Coaching methods that enhance competitive play in female basketball players

When I began coaching, the skills I had to rely upon were the ones provided to me by my own coaches from past years as a player myself. If we can use the term "going in blindly" with respect to coaching for the first time, I quickly understood the requirement of the advice and guidance from mentor coaches with years of experience would be key to growth. It is however this seeking of guidance where the multitudes of opinions and habitual forms of coaching have arisen, and what has interested me in forming my research question "Coaching Methods that Enhance Competitive Play in Female Basketball Players". To answer this question, I conducted a critical analysis of the research literature of sport science journal articles related to physiology and physical make-ups of adolescent female players, key training times for beginning and increasing training, and methods of motivation both intrinsic and extrinsic to the female basketball player.. The analysis identified that many factors should be recognized by a coach of female basketball players for optimum results. These factors are the climate of practice, training program and methods based on maturity level, motivational style from coach the parents, Intrinsic player motivation and nutritional knowledge.




When I began coaching, the skills I had to rely upon were the ones provided to me by my own coaches from past years as a player myself. If we can use the term "going in blindly" with respect to coaching for the first time, I quickly understood the requirement of the advice and guidance from mentor coaches with years of experience would be key to growth. It is however this seeking of guidance where the multitudes of opinions and habitual forms of coaching have arisen, and what has interested me in forming my research question "Coaching Methods that Enhance Competitive Play in Female Basketball Players". To answer this question, I conducted a critical analysis of the research literature of sport science journal articles related to physiology and physical make-ups of adolescent female players, key training times for beginning and increasing training, and methods of motivation both intrinsic and extrinsic to the female basketball player. The analysis identified that many factors should be recognized by a coach of female basketball players for optimum results. These factors are the climate of practice, training program and methods based on maturity level, motivational style from coach the parents, Intrinsic player motivation and nutritional knowledge.