Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 10, 2023

The special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren is a wellspring of inspiration and motivation. Sharing their experiences, perspectives, and the positive changes they are driving can motivate individuals of all generations to join the cause. Grandparents are a vital resource in the gun violence prevention movement.

Movement

The Sporting

JULY 12, 2023

A Guide to Sports Psychology and 8 Important Benefits for Athletes Sports psychology has emerged as a vital field within the realm of athletics. Sports psychology can help enhance performance in all sports, from running to football In this article, we will explore eight key ways in which athletes can benefit from sports psychology.

Psychology

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.

Coaching

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.

Motivation

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.

Sports

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.

Psychology

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.

Motivation

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.

Motivation

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.

Motivation

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>

Sports

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.

Psychology

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?

Exercise

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.

Motivation

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.

Sports

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.

Exercise

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?

Motivation

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.

Motivation

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

Biomechanics

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.

Physical Education

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.

High School

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.

Psychology

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.

Physical Education

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.

Nervous system

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.

Physical Education

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.

Physical Education

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?

Coaching

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?

Coaching

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.

Movement

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.

Motivation

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>

Psychology

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.

Coaching

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.

Coaching

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>

Cooperative Learning

The Physical Educator

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cultivating motivation. Cultivating Motivation. Passion and purpose can be great motivators in our quest to grow as teaching professionals. I hope that this purpose is one that you can connect with and that these three stacks – teaching, motivation, and health – are ones that you value as much as I do.

Physical Education

Heartzones

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s also a strong motivator for students and also gives the teachers the ability to gamify their lessons. for their motivation to play/move. Brian went on to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned a bachelors degree in Psychology while minoring in Philosophy and Exercise Health Science: Physical Education.

Schooling

AASP

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Champ-talk is a powerful statement that can either be motivational or instructional. <em>Psychological science, 21</em>(10), 1363-1368.</p> Mechanisms underlying the self-talk–performance relationship: The effects of motivational self-talk on self-confidence and anxiety. <em>Psychology

Psychology

The Sporting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Reduced Motivation and Mental Alertness Too many hours of sleep can make an athlete feel groggy, sluggish and less motivated to exercise or compete. Using sports psychology to manage your performance anxiety is always better than isolating yourself from the event. It can help you enhance your skills, confidence and motivation.

Immune system