Victory is not the goal, and certainly not the sole goal, of the boys' team that the coach is nurturing. The "win at any price" approach is appropriate for professional sports, even to a limited extent and with appropriate qualifications, foremost among which is the principle of fair competition. However, "coaches must remember that children's sports frameworks operate, or are supposed to operate, according to an educational developmental model in which the main goal is to improve the individual's abilities and educate him through a variety of sporting experiences" (see: Ben Shahar and Roni Lidor, "The Positive Attitude of Coaches to Training Young Athletes: Theoretical and Practical Aspects", Is It Just Sports? 209). The approach according to which victory is everything, andtherefore the pursuit of it justifies rebukes, humiliations, derogatory epithets and curses, will therefore not receive judicial backing, but rather a determination that activity under the guidance of a coach that is his perception and the club that backs him, is "unreasonable".
- The coach also argues: Criticism, in the form of scolding and shouting at the player, is beneficial to the player and beneficial to the team, and is part of his job. And it is not. Criticism Professional Constructive towards a minor is certainly beneficial. Ran himself described how last season, when he was an assistant coach who was assisted by the coach, every time the assistant coach would stop and talk to the players, he would give professional advice, to improve the players' various skills, in a pleasant way and in a way that Ran felt helped him a lot. In contrast, The following humiliations as a continuous and permanent method of instruction do not help minors, and countless studies have proven this time and time again (for sources see: Gervis The above). Humiliation impairs motivation. They cause seclusion, fear, anger, aggression, disrespect for rules, and disrespect for others. They do not contribute anything to the player's self-confidence, to his creativity, to his desire to succeed. Considering the fact that training at the club is intense and plays an essential part in the life of the minor athlete (in Ran's case: four prolonged training sessions and a game every week), abusive behavior may have a negative and profound effect, both in the long and long term. Therefore, they have no place. See more:
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Yukhymenko-Lescroart , Brown, Paskus "The relationship between ethical and abusive coaching behaviors and student-athlete well-being." Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 4 (1), 36 (2015).