1. POSITIVE COACHING SCOTLAND BUDDY SYSTEM
The buddy system is a terrific way of pairing young people together and giving them the task of keeping their buddy’s confidence levels high.
Inform each person that when they see their buddy doing something well – tell them and raise their confidence levels.
This does not need to be when they do something spectacular, the important thing is to praise effort or process.
Encourage young athletes to praise:
Effort
Fair Play
Resilience
Determination
It is also very important that individuals understand the need to give truthful and specific praise – the buddy system gives coaches an opportunity to discuss the importance of positive / false praise.
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