Chapter 2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
1
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What quality do all great athletes share?
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- Commitment
- It does not matter your background, race, religion and era if you have an overwhelming sense of commitment to your cause
- Commitment can provide you with incredible reserves of energy and motivation to battle through the tough times they knew would be an inevitable part of the process
- You must be willing to invest ourself completely by investing your time energy and passion to help your team pursue its goals
- Your heart must be in it
- Being a leader must be something you want ot do not something you feel you have to do
2
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What are 2 qualities of good leaders?
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- Vision of what is possible?
- Make the commitment
3
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Why is it important to have visions of what is possible?
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- Great leaders know exactly what the want to achieve
- They see what is possible for their teams and make it their mission to attain it
- Great leaders establish an inspiring and meaningful goal they are willing to pursue
- They determine a mission or long term goal that they are passionate about achieving
4
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Describe the importance of making the commitment:
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- If you want to be a leader you must fully commit yourself
- Your goal must be of great importance to you, it must be one of the biggest priorities in your life
- You must be so inspired by the goal that you fully commit yourself to making it a reality
- Leadership is an investment of time, energy and an investment of yourself to make your dreams, and those of your teammates and coaches come true
- You must put your heart into it
- You must be so passionate about your goal that you are willing to ethically do whatever it takes to make it happen and be willing to endure all of the obstacles, challenges and setbacks that will happen along the way
5
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What is the commitment continuum?
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Each category describes an increasing level of positive commitment as you move from the left to the right
- Resistant
- Reluctant
- Existent
- Compliant
- Committed
- Compelled
- Obsessed
6
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Describe resistant:
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- Resistant people resist being led
- They have their own stubborn view of how things should be done and are not open to being influenced
- They often do not agree to the teams rules and standards and openly oppose them
- They complain about their coaches, teammates, workouts, conditioning, etc
- They have not brought into the teams common goal but instead pull in the opposite direction
7
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Describe reluctant:
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- Not yet willing to but into the common goal
- Hesitantly do what is asked of them, only giving half effort and enthusiasm
- Take a “wait and see” attitude
- Skeptical about committing to the team because they are often concerned their investment is not going to pay off
- Often negative team leaders
8
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Describe existent:
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- There in body but not in mind and spirit
- They show up but give little more then their presence
- Apathetic towards the team and the goal - it is of little significance to them
- They go through the motions in practice and play with little enthusiasm
- It is surprising that they are still apart of the team because they both contribute and gain very little
9
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Describe compliant:
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- Do what they are told by their coaches and team leaders
- Obedient soldiers who do what is expected but lack the initiative to go above and beyond call of duty
- Do enough to maintain whatever standard is let by the leader by they aren’t willing to do any extra
- Leaders can rely on compliants to do what is asked but are also a bit frustrated by compliants because the leader always has to supply the direction and motivation
10
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Describe committed:
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- Willingly go the extra mile in order to reach their goal
- They are self-motivated and do not need someone else to tell them what to do or to watch over their shoulder to make sure they are doing it
- They take the initiative to do what is necessary to get the job done
11
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Describe compelled:
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- No matter what obstacles, adversities or distractions might stand in their way, compelled people are going to find a way
- Wont rest until they get the job done
- Will prepare, train, and compete at the highest level
- They never simply go through the motions or skip workouts, eat well, get proper rest and take advantage of every opportunity to get better
- Do not only have high expectations for themselves but also of their teammates
- They hold themselves and their teammates to a higher standard
12
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Describe obsessed:
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- Get so consumed with achieving a specific goal that they lose their sense of perspective
- They unmercifully drive themselves and others crazy in their relentless pursuit of their goals
- They disregard the need for balance in the lives as well as the importance of a recovery phase in their training
- They are prone to pursuing the goal at all costs which might include cheating, eating disorders, using performance enhancing drugs and other illegal, unhealthy and unethical means
- Highly committed but often lack the necessary perspective and people skills to be respected leaders
- There is a fine line between being compelled and obsessed
13
Q
Leaders must be ______ or _______
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- Committed or compelled
- It is nice to rate yourself as committed or compelled but it is more important where your coaches and teammates rate you
- Less than 5% of athletes ever truly reach the compelled category but the ones who do are special people who often achieve extraordinary success
- You get to choose what level you commit yourself
- How hard you want to work
- How serious you want to be about your goals
- What you are willing to do to attain them
14
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Why is it important to work hard?
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- Hard work is the natural by product of commitment
- When you commit yourself to a specific goal, you will realize that you will need to put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears to turn your goal into a reality
- Because you are committed to your goal you are willing to put in the necessary work
- You wont need someone else to tell you what to do or to watch over you because you are self-motivated enough to do the work
- You take responsibility for your diet, training, rest and everything else that might impact your performance and you don’t see these as short-term sacrifices but rather as long-term investments in your dream
- Hopefully your teammates will se your level of commitment and raise their commitment, but not all will do so
- Your teammates may make fun of your high commitment and try to sabotage your commitment efforts or attempt to embarrass you
- As a leader you are facing a formidable foe - human nature that is filled with laziness, jealousy and mediocrity so it is important to always stay true to yourself
15
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You should always play with _________ and _________
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- Passion and enthusiasm
- Great leaders display tremendous passion and enthusiasm
- As a leader by example it will be your job to bring energy to the team and to let your love for your sport shine though and be contagious with your teammates
- You should always come to practice with a smile on your face and be ready to work hard
- Enjoy the challenges that practices offer and make it fun for yourself and your teammates that way you can make it also fun even though it is hard work
- When you sense the energy is low on your team it will be up to you to get it back up again
- Many sports are greatly impacted by momentum
- It is up to you as the leader to bring your passion and enthusiasm to your team to get the momentum back on your side
- Be sure your enthusiasm is contagious
16
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Why is it important to be competitive?
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- Instill your will
- You need to have a strong competitive will as a leader
- While you can keep the game in perspective- winning is one your primary goals
- Losing is basically not an option for most leaders - it is almost as if you can will your team to victory
- Why would you invest so much of yourself and put in all the work if winning wasn’t important to you?
- Whether you make a big play at a crucial moment to spark your team, or keep your teammates focused under pressure and inspire them to come through in the clutch, you must have a “refuse to lose” mentality
