Inquiry 5

Annotated Bibliography

"How Bully Coaches Affect an Athlete's Mental Game | Sports Psychology Today." Sports Psychology Today by Mental Edge Athletics. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.     

This website tells a story about a 16 year old standout football player was constantly criticized and punished by his coach every time he messed up and in turn it caused him to begin finding excuses to skip practice and then eventually quitting the team.  This websote will prove helpful in that this story also talks about how the coach changed the athlete mentally.  The story goes hand in hand with my topic of how a coaches language affects the performance of athletes.

"How Coaches Expectations Effect Player Performance."   

The Soccer Training Company  . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.

This website discusses how a coaches expectations affect the performance of the athletes on a team.  It talks about how if a coach talks down to his player's and constantly gets overly angry at the mistakes of his player's it can cause them to become timid and afraid and perform worse.  It also says that if a coach compliments his players and coaches them through their mistakes it will in turn bring out a better performance from the athletes. 

"How Criticism Can Affect Athletes Mental Game Sports Psychology Blog for

Athletes and Coaches."  Sports Psychology for Athletes, Parents, Coaches. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.

This website is an article of a Women's German soccer player who during the World Cup had scored 14 goals, but in the final game her first half performance proved to be almost despicable so the coached benched her.  When she was benched she became very angry and was confused as to why she had been taken out since she knew she was the best.  Once out the German team scored 3 more goals to win 3-1 and the player realized that maybe she wasn't the best.  The coaches actions taught the athlete a little something about humility.

Olympian, Bo Hanson - 4x, and Coaching Consultant & Director of Athlete Assessments. "Sport Psychology for the Sports Coach." Athlete / Coach Personality Profiling Test, DISC / Behavioral Profiling. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.

This website discusses the psychology of an athletes mind during sports.  It also tells how the most important influence on the athletes minds are based off the coaches.  The website goes in depth with the description of how important being mentally strong is for an athlete.  I will hopefully use this website's information to help with research of my own inquiry to see how what is told to an athlete affects their performance.

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