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Osmosis is Your Greatest Coaching Tool Jeff Scull, B.Sc, M.A Edge Triathlon Summary 1. Investigation into the Motivation Strategies of Elite ITU Triathlon Coaches 2. Club Development: Edge Triathlon Why Motivation? Training Business


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Osmosis is Your Greatest Coaching Tool

Jeff Scull, B.Sc, M.A Edge Triathlon

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Summary

  • 1. Investigation into the Motivation Strategies of

Elite ITU Triathlon Coaches

  • 2. Club Development: Edge Triathlon
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Why Motivation?

Training Business Culture

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10 Years Experience in 2 Weeks

  • Skype interview with Joel Filliol
  • Two continents: 3 additional coaches / 2 groups
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Theory

The Motivational Model of the Coach-Athlete Relationship (Mageau & Vallerand, 2003)

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Research Design

  • Semi structured interviews (1 hr)
  • Questionnaires for athletes
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Autonomy Supportive Coaching

  • 1. Providing Choice Within Specific Rules and Limits
  • 2. Provide a Rational for Tasks and Limits
  • 3. Acknowledging the Other Person’s Feelings and Perspectives
  • 4. Providing Athletes with Initiative Taking and Independent Work
  • 5. Providing Non-Controlling Competence Feedback
  • 6. Avoid Controlling Behaviour
  • 7. Prevent Ego-Involvement in Athletes
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  • 1. Providing Choice Within

Specific Rules and Limits

  • 1. Creates ownership
  • 2. Increases IM
  • 3. Needs to be individualized
  • 4. Results in better decision making
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  • 2. Provide a Rational for Tasks

and Limits

  • 1 of 4 coaches = detailed physiological explanations
  • 3 of 4 coaches = big picture explanations
  • workout execution (process, demands)
  • core values
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  • 3. Acknowledging the Other

Person’s Feelings and Perspectives

  • Go beyond to provide perspective, examples,

experience

  • Remove isolation
  • Allow athletes to make decisions
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  • 4. Providing Athletes with

Initiative Taking and Independent Work

  • Mental game
  • Within sessions
  • Self belief
  • Betterment tasks
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  • 5. Providing Non-Controlling Competence

Feedback

  • 6. Avoid Controlling Behaviour
  • Constructive Criticism
  • Praise sparingly and with intent (examples)
  • Lead athletes with tasks and perspective
  • Appropriate race expectations
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  • 7. Prevent Ego-Involvement in

Athletes

  • Task orientation vs performance outcomes
  • Practice competition with intent