Group Norms

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10 Key Steps in Being a Great Communicator

The following are 10 keys that will help the average baseball coach become a great communicator. This list shows that verbal communication is not everything in sports. Even though the keys are written with "players" in mind, they apply to all groups to which you communicate.

1. Know your message
2. Make sure you are understood
3. Deliver your message in the proper context
4. Use appropriate emotions and tones
5. Adopt a healthy communication style
6. Be receptive
7. Provide helpful feedback
8. Be a good nonverbal communicator
9. Be consistent
10. Be positive

Motivation

Motivation

Sandra- Motivation

(Lyrics)

I have posted the song Motivation by Sandra because her words in the song is what motivation is all about. Motivation is very important in a team. A team whose members are aligned with its purpose, feel responsibility for the outcome, feel a challenge in their task, and experience growth as a team, will tend to sustain motivation over the long run. This is what being a team is all about. The manager and coach of the baseball team will need to show leadership, enthusiasm, organization, and be a motivator. As a coach, watch other players at the fields and pick some that would fit into your team for the positions you need. Most of all, the players need to play as a team and work together to win. Motivation is key!

Leadership in Coaching

A good leadership quality is essential for a coach to succeed in getting through to his or her players. At any age level a person must be able to get the attention of their players. At a younger age, children will follow a coach knowing he or she is the authority figure, but without great leadership ability, the coach will not be able to help his players to become the best athletes they can be. As coaches go up the line, a leadership quality is a vital part for a coaches success.

As players get older, especially as a teenager, they begin to think that they are bigger than the game, and already know what the coach might be trying to teach them. This is a where a coach must have be able to win the confidence of the player. There are many ways to do this, alot of which are the same that apply to public speaking will work to convey the coach's message.

1. A coach's message to the player must be clear and concise. If you try to dazzle the player with lingo, or seem to be talking down to the player, the individual player will turn his or her back on the coach. The trust is lost.

2. Speak about what you know, and capture the player with the "title" of what you want him or her to learn. As teenagers, their attention span is very limited. So if you do not catch their attention with the first couple sentences, all will be lost.

3. Let the player know that they will benefit from the information you as the coach are giving them. Teenagers are usually only interested in things that benefit them, so know that and feed on that. Let them know that this information will pertain to their success at thier sport.

With these simple steps, communication and leadership will work hand in hand in growing a relationship with the players you are mentoring, and will also help you to help them grow not only as athletes, but as good individuals.

Non-Verbal Communication

Studies have shown that up to 70% of communication is accomplished non- verbally. The importance of reading non-verbal cues include body language and watching facial expressions. If your body language conflicts with your words, players will be just as confused as if you told them one thing one day, and the opposite thing the next. That is why you need to be consistent in your actions.

In baseball, non-verbal communication is used frequently and very quickly. Except for the ball itself, the hidden communication from catcher to pitcher, from manager to base coach, from base coach to base runner, from infielder to outfielder (and various other combinations of transmitted sign language that take place in the roughly 20 seconds between pitches) might be the most essential element for completion of an orderly game. Although this technique is very helpful in the fact that it allows teams to have their own sense of strategy, it may not always work. Players can read the signs wrong, add the numbers wrong, or they may just not even listen to what the manager is calling. Players have to pay very close attention to what play is being called so that they can properly execute.

The video below is a video on the importance of signs in a baseball game. Just remember, that baseball isn't the only sport that uses non-verbal communication; it's just the most obvious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4LK-919A-U

Game Day Communication

Game day is a very important day for communicating. Your game day tactics should be the same as your practice tactics. A lot of coaches talk about delayed game strategy, half-time discussions, and other things. I think that tone is important, I think that you should communicate in a regular, steady tone reminding your team of what needs to be done; another option that works really well is to remind them of what they have surrendered to be here, such as early practices and strenuous workouts.

Furthermore, there needs to be crisp, clear communication amongst the actual players on the field. If communication is worthless on the field, it can do sickening things such as costing runs, and can easily donate to a win for our opponent.

After a performing well it is more than vital to give tons of optimistic advice as to what went well for them and donated to the outstanding value performance. It is also extremely significant to cover a few sections where development and enhancement can be made. After a weak performance, it is pretty important to suggest things that were constructive and helpful, then notice what wasn't carried out correctly and needs to be performed on, and come to an end with something encouraging to help them remain pumped up and upbeat for the next game. Moreover, you should never chastise a person in front of the team; you should only admire and commend them. Chastising them in public can be very harmful and destructive to their self-confidence.

Whether the outcome was a win or loss, your line of attack, (your approach) should be the same. You should congratulate and commend what they did well, give your evaluation, and then finish with something optimistic and cheering. If you are going to disapprove or condemn someone, you should compliment them first, people don’t like being put down.