The below section is from Amanda Start. Many of you met Amanda at the clinic this past summer, and some of you may have answered her survey then. We are hoping to help her research. Please read below and help Amanda out:
My name is Amanda Start, and I am currently taking a break from coaching to pursue a doctorate in sport psychology at the University of Idaho. As a former basketball coach and a current mental coach, I am fascinated by coaches’ journeys to success. For many (myself included!), the journey seems to be full of “wrong” turns, detours, dead-ends, barriers, and roadblocks.
What does your road to success look like? How have you handled those wrong turns and roadblocks? What keeps you in the game?
This short survey, which is a part of my dissertation research, should take you no more than ten minutes to complete. Thank you to all of you who completed the survey at the MCA annual Multi-Sport Clinic in July! I loved hearing your stories!
If you didn’t have the opportunity to share your story at the clinic, I hope you will consider doing so now. Your experiences are truly invaluable, and they will help researchers like myself better understand what motivates coaches and what keeps coaches in the game!
We look forward to sharing our findings with you and providing you with resources that can help you maximize the impact you have on your athletes and become the best coach you can be!
