CLIMATE
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SLO COAST success is from a positive mastery- or task-oriented climate that provides an optimal approach for balancing player satisfaction, reducing anxiety, and facilitating talent development.
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The SLO COAST task-oriented climate enhances perceptions of competence because the achievements and feelings of success are self-referenced as opposed to peer-referenced
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The emphasis in the SLO COAST climate is on developing mastery (i.e., skill execution).
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SLO COAST is a coach-created, task-involved climate which increases athletes’ satisfaction, particularly as it relates to competence and autonomy, two critical characteristics in youth sport development
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SLO COAST specifically, reinforces effort, individual role importance, and progress that maximizes satisfaction-a SHOUT PRAISE, WHISPER CRITICISM APPROACH
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SLO COAST Athletes will feel confident about gradually building their skills and recognizing their progress will more likely stay engaged and involved in sport.
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A SLO COAST key strategy for helping athletes develop a mastery mindset is to encourage SMART(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely) goal setting and encourage process goals over outcome goals.
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SLO COAST climate is successful through hard physical work. An understanding of the mental toughness required to make it through the physically demanding practice sessions. Always creating a clear sense of “THE WHY” of activity and drill. Working to give students a sense of purpose and a vision for where their skills can take them.
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SLO COAST climate is built on communication, talking with kids about making good choices and living clean moral lives. The choices they make are all part of their mental conditioning.
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SLO COAST is always a positive climate a “you can be successful” experience. This experience has a direct effect on their beliefs and attitudes about their abilities.