PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMESNION TO BE ELITE ATHLETE physique and skill level also important 1 Needs 2 Personality How Good Personality Situations Lead to Success chemistry of the basketball wrestling teams have lead to their successful years you cant let ONE PLAYER affect the team Dr Browns daughter is tax auditor and was taught to suck up to the boss Her kind personality got her more clients PERSONALITY Grad schools looking into professors to see if they want to work under them Athletes are more STIMULUS SEEKING as opposed to non athletes They get bored sitting around Coaches must treat players as individuals and not just be concerned about what they do for the team Players model coaches personality and behavior doing nothing Better to be ASSERTIVE then AGGRESSIVE because assertive athletes are confident make things happen are respected and not easily dominated Males versus Females sexes are not different in sports similar personality traits are needed for success in sports most of these traits masculine PERSONALITY THEORY used since 1970 s to help people MENTALLY MANAGE their talents you want players who fit well in the culture Risk taking is associated with motivation Two Types To succeed and to avoid failure Ex Bean bag thing those who were motivated to succeed chose the 50 50 target they wanted a challenge those who were motivated to avoid failure would chose the 90 target and the 10 target When comparing athletes to non athletes athletes had more motivation to succeed and other who are motivated to avoid failure are the non athletes test was done at Wisconsin bean bag targets didn t have different point values they were all equal Athletes Don t consider a buzzer shot risky part of their muscle memory Age two Parents influence begins to develop motivation put your kids in situations where they can have as many positive experiences as possible kids become self reliant when put in these situations get independence 50 and below YOU ARENT DEPRESSED 51 60 MILD DEPRESSION 61 70 MODERATE DEPRESSION Over 70 suicidal Talked about 15 yr old girl from Ireland who was bullied and hung herself HIGH SCHOOL IS A VERY TOUGH AGE kids lack emotional stability Ex UMD RB Charlie Wysaki Is premier RB going into the NFL draft but didn t get drafted He went to workout with the Cowboys and was 1 of 18 rbs He got 1 carry and was then sent home This triggered BIPOLAR DEPRESSION and he became immobilized and coultn walk This was all precipitated by the ELEMENT OF LOSS Violent Events LA had to clean up city after winning NBA ship with Kobe and Shaq There was 1 death and 11 arrests Cars were damaged and business s looted People were shot The mayor blamed this on a few hundred hoodlums 2001 UMD lost to Duke in the final 4 3000 fans from were watching the game in peace at Cole Field House and then things got out of hand Isolated fires began following the game 1 group of fans burned a blue devil in front of testudo at Mkeldin 2001 students took down goal post and burned it in frat row when becoming ACC football champs Dr Brown went to UMD v WVU game and people threw cups at each other A stampede after start of a world cup game lead to deaths and several injuries Some people from a country wanted to kill their goalie for giving up the game winning goal He had tons of death threats 16 yr old pulls knife out and attacks fans at Jets game Andre Escobar was shot and killed after scoring goal against his team vs US in World Cup Kent St shooting during riots when people were protesting the Vietnam War No students lead these movement but rather outside influences professional agitators Innocent people got shot MD DUKE GAME 2010 the fact that it was senior night and fighting for the 1 in ACC heightened the drama march madness became mad last night The last place Dr Brown wanted to be was at that game watched it from her home Students felt it was their duty or responsibility to riot Mike Wilbon If I had 1 ticket to any game it would be the Duke v UMD game There are 2 great coaches schools programs and history You couldn t find a better scenario Coach K WILL NOT bring his family to UMD because he feels they are at danger When news from College Park gets out its on a NATIONAL level not local This is because it is near D C Horse mounted police and armored vehicles called in to control route 1 Innocent people were getting pepper sprayed Ways to collect data for crowd psychohology easier to do inside arenas go to event stay in one place and monitor everything systematic form participation form ushers keep control of games ex fans wear heart monitor WATCH FIELD OF SCREAMS VIDEO AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS p 27
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