Values Of The Game Book Report
In this paper, I will be exploring the depths of the book titled “Values of the Game by Bill Bradley”. Values of the Game is a book about basketball and an athletes performance, but also is geared to males and females. When it comes to age specifics, the targeted age of this book varies because students of any age can relate from the information this book has to offer. With this particular book, Bill Bradley’s objective was to express the important qualities athletes have that helps them become successful basketball players/an overall team and their way of applying these specific qualities to their everyday life. Based on the player’s judgment on the court, Bradley was able to us this as a comparison to everyday life. Quoted by Bradley,
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Based on confidence, I believe being passion, a leader, and respect builds up an athlete or persons self esteem. Having confidence in oneself benefits a person by helping them reach for higher success. According to Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology it states “ self confidence to be a belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior” (Weinberg, 2011). Presenting this topic to an athlete, you have to first try to get to know how much confidence an athlete has. A few talking points can be as followed:
• How much do you believe in yourself?
• Could you see yourself performing in a big crowd with 600,000 people?
• How would you compare yourself to the other players on the team?
• Do you see yourself as a bad athlete? Good athlete?
When it comes to motivation, these specific characteristic traits can also have some effect on the athlete’s performance/results. Speaking of the motivation aspect, the following talking points can go as followed:
• How much does motivation affect your performance?
• Do you motivate others?
• What was the last motivation advice you received?
• Based on the specific traits that Bradley spoke on, what specific trait you feel factors in with
Based on confidence, I believe being passion, a leader, and respect builds up an athlete or persons self esteem. Having confidence in oneself benefits a person by helping them reach for higher success. According to Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology it states “ self confidence to be a belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior” (Weinberg, 2011). Presenting this topic to an athlete, you have to first try to get to know how much confidence an athlete has. A few talking points can be as followed:
• How much do you believe in yourself?
• Could you see yourself performing in a big crowd with 600,000 people?
• How would you compare yourself to the other players on the team?
• Do you see yourself as a bad athlete? Good athlete?
When it comes to motivation, these specific characteristic traits can also have some effect on the athlete’s performance/results. Speaking of the motivation aspect, the following talking points can go as followed:
• How much does motivation affect your performance?
• Do you motivate others?
• What was the last motivation advice you received?
• Based on the specific traits that Bradley spoke on, what specific trait you feel factors in with