During this time, you need to engage athletes in activities that stimulate their engagement and keep their need for autonomy high. Here are some ideas to put into practice:
- Empower athletes during the training sessions so that they are the architects of their own learning by allowing athletes to make more decisions for themselves;
- Challenge athletes regularly with resolute and purposeful questioning; Ensure that an empathetic approach is developed and that consideration is given to ‘all’ athletes;
- Communicate regularly with all athletes to ensure that no social cliques develop and that any issues can be resolved at an early stage (some sport squads have player management committees);
- Give the athletes responsibility of maintaining standards and policing certain activities during practices – for example devolving responsibility to athletes for warm-up activities;
- Incorporate peer learning activities within the training sessions so that athletes focus on development of others as well as themselves;
- Create opportunities for the athletes to unite and develop team cohesion through team building and bonding activities; Create healthy competition in the training scenario to ensure that all team members are contributing and enjoying the sessions;
- Utilise video and other performance analysis tools for both competition and training purposes and involve athletes in the learning and development process.
(Source: Jones, Høigaard e Peters, 2014)
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