The Lakeshore United Soccer Club U13B team played the Port U13B team in a tournament game. The player-player interaction and the coach-player interaction of the Lakeshore United Soccer Club (LUSC) was greatly determined by the game. The coach of the LUSC also used feedback with his players. Two types of feedback the coach used were motivational and instructional feedback. One personal bias I may have is I officiated the LUSC game earlier in the week against a different team. Although I was not officiating this game, I still may have had bias due to the outcome of my game.
This game was the last game of the night for the tournament, and the boys already had played another game earlier in the day. It was around 34 degrees and at times it began to snow during the game. Most of …show more content…
The coach then sat the player down and talked to him about why he was pulled from the game, so the player understood why he was getting punished. (Weinberg, 2011). While the coach was using positive feedback with his plyers, he also was intrinsically motivating them to continue doing their best. Studies have shown that players who play for coaches that give positive feedback tend to have higher intrinsic motivation than those who play for coaches who give more negative feedback. (Weinberg, 2011). While this coach may have given a lot of positive feedback throughout this game, this may cause problems down the line if the coach does not continue to give the feedback during a play the child perceives to be difficult. According to Stein, et al, players begin to experience frustration if the coach does not acknowledge something good they do later on. (Stein, 2012). The authors suggest coaches are aware of their positive feedback, and continue to use it throughout the entirety of interaction with the