Communicating with Players and Coaches

1. Communicating with Players and Coaches And Talking to Myself

2. Players and Coaches Will they trust what I have to say?

3. What is trust all about?

4. C + R + I SO It’s all a matter of TRUST! = TRUST Credibility = What you do Reliability = What you say Intimacy = Building relationships Social Orientation = Where you’re coming from

5. How can I learn to cope with the conversation? Especially the one in my head!

6. Coaching – a model for success • GROW • Goal Setting (session/long/short term) • Reality Checking • Options and strategies • What will be done When by Who and the Will to do it A behavioural model. But what about how I feel?

7. GROW into SPACE • SPACE - Breaking stress down into factors • Social context • Physiology • Action • Cognition (thoughts, images, memories, expectations) • Emotion A psychological model

8. What you think = what you feel C Anxious thoughts E Feeling anxious/stressed

9. What you think = how you feel = what you do Hasty decision A Feeling anxious Anxious thoughts E C

10. What you think = how you feel = what you doand what happens to you physically Red face Heart rate up Respiration rate up Adrenaline flow P Hasty decision Feeling anxious E A Anxious thoughts C

11. Red face Heart rate up Respiration rate up Adrenaline flow Physiology Hasty decisions Feeling anxious Actions Emotions Cognition (thinking) Anxious thoughts What is ‘expected’ can affect what you think, how you feel, what you do, and what happens to you physically Social Context

12. SPACE to improve. Assessment into Action. S -What are other’s expectations of my performance? Acceptable not ‘perfect’. P - Using relaxation techniques to control stress and anxiety A - Stopping procrastination and learning new behavioural skills C -Replacing negative imagery with positive, helpful coping imagery E -Learning to recognise feelings and identify anxieties and controlling them