Title: 10 really effective ways to motivate your sports team
Headings: 10 really effective ways to motivate your sports team
10 really effective ways to motivate your sports team
1. Decide on your type of motivation
2. Create the right environment
3. Communication goes two-ways
4. Make it fun
5. Use competitive aspects
6. Don't punish failure
7. Celebrate the good times
8. Everyone is different
9. Set goals
10. Empower your team
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Content: Create the right environment
Motivation starts on the training pitch. When a player arrives for one of your training sessions, they should feel a surge of impetus hit them from the off. You can rouse that emotion in your players by creating a positive environment in and around your training facilities. Take a look around, does the environment inspire confidence in players that they can turn up, give their all and contribute to a club that's heading in the right direction? You can make small improvements to this by investing in new equipment or sprucing up your clubhouse or changing rooms. Give your club a lift with some fresh aesthetics and breed that positivity from the second your squad arrives. Similarly, do you as a coach promote that positivity when interacting with your team? Positivity in coaching is a much more effective method of success than being an authoritarian, hierarchical coach that doesn't connect with their team. Let players know you're more than just the coach, but a friend who shares their passion for sport. Bringing yourself closer to your team, and your team closer together, making them more motivated to fight for one another out on the pitch.