Emotional Intelligence and Reflective Practice
Success in Sport
To introduce the benefits of emotional intelligence and reflective practice
To examine the role of one emotional intelligence model
To associate emotional intelligence and reflective practice with applied sports performance
To outline how emotional intelligence and reflective practice can enhance performance levels
Aims and Objectives
Coaches who exhibit higher levels of emotional intelligence are most likely to lead performers to increased success
As a trained skill engagement with emotional intelligence facilitates performance levels
Performance levels can be enhanced through facilitated support and guidance
Emotional Intelligence & Performance
Self-Awareness
Self-Management of Emotion
Empathy
Increase Motivation
Manage Relationships
Emotional Intelligence Matrix
Theoretical Output
Self-Awareness – build self-awareness in thinking and action(s)
Self-Management of Emotion - manage emotion(s) of oneself and others
Empathy - apply understanding of performer needs
Increase Motivation – increase motivation levels to engage transferable life situations
Manage Relationships – implement strategies that facilitate effective relationships in coaching practice
Self-Awareness
The ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions, and drives, as well as their effect on others
The ability to recognize a feeling as it happens
Work on enhancing self-awareness
Develop the habit of monitoring your feelings from moment to moment
Maintain a self-awareness log
Self-management is the ability of the coach to manage own emotions in order to support performers
Assess your ability to manage emotion during intense pressure
Maintaining a reflective log is important as it will enable you to track your emotions over a season
Review your reflective log continuously to assess its effectiveness in managing emotions
Self-Management of Emotion
To be able to understand an individual by putting yourself in their shoes
Assessing the needs of individuals to make performance levels more effective
Identify and assess empathy towards a range of situations
Use mirror images to think and understand what the other person is going through
Empathy
The need and self-desire to achieve goals and set targets
Implement tactics to monitor and increase levels of motivation
Devise a system that involves setting regular and continuous goals to meet demand
Increase motivation levels though maintaining a goal setting logbook that is reviewed periodically
Increase Motivation
The ability to maintain harmony that supports effective group cohesion amongst teams
Attempt to achieve goals and develop techniques to maintain direction
Implement initial assessment to monitor purpose amongst teams
Agree to share a common framework that supports mechanisms of a functional team
Manage Relationships
Application to
Practice
Theoretical
Output
Application
Output
Bite-Size Activitie
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Workshops
Emotional intelligence and reflective practice are useful concepts that are purposeful to both sports performance and everyday life situations
The ability to manage and regulate your emotions can be the key to a successful career
The practice of enhancing emotional intelligence must be through an evolving process that should involve reflective practice
Setting up workshops and seminars is best practice to raise awareness of emotional intelligence and reflective practice
Effective results are possible through robust engagement
Summary