Deck 11: Coaching Psychology

Question 1

Which of these is not a common myth about coaching psychology?

A)Aspiring coaches must emulate the most successful coaches in their sport.
B)Outstanding athletes have an advantage in becoming excellent coaches.
C)All elite- level coaches are focused solely on winning at the expense of athlete growth and development.
D)Elite level coaches are not born with exceptional leadership attributes.
E)Coaching confidence is determined solely by one's innate personality.

Answer 1

Elite level coaches are not born with exceptional leadership attributes.

Question 2

What is the most important factor in a coach's growth and development?

A)Observation
B)Elite experience
C)Role modeling
D)Previous leadership experience
E)Mentoring

Answer 2

Mentoring

Question 3

A coach who believes she can affect athletes' confidence and emotions during competitions is using which dimension in the model of coaching efficacy?

A)Character building
B)Athlete success
C)Game strategy
D)Technique
E)Motivation

Answer 3

Motivation

Question 4

What is an expert coach who believes that her curling team could win gold at the Olympics by excelling in mental,physical,tactical,and technical aspects of training created?

A)A long- term goal
B)A vision
C)A short- term goal
D)A mission statement

Question 5

When NBA coach Phil Jackson had to take into account player Dennis Rodman's outlandish acts,which included posing nude,cross- dressing,dyeing his hair,and acquiring numerous body piercings and tattoos,he was demonstrating which component of the coaching model?

A)Competition
B)Athlete's personal characteristics
C)Training
D)Coach's personal characteristics
E)Organization

Question 6

What percentage of the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport)head coaching population is currently female?

A)10- 15%
B)20- 25%
C)35- 40%
D)Less than 5%
E)None of the above

Question 7

Which model allows for connections to be established between the accumulated knowledge of how and why coaches perform as they do and is influenced by the three peripheral components of coaches' personal characteristics,athletic characteristics,and contextual factors?

A)The coaching model
B)The Leadership Scale for Sport
C)The model of coaching efficacy
D)The multi- dimensional model of leadership
E)None of the above

Question 8

Which one of the following is a characteristic of a youth- sport coach?

A)Coaches,in general,do not have a child on the team they coach.
B)Approximately 50% of these coaches continue coaching for ten years or more.
C)Only 25% of the coaches are university educated.
D)Most of these coaches acquired athletic experience of five or more years in the sport they now coach.
E)All of the above

Question 9

Which one of the following levels of efficacy has the greatest influence on a coach?

A)Level of community support
B)Previous level of success
C)Previous experiences and preparation
D)Perceived skill of athletes
E)A and B only

Question 10

Which one of the following countries does not have a government- based national coaching organization for training volunteer and professional coaches?

A)Australia
B)United Kingdom
C)Canada
D)United States
E)None of the above

Question 11

Which one of the following is a consequence of the multi- dimensional model of leadership?

A)Athlete performance
B)Athlete characteristics
C)Leader characteristics
D)Preferred actual behaviour
E)Situational characteristics

Question 12

A coach who emphasizes learning and developing new abilities and teaches that success or failure is not based on win- loss records but on effort is following which one of the following coaching principles?

A)Utilizing a positive approach that involves encouragement and appropriate instruction
B)Establishing norms that emphasize athletes' obligations to help and support one another
C)Engaging in self- monitoring and assessment to focus on positive coaching behaviours
D)Creating a healthy climate that is enjoyable instead of trying to beat an opponent
E)Including athletes in decision- making roles regarding team rules and compliance

Question 13

A coach who maintains a daily practice and training log and reviews it weekly is following which one of the following coaching principles?

A)Creating a healthy climate that is enjoyable instead of trying to beat an opponent
B)Including athletes in decision- making roles regarding team rules and compliance
C)Engaging in self- monitoring and assessment to focus on positive coaching behaviours
D)Utilizing a positive approach that involves encouragement and appropriate instruction
E)Establishing norms that emphasize athletes' obligations to help and support one another

Question 14

A volleyball coach who has athletes develop precompetition routines and focus on what they can control during a match (that is,time outs,rapport with officials,and so on)is demonstrating which component of the coaching model?

A)Athlete's personal characteristics
B)Organization
C)Contextual factors
D)Competition
E)Training

Question 15

A professional coach who chooses not to socialize with players after games is an example of which state of leader behaviour?

A)Cohesive
B)Expected
C)Actual
D)Required
E)Preferred

Question 16

What are the three states of leader behaviours?

A)Required,preferred,expected
B)Preferred,actual,expected
C)Required,preferred,actual
D)Required,expected,actual
E)None of the above

Question 17

Which one of the following is a characteristic of a youth- sport coach?

A)Most coaches have a child on the team they coach.
B)As few as 10% of these coaches continue coaching for ten years or more.
C)Most of these coaches acquired athletic experience for five years or more in the sport they now coach.
D)Just over half of the coaches are university educated.
E)All of the above

Question 18

An expert coach who draws up a complete plan for the upcoming season would take into consideration which one of the following aspects of training?

A)Physical
B)Tactical
C)Mental
D)Technical
E)All of the above

Question 19

A wrestling coach who stresses the importance of sound technical instruction to ensure that athletes are prepared for games and practices is demonstrating which component of the coaching model?

A)Contextual factors
B)Organization
C)Training
D)Athlete's personal characteristics
E)Competition

Question 20

Choosing your team based on your coaching philosophy would fall under which category of the coaching model?

A)Setting goals
B)Creating a mission statement
C)Establishing a long term plan
D)Organization
E)Creating a vision

Question 21

The Coach Effective Training (CET)program has been renamed.Identify the new name of the program and its philosophy.

Question 22

With the successful completion of the High Performance Coaching diploma at National Coaching Institutes,you are expected to have expertise in what area(s)?

A)Leadership skills and ethical coaching strategies
B)Planning,designing and implementing a sport program
C)Practical coaching knowledge
D)All of the above
E)A and B only

Question 23

Pat Summit,famous head basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Voles built a pyramid of success,which includes industriousness and enthusiasm as its lone elements.

Question 24

If you apply the primary coaching categories of the coaching model to the classroom context,which aspect of the model would best represent a midterm exam?

A)Game simulation
B)Athlete development
C)Competition
D)Training
E)Organization

Question 25

Transformational leadership contains leader behaviours that have been shown to influence followers':

A)values.
B)performance.
C)self- confidence.
D)morals.
E)A and B only

Question 26

The most important source of self- efficacy for coaches is previous experience and preparation.

Question 27

Describe the six components of the Leadership Scale for Sports.

Question 28

A coach who encourages some of his better academic players to tutor other teammates is following which one of the following coaching principles?

A)Utilizing a positive approach that involves encouragement and appropriate instruction
B)Engaging in self- monitoring and assessment to focus on positive coaching behaviours
C)Creating a healthy climate that is enjoyable instead of trying to beat an opponent
D)Establishing norms that emphasize athletes' obligations to help and support one another
E)Including athletes in decision- making roles regarding team rules and compliance

Question 29

Susan is working as a soccer instructor at a summer camp for children aged 10- 14 with the goal of increasing their skill development.The coaching stream that best suits Susan is:

A)Instruction Stream.
B)Developmental Stream.
C)Beginner Stream.
D)Community Sport Stream.
E)Recreation Stream.

Question 30

Transformational leadership behaviours that have been shown to influence followers' are: values,needs,awareness but not performance.

Question 31

What is coaching efficacy? Explain the four key dimensions at the core of this model.

Question 32

Jeff is coaching an elite- level high school hockey team and is having difficulty teaching his team a new defensive system.Outline and define the primary components of the coaching model and how Jeff should use these 3 components to help his team learn his new system.

Question 33

What stream of the NCCP model focuses on participation at introductory levels of sport such as house league?

A)Beginner Stream
B)Recreational Stream
C)Developmental Stream
D)Community Sport Stream

Question 34

The old structure of the NCCP model focused on knowledge and course- based programs run by the CAC with five levels of certification.Explain the focus of the new NCCP model and describe the different streams of the program.

Question 35

Most youth- sport coaches are male,in their mid/late- forties and competed in sport prior to coaching.

Question 36

Explain the athlete- centred approach that is used by many successful coaches.

Question 37

A coach who has to take into account when and where they will practice,funding for equipment,the quality of the training facility,and the availability of athletic scholarships is demonstrating which component of the coaching model?

A)Training
B)Organization
C)Athlete's personal characteristics
D)Contextual factors
E)Competition

Question 38

Given Charlene's extensive background in basketball,she was assigned to coach the women's varsity team at the high school she currently teaches at.The coaching stream that best suits Charlene is:

A)Intermediate Stream.
B)Competition Stream.
C)Community Sport Stream.
D)High Performance Stream.
E)Elite Stream.

Question 39

James is the head baseball coach at a local high school.The principal has made it very clear that James is not allowed to make physical contact with his athletes.This rule best describes which facet of Chelladurai's multidimensional model of leadership?

A)Coaches characteristics
B)Situational behaviour
C)Contextual factors
D)Preferred behaviour
E)Required behaviour

Question 40

A lacrosse coach who attempts to improve the performance of an athlete by providing detailed technical information on shooting the ball is exemplifying which dimension of the Leadership Scale for Sports?

A)Autocratic behaviour
B)Training and instruction
C)Positive feedback
D)Democratic behaviour
E)Social support

Question 41

The medical and economic impact of physical inactivity accounts for $5.3 billion annually in Canadian health- care costs.

Question 42

Canadian Olympic and university coaches use a different coaching style compared to some of their European and South American counterpart.

Question 43

The extent to which coaches believe they have the capacity to affect the learning and performance of their athletes is known as coach effectiveness.

Question 44

The Instructional Stream in the NCCP model focuses on skill proficiency in non- competitive situations (i.e.golf instructor).

Question 45

The Positive Coaching Alliance's mission is to improve the quality and exposure of coaching at all levels around the world.

Question 46

Research has revealed that tactical training is the most common form of instruction and coaches stress the importance of sound tactical training to ensure that athletes are prepared for games and practices.

Question 47

Canada,Australia and the U.K.all have a government- based national coaching organization,while the United States does not.

Question 48

Despite its practical appeal,leadership has not been studied in industrial and organizational psychology.