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Sports Program Leadership
The author of this report has been asked to review the Burke text and answer to a single question. That question asks the author of this response to identify at least three different factors that could and should be emphasized within a sports setting to as to ensure the highest likelihood of success and strong performance. Indeed, there are a lot of teams that have performance as their mission and priority. However, not all teams and their leaders do the best job of using the proper methods and attitude when it comes to the same. While motives and intentions matter a great deal when it comes to sports team performance, the manner in which such performance is attempted matters even more.
Analysis
Based on the Burke text, the author of this response would point to three factors in particular. First, there has to be a "job" that everyone has on a team. Each player has a role and duty that they are meant to fulfill. Obviously, what precisely...
Even so, the players on the team need to know their job based on any given situation including who they are to guard, how they are supposed to play on offense and so forth. Everyone's role and place needs to be defined so that there are no people duplicating work and the team can play as effectively as possible. Just like a person who has a job is told what their role is, a player on a team must do the same (Beauchamp & Eys, 2014).
A second factor that is important relates to leadership. To be specific, feedback to the players on the team needs to be positive and constructive. Berating and belittling players is a penchant of many coaches but it in many ways does more harm than helps. Whether it be one-on-one or in a group setting, people need to be coached in a firm yet positive way. Lastly, there needs to be a bonding and cohesion within the group. Rather than acting as their own islands, people need to be as close and simpatico as possible. Competing with each other is fine in some ways but bulk of the effort should be towards competing at a high level and strongly against others (Beauchamp & Eys, 2014).
Conclusion
Having a clearly defined role and one that is…
References
Beauchamp, M. & Eys, M. (2014). Group dynamics in exercise and sport psychology.
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