SCIENCE DISCUSSION(NO PLAGIARISM, A++ WORK, QUALITY, ON TIME)

Running head: COACHING DISCIPLINE 1

COACHING DISCIPLINE 4

W6: Team Drug Policy & Enforcement

Fueling Your Athletes and Battling Drugs

Fueling Your Athletes

Adequate nutritional information is essential for coaches to pass on to their athletes. The coach's role in educating athletes about a healthy diet and helping them to eat right is part of coaching responsibilities. The six basic nutrients, a healthy approach to the athlete's diet, and information about a balanced diet should be presented by the well-informed coach to his/her athletes. Numbers of servings and serving sizes are important along with information on the roles that carbohydrate, protein, and fat play in providing energy and good health for athletes. Finally, information on the importance of minerals, vitamins, and water in the athlete's diet is needed.

Nutritional supplements used in sport can be a controversial topic for athletes. Supplements and the explanations of their potential benefits and limitations should be related to athletes for optimal nutrition. Dehydration and heat illness in athletes, and suggestions for preventing dehydration and for what athletes should drink to replace fluids and sodium, has a daily need for vigorous physical activity.

This week's readings provide information for educating athletes on how much to eat to maintain weight and body composition, to lose weight, and to gain weight. Guidelines are provided for advising athletes on when and what to eat for pre-event meals and for eating during endurance events, tournaments, and daylong events. Eating disorders in athletes are discussed with descriptions of anorexia and bulimia, identification of risk factors and signs of eating disorders, and recommendations for coaches who suspect an athlete has an eating disorder. Suggestions are provided for coaches to follow in maintaining healthy eating habits.

Battling Drugs

Coaches must be prepared to address the issue of substance abuse in athletes. Descriptive information for categories of illicit drugs along with product names, street names, symptoms of use, potential consequences of use, and legal status of the substances should be shared with athletes. Performance-enhancing drugs that are banned by major sport organizations should be explained with examples, potential performance effects and health consequences, and legal status.

Statistics on the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other controlled substances provide evidence of the seriousness of drug abuse problems in young people. Reasons that athletes may choose to use or not use drugs and the coach's role in prevention of this problem should be explained. Coaches are urged to take an anti-drug stance and influence young people positively by being role models, establishing and enforcing rules through a team drug policy, and educating athletes about the dangers of substance abuse.

What should coaches do when an athlete has a drug problem? Risk factors for drug use and common warning signs of alcohol and drug abuse are factors about which all coaches should be versed. Guidelines for determining how to respond to an athlete with signs of a drug problem and for sharing your concern with the athlete and their support system are mandatory. Knowledge of third-party help for the athlete is important. Aiding athletes once they have been referred for help include supporting the athlete during treatment and discussing with teammates how to help the athlete rejoin the team.

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1 Drug abuse is a societal problem and can negatively impact many young adults and adolescents.  Coaches may play a significant role in setting a positive example and educating student-athletes about the dangers of drug use.  Provide your response to the following questions based on your coaching philosophy and experience:     1.    What drug policy do you use or will use as a coach?      2.    How do you plan to teach your athletes this policy?      3.    How do you feel about the potential for coaches to help athletes with drug problems?      4.    How do you think coaches should address taking an anti-drug stance and communicating it to their athletes?     5.    How do you feel about drug testing?     6.    What are your impressions of drug policy recommendations presented in the textbook?     7.    What are some ideas you propose for educating athletes about drug abuse?

Šimleša, M., Guegan, J., Blanchard, E., Tarpin-Bernard, F., & Buisine, S. (2018). The Flow Engine Framework: A Cognitive Model of Optimal Human Experience. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 232–253. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1370

Madzima, T. A., Melanson, J. T., Black, J. R., & Nepocatych, S. (2018). Pre-sleep consumption of casein and whey protein: Effects on morning metabolism and resistance exercise performance in active women. Nutrients, 10(9) doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.3390/nu10091273

Druckman, J. N., Gilli, M., Klar, S., & Robison, J. (2015). Measuring Drug and Alcohol Use Among College Student-Athletes. Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 96(2), 369–380. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.1111/ssqu.12135

Todd, Troy,PhD., B.C.N. (2011). Improving optimal performance-and life-for young athletes. Biofeedback (Online), 39(3), 109-111. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.5298/1081-5937-39.3.08

2 ****Brumbly – ( respond no more than 150 words)

  Learning technical skills involves going through the stages of learning the skill, practicing it, and correcting any errors that arise as the athletes continue to perfect it. The first stage is about learning and understanding the skill in order to start utilizing it when they are playing (Hennessy & Kilty, 2009). Players must have an understanding of the skill in question before they can properly begin to implement it into their skillset for the future. The second stage is taking what they learned from the first stage and practicing that skill until it becomes smoother and swifter for them to perform and reducing mistakes along the way (Hennessy & Kilty, 2009). The final stage focuses on finding and correcting errors in the athlete’s use of the skill, thus leading to a better mastery of the skill as a whole (Hennessy & Kilty, 2009). Looking at the sport of soccer, a technical skill that I feel is very important to learn and have a great understanding of is ball control and keeping possession at the feet of a player.

As a coach, I believe that sticking with the stages of teaching technical skills is best for younger players and those newer to the sport. Therefore, I would start by explaining the importance of keeping close possession of the ball, as well as the basics of dribbling and running with the ball. I would also help athletes to be aware of the times it would be better to put the ball further out in front of them. This would be the case with taking a shot, gearing up for a long pass, and counterattacking with the ball, all requiring the ball to be further out from the feet of the player. After providing the information, I would transition to practicing ball control with certain drills that focus on different aspects of the skill to grow their ability with it further. Some of the skills would include “happy feet” for transitioning between both sides to work on their non-dominant leg, “toe-touches” for smaller touches and ball rolls, and “pull and cuts” for switching directions and getting away from defenders (Complete Soccer Guide, 2012). For the automatic stage, correcting bad habits and body movement with touches is all a coach can really do once they have practiced such drills and touches enough.

Players who reach the automatic stage will have not only mastered close dribbling and different cuts to create space from defenders, but they will have also adapted it to their game. Meaning shorter, more agile players will have sharper cuts and better breaking speed, whereas taller and more physical players can shield the ball away better. Adapting to their other abilities and one’s body shape is a key sign of a player mastering the knowledge of ball control and dribbling. Once a player masters this skill, the focus for coaches changes to focusing more on underdeveloped players who are still practicing and learning, and watching to correct errors and issues in a grown player’s technique with their ball control. The skill of ball control can be learned both on and off the field, but from the mindset of a coach, it is best to learn where it will be utilized at the most. Players will need to have strong spatial awareness for the location of both their teammates and the opponents, as well as a strong sense of balance and, in some cases, strength in order to get better with their ball control skills. Players who correctly master the skill should be able to keep the ball even when under pressure from defenders, be crafty in getting out of bad situations, and open up spaces for teammates by drawing in defenders to take care of their ability to hold the ball well.

 

References

Complete Soccer Guide. (2012, July 05). Soccer ball control drills. Retrieved March 02, 2021, from https://completesoccerguide.com/soccer-ball-control-drills/

The Irish Times. (2009, March 18). Journey to learning skills in sport has three main stages. Retrieved March 02, 2021, from https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/journey-to-learning-skills-in-sport-has-three-main-stages-1.725189

3 ******Edgar Joyner – (No more than 150 words)

“I believe in the basics: attention to, and perfection of, tiny details that might be commonly overlooked. They may seem trivial, perhaps even laughable to those who don't understand, but they aren't. They are fundamental to your progress in basketball, business, and life.” – John Wooden

 

Like John Wooden's quote about a basic basketball fundamental is to practice being a basketball player. Every basketball player's most technical skills to acquire their skills are dribbling, shooting, and passing. Every coach needs to teach these three technical skills through the mental and practice stage to help the basketball players improve and become skillful players because flashy dribbler like Stephen Curry, a natural shooter like Kobe Bryant, and best passer like John Stockton. These three players played many basketball games, and they have to go through a mental workout to practice their skills by dribble the ball without looking down. They have to shoot the ball in a repetitive approach during practice. The players have gone through passing to the other players the right way by communicating in hand signals. 

 

As the coach, I will teach all the beginning players how to dribble the ball first because this the first necessary skill that needs to learn through a mental stage, and then during the practice stage, the players will learn to run while dribbling the ball without look down or attempting to look down. Once they acquire their skills as a dribbler, they focus on passing the ball to their teammate and learning to pass when to pass the ball. Shooting the ball will require lots of mental and practice skills. The players will go through repetitive shooting skills until they feel comfortable when to shoot the ball. Stewart (2018) says that a proper shot requires precise aiming, arm extension, and lift from the legs. It would be best to learn different types of shots, including jump shots, layups, and free throws. They need to know how to put their hands on the ball in the right-handed and shoot when they jump. Timing of their shooting is the key to know when to shoot while jumping. Every coach and trainer should ask themselves if what they are teaching helps their players improve in offense vs. defense situations. Improving dribbling in a cone drill does not mean a player is improving their dribbling in a game. How do you watch for this improvement? Watch your players. Watch games. And ask yourself, is what I am coaching in practice happening in a game? (Basketball Immerson, 2020). That takes mental skills to acquire that skills. 

 

The athletes who played basketball know they are not fully skilled until they automatically reached college-level skills; that's where they know what type of basketball player they are and how skillful they are. Traditionally within basketball skill development, a technique is taught and demonstrated and then worked on through continuous repetitions of that technique (Basketball Immerson, 2020). The players need to know how to shoot the ball naturally and dribble with ease without causing turnovers. That would help the coaches to know the players have reached their potentials as basketball players. John Wooden said the fundamental of being basketball player is simple. Just know what the player's role will be and how to know the detail of X's and O's in basketball game plans. 

 

The final stage is to set up the game plan of X's and O's. An offensive player must make a decision based on what a defender does. They must then come up with an appropriate solution to attack or counter that defender. Since there are more than one defender and other offensive players on the court, this process is more complex than how we most often train it (Basketball Immerson, 2020). I would like to see when the players acquired their knowledge and skills of dribbling, shooting, and passing to know when to shoot or pass to other players to set up an offensive play. If they do that, the player can gain their skills as a basketball player and are ready to play at the game. Passing the ball is effective that will make the team better. The ability to pass the ball to this player can make the difference between scoring and not scoring. Great passers are an essential part of a basketball team and usually the ones who set up scoring plays (Stewart, 2018). The practice is required daily to continue to improve their dribbling, shooting, and passing. Those are the necessary technical skills the basketball players need to acquire their skills. That will help improve their awareness and confidence to make other players better during the game.