16 Week Face of America Training Plan & Guide | Page 9
Associated with commitment, consider:
Positive and negative effects from teammates,
team dynamics (if applicable).
[For Coaches/Athletes] Ensure that daily
training goals, expectations, and responsibilities
are clearly defined and understood.
[For Coaches] Maintain fair, firm, and equal
accountability.
Occasionally choose an alternate or fun exercise
regimen (e.g. on a recovery day) to avoid training
boredom.
Highlight and post progress (i.e. improving times,
performance achievements) throughout the
season, and place in a consistently visible area.
Try to create some fun and friendly competition
on occasion amongst teammates or training
partners as 24/7 seriousness will adversely affect
commitment over the long term.
Performance anxiety; ensure you incorporate
steps/techniques to mitigate it, otherwise, it will
affect commitment level.
Coach-athlete/athlete-coach rapport – they’re
critical to commitment.
When injured and appropriate, have alternate
training (i.e., swim, water running, walk).
about their ability to control their situation, and to let
go or shift focus away from those aspects out of their
control. Moreover, “Athletes who exhibit internal
control tend to believe their behaviors influence
outcomes. Those who exhibit external control tend to
attribute their outcomes to outside forces such as fate,
chance, and other people (Cox, 1998).”
To summarize, concentrate on what you can control
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