Filling Emotional Tanks
Each person has an Emotional Tank, similar to a car’s gas tank. When the tank is full, we can go most anywhere, but when it’s empty we go nowhere. Learn here how to fill the Emotional Tanks of youth and high school athletes and how to avoid draining their tanks.
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Worksheet
This form is for coaches and administrators to share with parents, pledging positive fan behavior.
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Audio
Interview of Dacher Keltner, a psychologist whose research of NBA teams explores the role of emotion in sports
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Book Excerpt
Nine ways for coaches to fill emotional tanks and teach athletes to do the same with their teammates.
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Book Excerpt
Learn how to use a 5:1 ratio of positive to critical feedback to optimize the performance of your teammates.
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Book Excerpt
Use this printout as a guide to balancing praise and criticism that helps your high school athletes thrive.
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Book Excerpt
These techniques increase the chances that your child will respond favorably to criticism or correction.
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External Link
Blog post from US Lacrosse on the value of coaches filling the emotional tanks of their athletes.
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Article
Watching film can be a useful way for athletes to learn, when done with scarcity and positivity.
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Article
Should you give out an MVP award? Read this PCA expert's opinion and then decide if it's right for your team.
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Article
Share this letter with players' parents/guardians to establish expectations. También en español.