What is it
Motivational climate is the psychological environment that the coach creates by designing sessions which provide instructions and feedback that will help to motivate the athletes in training and competition (Amnes 1992).
When is it needed?
motivational/ego climate is used by a coach to gain an understanding of his/her participants of how would be the best way to motivate their participant to get the best out of them and then look on how you can provide a platform for each individual by creating a psychological environment which gives everyone an equal opportunity.
How is it done
This can be done in manys, for example to change the motivational climate you may set individual challenges so that everyone has been motivated in a different way, you may also set team challenge which will change the climate as the group will then work in a team and again changing the motivation.
How have i used it on placement
I have used this technique on placement to change the motivational/ego climate to try and get the best out of my participants and to also put in place plans on certain areas in which i believe my participants can work on thus improving their ability in the long run.
furthermore i the reason why i used this technique was to ensure that during a session engagement levels were high and throughout the session i would try and tweak the climate this is done by changing the activities and the goals of the activities, the reasoning behind this was as an activity can drag on i wanted to try and keep my participants engaged and changing the motivational/ego climate will change how the participant thinks thus increasing engagement as the participant is thinking more about the task
Theories i have used
one of the theories i used was the the Bio-psychosocial model by engel 1977 this suggest that there are 3 factors which a coach must understand about their participants
- the biological needs illness, immunity, disability genetic issues
- the social needs, peer group, economic status, religion and relationships
- the psychological needs, self esteem, self control, behaviour, personality and impulsivity
As a coach it is important to control the ego climate of a session as if there are too many people thinking this is easy or too difficult then you will lose engagement during the session. to understand the ego climate first you must understand the different needs of a participant, psychological needs, social needs and biological needs these 3 factors play a key part as they allow the coach to understand what a participant can and can’t do( biological needs) they will also understand the relationships and who works well together and who might be left out if the participants control the teams (social needs) and lastly (psychological needs) which allow for you to understand why a participant is acting like they are.
taking these factors into consideration will allow for you as a coach to be able to control the ego climate of a session which will allow for the most amount of learning and a positive environment which will allow for an engaging session.
The next theory which I used was Cote’s Developmental Model of Sport Participation . Adapted from Côté et al. (2007).
cotes development model allows the coach to gain an understanding of what age and stage there participants are at thus allowing the coach to see what type of activities they are using and how they can change up ways and different activities to ensure that the ego climate is managed and allows for all participants to engage in the activities
The last model which I used was Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215. This theory suggest that there a 4 factors which you take into consideration to understand participants behaviour which then will allow you to manage the ego climate of the session
The four factors are
1.Perfromance Accomplishments – this can be used in a session to link it to the outcome eg winning, or setting individual goals/challenges
2.Vicarious experiences- “vicarious experiences” this allows the participant to have a understanding of the activity and what is acceptable and allows them to look back on past activities, this will allow them to understand what is expected and will help a coach understand how to control this participant in the session
3. Verbal Persuasion – this is how a coach motivates their participants, and how you can use different ways to persuade a participant to give it their all in a session or to challenge them .
emotional arousal- this is how a coach and participant can look to use the emotions of a session or a sport to try and get the best out of their participants.
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