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trueHow can coaches improve team performance?

Coaches plan, conduct, and evaluate the team on a regular basis. They are the leaders of the team, so they help motivate the players. They are able to communicate with the athletes and determine the best learning styles for each player. Coaches call the plays and the strategies. Without quality coaching, a team's strategy can diminish and lead to a team's demise.

Practices should start with a short warm-up. After warming up, players should stretch all the major muscle groups. Then, practices should work on individual skills and then on group skills. These activities should be followed by a scrimmage to work on the skills that were practiced during the skills training. The final step in a typical practice program is the cool down.

optimum athletic performance is dependent upon a clean environment

Team sports can give an individual a sense of purpose. During game play, participants often experience a sense of euphoria, or happiness, that comes from this sense of purpose, from doing something well, and from doing something that is really enjoyable. Spiritual health can also be elevated by working in harmony with teammates and by knowing how to win or lose with grace.

Participating in individual sports requires good mental focus because there are no other members on the team to compensate for mistakes made by the individual. In order to maintain good mental focus, athletes must recover quickly after mistakes and keep a positive mental attitude so that concentration remains strong.

Athletes are conscious of what they put into their bodies. Drinking fresh water and breathing fresh air are important to athletes. They want to practice and play on clean surfaces and fields, so they help keep their areas clear of trash and debris. They only play on safe surfaces, as well. This awareness contributes to their environment and motivates others to keep the environment clean.

Stress is a part of playing a sport and can negatively affect an athlete's performance. Mental commitment is the ability to focus on the required objectives and specific responsibilities at hand. The four components of ment

In team sports, the offense's goal is to score points against the opposing team. Offense players are usually placed near the goal or scoring target, and they work to maintain possession of the game's scoring object (ball, puck, etc). The defense's goal is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. Defense players are positioned near their own goal and strive to win possession of the sport's scoring object.