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Page 19 — The Mercer Outer. January 17.1977
Intramural Basketball Standings
Greek League
Team
W L
Pet.
Gameal
OPP
1 0
1,000
-
KS
1 o
1,000
-
KAP
1 o
1,000
-
SAE
0 1
000
1
SN
- 0 1
000
1
PDT
0 1
000
1
KA
0 o
000
Vi
PiKxp
0 o
000
V* .
ATO
0 o
000
V*
ATO
0 o
000
Vs
«, Lambda Chi 0 0
000
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Results:
Jan. 5:
PDT
Results:
Jn. 5: PDT25-KAP48
Jan. 10: KS 59 - SN 29
Jan. 1!:
SAE 36 - OPP 56
(Note: Games of Jan. 13 not inc
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE 1
- .
Team
W L
PCT.
Games
Bsun
1 0
1.000
-
Earl’s Pearls I 0
1,000
-
Nads
1 0
1,000
A’» '
0 1
000
1
Ksn
0 1
000
1
AKMF
0 1
000
1
sn n
0 0
000
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The Key To Success - Motivation
Back
Reprint from: Coach &
Athlete Magazine Dec. 1976
Jan. 5: AKMF 33 - Nads 58
Jan. 10: KSII25 - Earl's Pearls 48
Jan. 11: BSUU46-A's39
(Note: Games of Jan. 13
not included )
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE U
W
Heller
Skelter 1
Bocks 1
Wild Turkeys 1
BSUI 0
Adams St. 0
A TO #2 0
PCT
1.000
1.000
1.000
000
000
000
Games Back
Jan. 5: Adams St. 29 - Heller Shelter 74
Jan. 10: Bucks 6*-BSU 124
Jan. 11: ATO #2 21 - Wild Turkeys 26
(Note: Games of Jan. 13 not included.)
Motivation, the will or desire
to succeed, is possibly the moat
important element in competi
tive athletics since without it.
success of an athlete is severiy
limited. The aspect of motiva
tion that is concerned with goals
is called level of aspiration. It is
defined as how well an athlete
expects or hopes to do and is
established by both the coach
and player.
A prerequisite to the formu
lation of a goal is an
understanding of what the
athlete expects of himself. This
can be determined through a
one-on-one conference and
ithouid be made part of the
standard pre-season procedure
of every coach.
The coach must be aware of
the reasons for the athlete’s
participation and of bis own
self-expectations. It is nac-
essary for the coach to establish
specific goals or levels of
aspiration. This can be accom
plished in four ways:
1. not saying anything
2. giving negative feedback
3. establishing qualitative
goals
4. setting quantitative goals.
1. The technique of not
saying anything has the effect
of forcing the sthlete to
establish his own goals or lends
weight to goals that have been
set for him by parents,
triammaloe or other influences.
This procedure is the least
effective of the four methods
From Atlanta To Miami:
By Bill
What fool
The Hard Way
at the muddy, moequitoe-
Jekjril
bn of
nd I
is the
1975. Prod was
of his final nuu at Georgia
• Tech. We left Atlanta at 3 p.m.
bicycle from Atlanta to Miami, a,.' that afternoon, booed for
•HBmre of over 800 miles? 1 Mismi. The first day omthe roed
salted myself that same qoee- . turned out to be one of the arorst
tana while standing in a steady of the entire trip. An inpoae-
trable darkness fell user us on
desolate Highway 23. mote than
20 miles north of Maoon. There
only one thing are could do
— keep riding. At times we lost
each other in the night, and 1
often fek alone m the see of
black. Finally, we crept into
Macon just a little before 10
pm It didn't take Fred and me
long to decide oarer to ride
again at night.
The nest morning we left
Macon end cycled west to
and Savannah. On the fourth
day the bottom fell oat of the
sky at noon, and the rein
poured. Fred and I continued
pedaling and tha rain coatinusd
pouring. The ram didn't bother
We knew we could do it. The
Find and I
1 a too mile round-trtp
lour through the Greet Smoky
were the key factors.
By lata spring of '75 are hare
to the
we trained on oar faikei six days
a .weak. After many weeks and
I of riding, the
.date finally arrived.
On Thursday morning, Sap-
ember 2. Fred finished the last
and should be used infrequent
ly-
2. The second means of
establishing a performance goal
is to use negative feedback.
This involved the use of
criticism based on prior per
formance and takes the form of
verbal punishment. This nega
tivism is an attempt to motivate
through reverse psychology,
that is. by indicating displea
sure with a time or distance, we
hope the athlete will try harder
the next time and enhance his
performance. The technique of
negative feedback has, as a
majbr drawback, .the side effect
of increasing an athlete’s level
of anxiety. If the athlete
continues in his failure to
"measure up to. standard",
negative feedback as a tech
nique of motivation can have
disastrous effects. Many coach
es have driven athletes out of a
sport through their constant use
of this method. Negative
feedback can be successful if
used infrequently' and not
following a long string of pom
performances.—
3. The third motivational
technique for establishing a
level of aspiration is the use of
qualitative goal setting. Aih-
letes respond very well when
they are encouraged to do their
beat. This procedure does not
establish specific goals to be
attained, however it does
encourage the athlete to do his
beat. Thia is the moat
commonly, used means to moti-
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vale and it is morfe successful
than either of. the previously-
mentioned techniques. All il
lustration of the use of
qualitative goal setting is telling
a team to "go out and win" or
"do your best.”
4. The final method, quanti
tative goal setting, has been
found to provide the moat
incentive and to produce the
best performances. Quantita
tive Agoai setting uses specific
levels of achievement. An
example of such a specific level
would be the setting of a goal
such as. "100 yards rushing",
or "score at least 10 points in
this game." Additional illustra
tions are to "swim the 100 free
in :51.0 flat” or "go 2 for 4" in
a particular baseball game. Ills
establishment of specific
achievement levels has several
effects. First, it places each
athlete’s goal on a highly
personal baais. Second, it
specifically identifies the desir
ed outcome and third, it forces
the athlete to plan out how he
will accomplish this goal.
In order to use this last
technique successfully, it is
necessary to have a working
knowledge of the sthlete and to
establish goals that are reason- •
ably obtainable.
Motivation through the use of
goal setting or the establish
ment of a level of aspiration is
critical to the success of a team.
If done properly, there is no
limit to the heights that can be
achieved. *
wet- Our only
getting dry before night.
About mid-afternoon an el
derly couple pulled up behind
us on U.S. 17 and they refused
to pese us no matter how close
we rode the shoulder. A convoy
of trucks had slowed to a crawl
behind the old couple. The car
finally passed us. and the line of
trucks began to roll by me. One
truck aoqmed by me a little too
doee for comfort. I looked behind
me to see if Fred was still
following. Fred was there
alright, but be wea sprawled out
on the shoulder of the road with
hi* taka on top of him.
Fred was yelling furiously
at the trpekdriver, so I knew he
couldn’t be hurt too badly. The
truck had already disappeared
down the road. Before peesing
me.* the driver had pulled his
truck parallel to Fred, jerked his
steering wheel to the right, and
actually bumped Fred off the
rued. He wnb‘1 scared off the
coed: he was knocked off the
road! We could only assume
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