Monday, February 12, 2024

Quick Hitter, Measure Something

Our minds and body interact. Positive psychology can result in higher performance and negative mood can diminish performance. 

Some performance experts measure handgrip strength with a dynamometer to assess an athlete's status regarding fatigue or overtraining. But there's more. 

A majority of the studies, including longitudinal and cross-sectional designs, found an inverse relationship between grip strength and depression, with greater grip strength associated with lower depression risk or severity(Ashdown-Franks et al.May 6, 2023

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc

A few points worth contemplating:

1) With young players, don't expect consistency. It's often impossible to untangle effects of variable skill, experience, and psychology. 

2) When there is no apparent explanation, find non-basketball factors (academic or personal) that could contribute. 

3) No substitute for trust exists to engage with team members to understand what impacts changing performance. 

Strong communication skills offers a means to monitor the 'vital signs' of our organizations.

Lagniappe. Stay focused. 

Lagniappe 2. Making a difference. 

 Do everything possible to make players feel seen and heard. 

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