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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 03:16 pm |
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| I'm not a big fan of incentives but I have learned from personal experience that kids do like that. It makes them want to play harder and learn more when they have something that is going to be given afterwards. I don't think as a coach you should do it all the time but you should try it out for good attendance, or winning a game.
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 04:57 pm |
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I don't do incentives that often, I think that if you do them too much then they will expect to have them all the time. You want them not expect it so that way their performance will be strong.
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soccertr
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 11:30 pm |
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jayjay wrote:
I don't do incentives that often, I think that if you do them too much then they will expect to have them all the time. You want them not expect it so that way their performance will be strong.
I agree. They are good at younger ages on a limited basis. This is when players have a hard time realizing that working and practicing have their own rewards.
I do like the attendance idea. Rather than "punishing" those that miss, reward those that make 100%.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25th, 2008 07:09 pm |
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Motivation is more than a question of winning and losing.. Research has found that for children under the age of 10- high ability is generally implied by learning, or by success at tasks they are uncertain of being able to complete. They do not judge ability with reference to performance norms or social comparisons. They can be induced to adopt another’s performance as a standard, but normally they make self-referenced rather than social norm referenced judgments of ability. For young children, when more effort is needed for success, this implies more learning which means more ability in their world. In a real sense, effort is ability for children under the age of 11!! Because young children cannot differentiate effort from ability, they do not have the cognitive ability to understand winning and losing. If you do not believe me, go watch any U9 game, for example, and listen to the first question a child asks as he/she comes off the field. If it is not “where’s my snack?”, it will be “Did we win?”
The child at this age understands that winning is important, loves to compete, but does not understand winning and losing in any systematic sense. Because of this, they will not feel sad until a parent or coach informs them that they lost and accompany this information with a positive or negative emotional reaction.
To Read more about this information from Darren C. Treasure, Ph.D. an Assistant Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at Arizona State University. (He is also an adjunct faculty member of the USSF National Coaching Staff. )
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