2016 WBCA Convention: Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Convention
By Lahnee Pavlovich, Head of Research and Writing, Athlete Assessments If you are attending the 2016 WBCA Convention, be sure to catch “Developing Resilient Athletes to
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Athlete Tough Handbook
Are your athletes … … ATHLETE TOUGH? The ATHLETE TOUGH Handbook & Video Series ATHLETE TOUGH™ develops mental resilience to help athletes perform under pressure,
Q&A with Amy Hogue: University of Utah Head Softball Coach
We had a chance to chat to Amy Hogue about life as Head Softball Coach at the University of Utah and about some of her stand out moments along the way. You can also read more about Amy Hogue in our article on Seniors Taking Initiative.
Youth Sports, What Can They Learn From Finnish schools?
Sports in many ways is like education. Athletes need to be taught new skills, they need to be nurtured, especially in the conscious incompetence and unconscious competence stages of their learning where these new skills are still foreign to them, such as in youth sports, and athletes need to be given the best opportunities to grow and succeed by their Coaches and teammates. It is the overall environment, including a good Coach-athlete relationship, access to good equipment, training and competition environments, support mechanisms and athlete self-awareness that allows an athlete to be the best they can be. Similar to how a student given the best possible academic environment will thrive and grow into the best adult they can be.
Data Analytics in Sport: Science vs People
An article has been published in the MIT Technology Review looking at the best-selling book Moneyball by Michael Lewis and how it has changed the way people think about data analytics in sport.
Lewis’s book introduced the sporting world, and in particular those with the biggest vested interests, a method in which player performance was measured and assessed using algorithms and science driven by the ability to gather vast amounts of data about players and the play during a game.
And while this is exciting, and having and relying on all of this data is tempting, unless you can find a way to make it meaningful to athletes, it won’t work.
Former student-athletes blitzing the competition
We all know sports is good for us. We know it acts as a vehicle for life skills, gives us an opportunity to participate, be the best we can be and helps us develop resiliency during our training and in competition. But what you might not know is that former student-athletes are also stronger and more consistent, in areas of well-being outside of sports than non-student-athletes.
A national Gallup-Purdue Index study of nearly 30,000 US college graduates showed that former student-athletes are more likely to be thriving in four out of five areas of well-being that Gallup measures including purpose, financial, social, community and physical well-being.
About Liz Masen
Introducing Dr. Liz Masen As CEO of Athlete Assessments, Liz looks after key relationships as well oversees the strategic direction of the company. Her personal slogan
DISC Profile Strengths in Sport
Our role at Athlete Assessments is to help people become more self-aware. When you complete your CoachDISC or AthleteDISC Profile, you are essentially given the tools you need to become truly aware of the behaviors that help you and those that can be limitations. This is where knowing your DISC Profile Strengths becomes so valuable.
I recently had the experience of working with a young athlete who had just completed her AthleteDISC Profile. During our consultation, we discovered that all of the behaviors she had previously seen as being a limitation in her sport, were in fact behaviors that could be her greatest strengths.
Values and Behavior in Sport
One of the challenges we face as Coaches or as leaders at some stage of our career is when we feel like our values have been compromised. So what are our values, what defines them and what is the difference between our values and behavior?
Athlete Assessments Newsletters – February 2016
Hello and Welcome to 2016!Being the best athlete FOR the team rather than the best athlete ON the team is an important concept we work on with our