Journal Entry

Brian Serviss

Journal Entry #10

Date: 3/6/2012

Previous Class Reflection:

1. List assigned discussion prompts:

* Explain the steps of communication process.

* Identify and demonstrate behaviors that enhance communication.

* Describe and demonstrate active listening.

* List five suggested rules for team meetings.

* Explain the importance of each of the assumptions for approaching a confrontation.

* Explain and use the “sandwich approach” for giving constructive criticism.

* Explain the steps of the communication process.

2. Respond to at least one of the prompts:

Five suggested rules for team meetings are as followed:

Whatever is discussed in the meeting should stay in the meeting.

Everyone will have a chance to speak.

Be constructive, not destructive, for example criticize behaviors, not the person.

Each team member should have at least one positive thing to say about everybody.

Everyone on the team must be receptive to the opinions of others.

Next Class Preparation:

3. One thing from this chapter I found most important is the three reasons why sport and exercise participants neglect psychological skills training. These three reasons are: Lack of knowledge, misunderstanding about psychological skills, and lack of time. I found this to be important because if someone has the knowledge of these three reasons, then that person can prepare a strategy to get a coach to teach his/her athletes PST or to get an athlete to start participating in PST.

Another thing I found most important in this chapter is the four stages of self-regulation which are problem identification, commitment, execution, environmental management, and generalization. I found this to be important because if an athlete understands these four stages, than that athlete can effectively self-regulate and not rely on constant direction from a coach or from a sport psychologist.

A third thing a found important in this chapter is...