TOPIC 2 TEST: Coaching, Sport Psychology & Skeletal System

From the picture, what is the bone labelled #18

• Femur

• Patella

• Skull

• Ulna

Fill in the blank using the correct anatomical direction - your scapula is on the __________ side of your body.

• Posterior

• Inferior

• Anterior

• Superior

From the picture, what is the bone labelled #3

• Vertebrae

• Fibula

• Mandible

• Scapula

What type of joint is your shoulder?

• Synovial Fluid

• Pivot

• Ball & Socket

• Hinge

Which of the following bones are your wrist/hands?

• Carpals & Metacarpals

• Tarsals & metatarsals

• Fingers & Phalanges

• Feet & Phalanges

Traditional/Direct Coaching is good for beginner learners at the cognitive stage of learning?

• Fasle

• True

The main role of a coach is to?

• Help athletes to become better at friends with teammates

• Manage all of the other coaches and not worry about the athletes they are coaching

• Enable athletes to achieve levels of performance that may not have been possible if they were left to their own.

• Yell, scream and shout at athletes to make them play exactly how they want them to play

A coach who has a authoritarian style is one who...

• Strict, Discipline, Emphasis is on winning

• Flexibility and creativity in the coaching role

• A highly relaxed and almost detached manner

• Coach acts more like a consultant than a coach

Effective communication skills as a coach can assist in ensuring that the coach and the athlete have a clear understanding of what is required.

• True

• False

Characteristics of a democratic coach are:

• Shared decision making between the coach and the athlete

• All decisions are made by the coach, with little or no input from the athletes

• Training sessions tend to be loosely organised

• Often critical and harsh with athletes