Emotional Intelligence and Reflective Practice

Success in Sport

To introduce the benefits of emotional intelligence and reflective practice

To examine the role of one emotional intelligence model

To associate emotional intelligence and reflective practice with applied sports performance

To outline how emotional intelligence and reflective practice can enhance performance levels

Aims and Objectives

Coaches who exhibit higher levels of emotional intelligence are most likely to lead performers to increased success

As a trained skill engagement with emotional intelligence facilitates performance levels

Performance levels can be enhanced through facilitated support and guidance

Emotional Intelligence & Performance

Self-Awareness

Self-Management of Emotion

Empathy

Increase Motivation

Manage Relationships

Emotional Intelligence Matrix

Theoretical Output

Self-Awareness – build self-awareness in thinking and action(s)

Self-Management of Emotion - manage emotion(s) of oneself and others

Empathy - apply understanding of performer needs

Increase Motivation – increase motivation levels to engage transferable life situations

Manage Relationships – implement strategies that facilitate effective relationships in coaching practice

Self-Awareness

The ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions, and drives, as well as their effect on others

The ability to recognize a feeling as it happens

Work on enhancing self-awareness

Develop the habit of monitoring your feelings from moment to moment

Maintain a self-awareness log

Self-management is the ability of the coach to manage own emotions in order to support performers

Assess your ability to manage emotion during intense pressure

Maintaining a reflective log is important as it will enable you to track your emotions over a season

Review your reflective log continuously to assess its effectiveness in managing emotions

Self-Management of Emotion

To be able to understand an individual by putting yourself in their shoes

Assessing the needs of individuals to make performance levels more effective

Identify and assess empathy towards a range of situations

Use mirror images to think and understand what the other person is going through

Empathy

The need and self-desire to achieve goals and set targets

Implement tactics to monitor and increase levels of motivation

Devise a system that involves setting regular and continuous goals to meet demand

Increase motivation levels though maintaining a goal setting logbook that is reviewed periodically

Increase Motivation

The ability to maintain harmony that supports effective group cohesion amongst teams

Attempt to achieve goals and develop techniques to maintain direction

Implement initial assessment to monitor purpose amongst teams

Agree to share a common framework that supports mechanisms of a functional team

Manage Relationships

Application to

Practice

Theoretical

Output

Application

Output

Bite-Size Activitie

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Workshops

Emotional intelligence and reflective practice are useful concepts that are purposeful to both sports performance and everyday life situations

The ability to manage and regulate your emotions can be the key to a successful career

The practice of enhancing emotional intelligence must be through an evolving process that should involve reflective practice

Setting up workshops and seminars is best practice to raise awareness of emotional intelligence and reflective practice

Effective results are possible through robust engagement

Summary