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Grit Gavin Carvalho Overview Three key traits of Grit Grit Scale How do young players improve their Grit now? Calculate your Grit score Story about Grit Laney Smith What is Grit? How can parents foster Grit in


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Grit

Gavin Carvalho

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Overview

 Grit Scale  Calculate your Grit score  What is Grit?  Why is it important?  Story about Grit – Manchester United vs PSG  Three key traits of Grit  How do young players improve their Grit now?  Story about Grit – Laney Smith  How can parents foster Grit in their children?  Resources for players  Resources

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How much grit do you have?

  • answer the

questions below and add up your score.

Not at at all all like like m me Not muc uch like like me So Somewhat like like me Mos

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ly like like me Very muc uch like like me New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones 5 4 3 2 1 Setbacks don’t discourage me. I don’t give up easily 1 2 3 4 5 I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one 5 4 3 2 1 I am a hard worker 1 2 3 4 5 I have a difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete 5 4 3 2 1 I finish whatever I begin 1 2 3 4 5 My interests change from year to year 5 4 3 2 1 I am diligent, I never give up 1 2 3 4 5 I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest 5 4 3 2 1 I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important change 1 2 3 4 5

  • Angela Duckworth – Gri

rit: : Power of f passion and pers rseverance

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Calculate your grit score

  • Step 1: Add up your total score from the previous page
  • Step 2: Divide score by 10.
  • Step 3: Score will fall between 1-4

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Not Gri ritty Sli lightly Gri ritty Moderately Gri ritty Very Grit ritty

  • Angela Duckworth – Gri

rit: : Power of f passion and pers rseverance

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GRIT

What is Grit?

Gri rit is is the passion and pers rseverance an in individual has that enables them to purs rsue and achieve lo long term rm goals Gri rit is is the ability to stic ick to committed goals and to work towards the fu fulf lfillment despite the stru ruggles and diffi ifficulties that gets in in the way Gri rit is is more im important than talent or r IQ IQ when it it comes to success – Angela Duckworth

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Why is Grit important? 01 05 04 03 02

The abili ility ty to to re recover fr from setb tbacks Skill ill x Effort = Achie ievement Tale lent x Effort = Skill ill

Wit ithout Gri rit, Talent is is nothing but unmet potential Dri river r of f achievement and success

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Stories about Grit – When Grit beats Talent

  • In last year’s Champions league, Manchester United drew Paris St. Germain in the

last 16. Paris, a far more talented team featuring Neymar and Mbappe took a 2-0 lead in the first leg of the tie, creating a near impossible challenge for United to go away to Paris and have to score atleast 3 goals to qualify for the quarters. See the highlights:

  • First Leg Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_za6Khtnbg
  • Solksjaer interview before second leg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhpXxfNZoTo

  • Second Leg Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnu4LP1Z1mg
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Three key traits of Grit High ability Incredible zeal Capacity for hard labor

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How do young players improve their Grit now?

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ENGAGE IN IN THE PROCESS

Pra ractice Regularly

Development takes time, practice your interests regularly and put the effort in. This resilience will carry over into other aspects of your life.

Be Dis isciplined

Follow through

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all your mini-goals and takss that you have setup, this will help you continue to improve.

Maintain Hope

Look at situations and events from an optimistic perspective, look for the positive aspects of the event and make it a positive for you.

Dis iscover and develop in interests

Take time to research new activities and hobbies to try, find new activities and pursure

  • them. Give interests time

to develop.

Develop purp rpose

Make mini-decisions and take mini-steps towards a larger goal. This will give you direction and purpose while fostering commitment

Set Mic icro Goals

Set achievable daily and weekly goals. These are going to be crucial wins that will spur players

  • nto bigger challenges.
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Story about Grit – Laney Smith

Link to video https://youtu.be/1XtQV8KHIg0

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How can parents foster Grit in their children?

CREATE QUITE TIME

Have a small portion of the day that is free from all screens, phones and tablets. Allow time to dream, be creative and be

  • imaginative. .

ENCOURAGE EXPERIMENTATION

Encourage kids to try something new, this will allow them to do research and find new interests and hobbies. For example, during this period, encourage them to do something they have never done before.

BE OK WIT ITH MIS ISTAKES AND IM IMPERFECTION

Harsh criticism can stifle new interests. Instead, allow kids to make mistakes and be

  • imperfect. Mistakes will allow them to learn

better and imperfections are normal with

  • development. It will foster passion and the

want to improve.

OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE

Give your child the opportunity to pick their activities, tasks from 2 to 3 options, this will foster interest and passion.

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Resources for Pla layers

 The Grit Guide for Teens  A Workbook to Help You Build Perseverance, Self-Control, and a Growth Mindset  Care ren Baruch-Feld ldman

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Resources

  • Duckworth, A. (n.d.). Grit: The power of passion and perseverance .
  • Baruch-Feldman, C. (2017, October 3). What if Grit, and why is it important? . Retrieved

April 22, 2020, from https://www.newharbinger.com/blog/what-grit-and-why-it- important