1. POSITIVE COACHING SCOTLAND THE VALUE OF CHALLENGE AND STRUGGLE
Often coaches and young athletes see struggle as a bad thing, it highlights a weakness and is something they are not good at, but why is this a bad thing? A mastery coach sees this as a positive - an opportunity for improvement.
It often seems struggling shouldn’t be talked about, this is usually linked to the possibility of criticism or blame, yet as humans everyone knows that mistakes are a regular occurrence - this is when learning happens!
Mastery coaches aim to create a culture where mistakes are openly used as learning opportunities and failure is part of the improvement process – if there is no struggle there can be no progress.
KEY ELEMENTS TO UNDERSTAND CHALLENGE AND STRUGGLE
Learning through mistakes
Perseverance and resilience
Problem solving through different strategies
Responding positively to mistakes
Encouraging challenge out with comfort zone
Enjoyment of challenge and struggle