One of my young female participants asked me last
week what she could do to improve her throwing for water polo. I replied that she was already strengthening the
correct structures and movement patterns.
One week later she set new personal bests in the gym by way of effort,
execution, and performance. What
changed? The answer was ‘purpose and ownership’. S (let’s call her that) has a specific want
and she decided so herself – no one else informed her it was important.
The reason I raise the example of S, is parents and
coaches regularly express a desire for their children to achieve more but don’t
know how or under what conditions this might occur. S provides the answer. When the child wants an outcome and is
willing to take ownership for driving the process toward it, we are on our
way. Why? Positive psychology (more about this shortly). New outcomes require positive energy and that’s
what ownership brings.
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