Coach to Coach: Developing a Motivational Profile with 4 Essential Questions
by Jared Wood
When motivating student athletes, guesswork does not work. It is essential to have a framework for your efforts, and a little solid knowledge goes a long way toward getting it right.
A simple, useful research-based formula for building motivation is this:
Motivation = Expectations x Values
Motivation is a combination of what one expects to happen multiplied by what he values or wants. This formula can be assessed effectively with four questions. A player’s answers