• you are the clean-up hitter and you strike out with the bases loaded on a pitch that was clearly not a strike.• your whole team and your fans are watching your reaction – if you stay positive, their negative reaction will be minimized and they will move on quickly and you will set a great example of how to deal with adversity in the future.Cognitive development learning theory if negative, they will be distracted and wallow in negativity which will likely lead to more poor results and more bad calls by the umpire in that game and future games.• your reaction to the call will affect your focus and play on defense – ditto for your team.• reaction (what should your verbal and non-verbal language be when the issue arises?)

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• any verbal comment or negative non-verbal reaction, e.G., slamming down of the helmet or bat, will have severe consequences including ejection from the game by your own coach or by the umpire• must be role played during scrimmages and game-sims at the end of practice!• role play must include an individual and/or team “mistake ritual.” how am I and how are we going to react when this happens?• action (after the issue arises and your initial reaction, how are you going to deal with it before and after it occurs moving forward?)

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• discuss in practice how hitters get three strikes and the hitter must take accountability for what happened on the first two strikes.• also discuss that with two strikes the hitters must adjust to the umpire’s zone.• the player and the team must immediately re-focus on supporting the next hitter and tracking along with the game situation or, if it was the third out, they must re-focus on playing great defense.Cognitive development learning theory

• you failed a “pop quiz” or did poorly on a midterm exam that included questions on material you barely discussed in class or did not discuss at all.• both of these situations happen frequently in school.Cognitive development learning theory if you fail to anticipate them or if you react inappropriately to them, it could: (1) negatively affect not only how well you did on that test, but your grade in the class generally, (2) how your classmates react to the test and how your teacher acts toward your class moving forward, and (3) what your attitude is toward school generally.• reaction

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• as with the bad call in the baseball game, any verbal or non-verbal negative initial reaction could have serious bad consequences.• these test issues are very common and therefore, should be role played and designed into a life lesson discussion as a part of the practice plan early in a player’s career!• what will be the student’s “mistake ritual” when these types of things happen?Cognitive development learning theory e.G., visualization of something positive, positive self-talk about recommitting to better study habits and that the poor grade can be overcome, breathing techniques, etc. (just like the strike out can be overcome by playing great defense).• action

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• make a habit to ask every teacher at the beginning of every term if they give pop quizzes and test on material not discussed in class.• make a habit of reviewing the subject on a regular basis not just when tests are scheduled.• make a habit of going to see the teacher during office hours days ahead of scheduled tests to discuss material that will be on the test.• make a habit of asking other students who have taken the class from this teacher previously about the teacher’s test philosophies – you might decide not to take the class from this teacher at all if possible!• remind yourself that class grades are usually affected by many things including homework, class participation, and multiple tests and that sometimes extra credit work is available to bolster poor results in other areas.• also remind yourself that grading commonly has a subjective component that can be affected by a teacher’s view of your work ethic, attitude toward the subject, and respect for the teacher.Cognitive development learning theory

I think you can see how easy it is to use this format to use your sport to teach life lessons. Yes, it takes time, so you need to prepare these role paying scenarios prior to the season and to delegate some of them to your assistant coaches too!Cognitive development learning theory and believe it or not, it is becoming very common for coaches in many sports to start their practices in the classroom where these role playing activities are easy to do. (although some of them such as the bad call by an umpire scenario, might have more effect on the field!)