Group Norms

Group Norms

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Team Chemistry

Team Chemistry

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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.

Teamwork

TEAMWORK

Every team wants to win. Winning cannot happen without teamwork, players having good chemistry and excellent communication. The manager of the team is responsible so that the team will work together to win.

Baseball played correctly requires a lot of teamwork and a coach that knows the players' strengths and weaknesses. Other team members need to help with strategy to beat a challenging opponent. It's really the only sport where one person cannot make your team great. Baseball forces the entire team to come together, because not one or two guys can make a great team. For example, in plays such as a bunt, sacrifice for RBI, single, double and triple plays all require teamwork. The ability to read the field as a team is very important so that when you have the ball, you know when to throw to a cutoff man or to the nearest base. Also, a batter only bats an average three or four times a game and he needs his team to get on base to score runs.

To work as a team, means that everyone believes in everyone, not just the star players. Even when the team is down by five runs, some teammates must be able to create a winning attitude.

Making the Media Yours

Making The Media Yours

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The 10 Commandments of Sports Management

The spotlight is on you, there are ten microphones in your face, cameras flashing from all over the room, everyone crowded around you and all talking at once trying to get a response from you. Who do I answer? What do I say? Which camera do I look at? How am I going to get out of this?

You may be wondering what the answers are to these questions, well there is only one question you really need to answer right now: can you handle it?

Sports managers are in and out of media conferences which is why it is so important to prepare responses beforehand. The media can be a bit overwhelming; however I’m going to provide you with the 10 Commandments of Sports Management which will ultimately transform you into a master of the media.

1. Pre-conference preparation

• Developing a mock conference beforehand will help you build confidence as well as perfect statements that you plan to make in the media conference.

2. Responses are well thought out

• Make sure your responses are safe and direct to avoid any media conflicts.

3. Answer questions in a timely manner

• Do not rush yourself and do not take too much time in responding to one question.

4. Do not answer any questions that you are not prepared for

• Hold off on any questions of substance that you are not prepared for.

5. Refrain from giving too much away

• As a sports manager you don't want to give too much away about your team, just keep it simple and respond to the questions that you are prepared for.

6. Maintain a positive atmosphere

• Keep everything positive for instance, if a teammate leaving the organization: tell the media that is for the better of both the player and the team. Be sure to let them know that we have many possible prospects looking to fill the position.

7. Respect the media

• Keeping your relationship on a respectful level is important when dealing with the media, because they can make or break you and they control the public eye.

8. Make eye contact

• Be direct with our responses and make sure you aren't looking down and away. This shows confidence and you will gain people's trust.

9. Don’t show any sort of weakness

• Do not crumble under any circumstance and if the media see's weakness they'll try to bring that out of you every chance they get.
  

10. Professional attire

• Attire is very important, you want to look very presentable and professional. You are ultimately representing your team.

Following these Ten Commandments of Sports Management will ensure as well as sustain success throughout your career. These are all very important aspects involving the image of your organization. These steps will help you on a daily basis avoid negative media and maintain a positive view of yourself as well as the organization you are representing.

How to Make a Successful Presentation

Both written and oral communication require skill. It isn't easy, but like any written message, e-mails can easily be misunderstood. It takes practice and hard work to express yourself well. The same is true for oral communication that takes place in telephone calls, face-to-face meetings, formal briefings, and conferences. Listed below are some guidelines to follow in order to make a successful presentation, no matter what situation a manager is facing.

1. Be Prepared: Know what you want to say; know how you want to say it; rehearse saying it.
2. Set the Right Tone: Act audience centered; make eye contact; be pleasant and confident.
3. Sequence Points: State your purpose, make important points; follow with details; then summarize.
4. Support Your Points: Give specific reasons for your points; state them in understandable terms.
5. Accent the Presentation: Use good visual aids; provide supporting handouts when possible.
6. Add the Right Amount of Polish: Attend to details; have room, materials, and arrangements ready to go.
7. Check Your Technology: Check everything ahead of time, make sure it works and know how to use it.
8. Don't bet on the Internet: Beware of plans to make real-time Internet visits; save sites on a disk and use a browser to open the file.
9. Be Professional: Be on time; wear appropriate attire, act organized, confident, and enthusiastic.

These guidelines are important to follow to ensure that the communication level is effective and credible. Sport Managers are faced with barriers every day in which they shouldn't attend a conference and just "wing it", the manager needs to be prepared so that every one is receiving credible information.

Running a Successful Campaign

Running a Successful Campaign

A sports team campaign can be very helpful. When the manager of the baseball team decides to campaign its own team then it draws attention. The cities that you campaign will know more about your team. This can create fans, players, and most importantly, donations to help the team grow. This type of publicity can make a managers life much easier in the future. Here are some steps that the manager must take when campaigning:

Step 1: Get the Right Tools for your Sports Campaign

- Well designed tools will allow your campaign team to share information easily and efficiently, make well-informed decisions, and easily expand as you approach your last day of campaigning.

Step 2: Hiring Your Campaign Staff

-When running a campaign, three positions must be filled: treasurer, fundraiser and campaign manager.

-The treasurer is responsible for maintaining the campaigns financial accounting both for internal purposes and for filing legally required campaign statements.

-The fundraiser's job is primarily to focus on raising the money necessary for a successful campaign.

-The campaign manager's job is to run the campaign.

Step 3: The Campaign Budget

-The important thing is to be honest in your fundraising projections so that you can make reasonable decisions about spending priorities.

-Your priorities should be divided up into three categories: Must Have, Like to Have, and Luxury.

Step 4: The Heart of Running the Campaign

-After your tools, team, budget, strategy and message are put together, running the actual campaign is mostly just a matter of implementing.

-With solid planning, your daily operations will run smoothly Following those four easy steps will make your campaigning a success. In no time will you have fans, players, and money to make your baseball team grow to its highest potential.

Running a Successful Campaign

The Importance of Coaching

In order to be a successful and competent coach, you need to have many skills that are mostly communication based. The list is as follows...


- Examine your personal communication style and show how to react fittingly to the communication styles of others

- Recognize obstacles to communication and select effective procedures to conquer them

- Provide valuable and real feedback

- Use influencing techniques: commitment, steadiness and shortage

- Show how to apply listening techniques to verify and establish a speaker's desires, use confirmation techniques to guarantee correct understanding and assert your own requirements professionally, graciously and resolutely

- Placate emotional or upset individual.

- Put assertive communication techniques into action

- Realize anger in self and others

- How to allot bad news to others

- Spot the basis of conflict and use the suitable reply.

- Comprehend and apply modern negotiation strategies to: know when to make the first offer, when and how to make concessions and how to make the other person feel like a winner

- Identify and deal with absurd conflict: when it is a "shark" attack.

- Explain e-mail custom.

- Create helpful and specialized e-mail messages.

Spreading Publicity

The two most concrete ways we have come up with to spread publicity about our blog is a Facebook page or mass mailing to potential bloggers. Both of these ideas are great and will work towards drawing people to our blog.
A Facebook page is a great way to get people involved in something your doing even if you don't know them. I played on a local baseball team around here, and our coach was able to recruit players to a tryout by posting a listing on facebook. We were able to field a team just by posting positions we needed, and having a tryout for the spots. This would work the sameway with our blog. We could post something saying if anyone is interested in knowing more about professional writing in the sports management field, that way we can direct people right in to our site that really want to learn more.
Mailing clients will also work but I think less effectively. Although the occasional person does go through each piece of mail they recieve, most people will see something that is unfamiliar and toss it in the trash without even reading the contents. Cold calling prior to sending out mail might be more effective, so the person of interest knows to look for the mail, and you know the people you send information to about the blog are actually interested in more information about it.