Yelling at Athletes after a Bad Race

YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE. WHY ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO YOUR RESEARCH FOR YOU - YOU ARE LAZY TOO! STOP BEING SUCH A LOSER AND WORK HARDER NEXT TIME.

I found this article http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/43014 had the same result. I'm still looking for the one about the negative cognitive effects

Yelling has always had a difficult time in big races. She still has a 2:25 PR. I think she will do better in the future.

jerkyb wrote:

YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE. WHY ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO YOUR RESEARCH FOR YOU - YOU ARE LAZY TOO! STOP BEING SUCH A LOSER AND WORK HARDER NEXT TIME.

Underrated post.

yeah, okay wrote:

Underrated post.

I agree. I had initially overlooked its brilliance. Very nice.

yeah, okay wrote:

jerkyb wrote:

YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE. WHY ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO YOUR RESEARCH FOR YOU - YOU ARE LAZY TOO! STOP BEING SUCH A LOSER AND WORK HARDER NEXT TIME.

Underrated post.

Um...no. It was overlooked because it sucked.

fadsfdsfasf wrote:

yeah, okay wrote:

Underrated post.

Um...no. It was overlooked because it sucked.

no, YOU are an idiot. i too overlooked it at first. then i realized its brilliance and now its hilarious!

Does anyone have the link to the original article? I think it was linked through the frontpage at one point.

Runners are usually cerebral nerdy kids and while it IS competative, the sport is very very individualistic. The races come down to how much you can push yourself. It's not like f'ball where you are wanting kids to run a set play and they keep blowing it.

To scream and yell like a f'ball coach makes the runners hate you, tune you out, and not give you their best.

Expalin why the race went bad, or what changes need to be made in the training routine. Or better yet, address the team and TAKE THE BLAME for the poor showing.

The only time I'd yell at young runners is if they misbehaved or if they just showed up at the race and jogged.

Leave the yelling to the lunk heads.

I found the fact that we actually needed a study/article to tell us this more interesting than the article itself. Gee, yelling and verbally abusing people isn't the best way to console them? Who would have ever guessed.

It's a prinicple of management/motivation. Yelling works with some and not with others. I personally think someone who has had a shitty race - deserves a good "attitude adjustment"....

I see none of you Nancy Boys ever plaed football.

Thank god.

DUI

Dont be such a sally... If u can't handle getting yelled at then go play chess or something sports may not be for u... A none yelling philosophy being better or worse is BS. You are on the team to show up and preform and when u don't get it going its the coaches job to let u know that's not acceptable and u need to step it up or stay home...

Please follow the sport wrote:

Yelling has always had a difficult time in big races. She still has a 2:25 PR. I think she will do better in the future.

A similar thought occurred to me.

Weak Ones wrote:

Dont be such a sally... If u can't handle getting yelled at then go play chess or something sports may not be for u... A none yelling philosophy being better or worse is BS. You are on the team to show up and preform and when u don't get it going its the coaches job to let u know that's not acceptable and u need to step it up or stay home...

Well my time for playing sports is long past. And yes, the coach does need to address poor performances, but yelling like a buffoon is not the best way to do that.

When people lose control like that to me it sounds like they are stupid and don't have the brains to control themselves and articulate what the problem may be.

you could try a keyword search in ERIC or something on brain based learning. generally, i seem to recall that it's the adrenaline that is released in the brain when in a situation of stress. supposedly this state is not optimal for learning. given that this is the whole fight or flight thing, in the case of running, maybe the stress stimulus should precede the activity?

maybe wrote:

you could try a keyword search in ERIC or something on brain based learning. generally, i seem to recall that it's the adrenaline that is released in the brain when in a situation of stress. supposedly this state is not optimal for learning. given that this is the whole fight or flight thing, in the case of running, maybe the stress stimulus should precede the activity?

I see. So, we should yell at them before they have a bad race. Cool.

I'm going to try that one.

It's not mental. It's physical likely due to low blood sugar or borderline hypoglycemia. Notice later after the race when you eat something you feel better and wonder why you yelled.

first, I agree with the others. When I first started to read this below I actually started to laugh out loud. Usually that is reserved for the stupidity posted on these boards but I actually laughed for the comedic values.Second, as an athlete I always felt that I knew when I performed bad in a race and I didn't need a coach to yell at me about it. If you are a true competitor you know when you ran bad.Practices are different. If I or my teammates were slacking I didn't mind a good yelling. It usually helped. I think I would follow the same line of thought if I ever coach.

jerkyb wrote:

YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE. WHY ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO YOUR RESEARCH FOR YOU - YOU ARE LAZY TOO! STOP BEING SUCH A LOSER AND WORK HARDER NEXT TIME.