen, this plant promotes a healthy stress response by supporting non-specific general homeostasis when exposed to physical, chemical, biological, or psychological stressors. Rhodiola is considered an “ adaptogen ,” a term that dates back to 1947.

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Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Linearity in learning discussion seems to focus very much on movement and not so much on the motivation to do it that may not be clearly connected to task and environment. Cognitive Evaluation Theory, (Deci) , looks into motivation in a comprehensive way when considering actions. Frontiers in Psychology. 7 August, 2019).

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Reinventing the Game

JUNE 15, 2021

This paper identifies the scientific areas of ecological psychology , dynamical system theory , complexity sciences and evolutionary biology as contributing knowledge in developing a theoretical scaffold, i.e. ecological dynamics, to understanding the phenomenon of emerging actions, grounded in comprehensive research.

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MSU

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Goals can help coaches create expectations for the season and motivation for their athletes. The goal of this article is to provide specific information about what goals are and how they can be used to influence team motivation. What keeps you motivated to lead them in their growth and success? What Are Goals?

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MSU

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Goals can help coaches create expectations for the season and motivation for their athletes. The goal of this article is to provide specific information about what goals are and how they can be used to influence team motivation. What keeps you motivated to lead them in their growth and success? What Are Goals?

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PLT4M

MAY 17, 2023

Internal motivation and the creation of positive attitudes are thus important. Acute illness is not prevented by vigorous exercise, but it has a favorable effect on the course of many chronic diseases. Long term health benefits depend on a continuation of the physical activity.

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AASP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We discussed how language used with children can impact their mindset and motivation.</p> </p> <p>So, how can parents impact their athletes’ motivation? In particular, one conversation with a father of a young athlete has stood out. Likewise, parents can improve their sports parenting skills, too.

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Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Psychological Advantages We already know that cognitive skills like the ability to concentrate, and academic performance are impacted by physical activity. Absolutely. It works quietly, in the background.

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AASP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Even further, a compassionate response is a source of hope, a motivator to try one more time, and a source of resilience to face sport's inherent adversity.</p> Athletes can then embrace the challenge, meet adversity with motivation to succeed, and perform to their best ability – arguably, the epitome of competitiveness.</p>

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Sports for Schools

MARCH 24, 2022

The importance of a good coach to motivate and inspire teams should never be underestimated. San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence gave an inspirational speech to motivate his baseball team, which was down 2-0. Four other leadership skills which are learned in sports coaching: Motivating and delegating tasks.

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Sports for Schools

MARCH 24, 2022

The importance of a good coach to motivate and inspire teams should never be underestimated. San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence gave an inspirational speech to motivate his baseball team, which was down 2-0. Four other leadership skills which are learned in sports coaching: Motivating and delegating tasks.

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AASP

JULY 3, 2024

</p> <p>Do reasons, motives, or ways of entry into coaching prescribe the sequel? A better answer to the question is, we, sport psychology professionals, don’t know. <em>Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 13</em>(1), 27-39.</li> Once again, not everyone is a Dawn Staley!

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AASP

APRIL 5, 2022

To prevent and resolve team conflict, sport psychology consultants (SPC) need to understand how to promote team cohesion (Leo et al., Female athletes’ perceptions of teammate conflict in sport: implications for sport psychology consultants. <em>The <em>Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 20</em>, 60-66.</p>

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