ChronicleCasey Cardinia Round 8 - Saturday 16 June 2012 Bronwyn Ralph Bronwyn Ralph Bronwyn Ralph BronwynBronwyn Ralph From the Office Beno’s Banter e come off a short member that people of all ages and cultural backgrounds week courtesy of are welcome to use these outlets so please ensure that Wthe Queen’s Birth- all comments posted are suitable in both language and day and now we settle in for content for all to see. As we all know, there is a difference the ‘real’ part of the season between good-natured banter and nastiness so be nice with few distractions as we and try to remain positive when using these sites. head towards the finals. On the Radar It seems like we only just start- It’s on – the fifth annual Women in Sport luncheon at ed the year but this weekend’s the Sandhurst Country Club on Friday 29 June between round signals the half way 12 and 4pm. All proceeds will go to the Reach Founda- mark of the 2012 home and away efforts from all three tion, and the special guest MC will be former Melbourne leagues. Nepean League finishes its split round started by high-flyer Russell Robertson. There will be a special guest Sorrento and Rye last Saturday, while Casey Cardinia and speaker to be confirmed along with all the fun that has Peninsula Leagues will contest full rounds and then each become a feature of this big day including auctions, club will sit down and assess where they are. As they say raffles and a special door prize of a set of pink football – time flies when you are having fun. jumpers for next year’s Pink Football and Netball Day. A lot has been spoken about the pros and cons of mid- Tickets are $50 each with tables of eight. 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Asking for help very good lessons for coaches, particularly coaches of Dweck also believes the crucial part of all learning is young children and adolescents. what mindset students bring to the challenge. Because Carol Dweck is an American woman who is currently it will be crucial in what results they can obtain. This is a professor of psychology at Stanford University. She no different to sport. is a leader in the field of motivation, personality and The most difficult aspect of learning and sport is how developmental psychology and her research contribu- you cope with failure. What is your attitude towards tions have been widely recognised. it? Most of us deal fairly well with success. It generally What I have gleaned from her is the following overall encourages us to go again, to get even better. We see philosophical approach to working with students and something tangible for all our effort. by extension young children and adolescents: The attitude to success and failure are a big part of the 1. Praise effort over results. culture of the school or sporting organisation we are Research indicates that when students are praised for in. How people respond, reward, punish, discuss, etc effort they gain a stronger sense of themselves as a will tell us a lot about that school’s or sporting club’s learner, develop a more healthy desire for challenges culture. and the skills effective to cope with setbacks. How of- Some of the following observations need to be made ten do you as coach use praise for effort? about how success and failure are handled. 2. Teachers and coaches must provide feedback and With success look at: strategies for overcoming setbacks and failures. 1. How people react to success? How often do you discuss failure with your players and 2. How they respond to the loser? provide strategies to improve next time? 3. How have they planned for the success? 3. We need to teach children to relish challenges, so 4. Is it a sustainable success? they test themselves. 5. How do they handle it? How often do you speak to the players about the ben- 6. How much does it mean to them? efits of being in a competitive game and that they will 7. How do they share it? improve if extended by better players and teams? With failure look at: 4. Stress the importance to them of learning and avail 1. Whether they see it as a chance to learn and im- them of more learning opportunities. prove? How often do you ask players what they learned about 2. How discouraged and disheartened by it are they? themselves and the team from each game they play, 3. Is it discussed or forgotten? even from a practice session? 4. Is blame assigned? 5. We, and they, need to see that every performance 5. Is it seen as acceptable or unacceptable? is current and not connected to their future potential. 6. Is there punishment? How often do you stress to them that how they play to- 7. How is improvement generated? day as a team and individual does not reflect how they I am not saying Dweck or anyone has the right answers, will play next week or next season? Or they will get but at least they provide the impetus to think about better if they keep trying and practicing and learning. things such as personality, development and motivation Their ability isn’t set in stone. in respect to learning. I believe coaches who are charged with coaching I will leave you with a quote from Dweck; young children need to focus on themselves as a teach- “Motivation is often more important than your initial er and the young athlete as a learner. ability in determining whether you succeed in the Dweck is very much against creating a view where long run. By motivation, I mean not only the desire to intelligence or winning equals success and therefore achieve but also the love of learning, the love of the failure indicates a lack of intelligence or a loser.