What’s Your Motivation?

by: Chip Baker
Assistant Football Coach, Conroe High School (TX)
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At times it can be difficult to motivate students to do the things they are supposed to do to ensure success. As coaches we are the potter and the students are the clay. We have a challenging opportunity to mold that clay into productive, responsible, accountable students. There are number of things that we can do to help motivate our students. I will discuss some things in this article that I have seen to be beneficial.

In order to motivate effectively we must make a conscious effort to build a relationship with each student. When I say build a relationship I do not mean try to be buddies or friends with them. That is not our role. I mean make an effort to find out all about them. For example: What is their background? Where do they live? What are their interests?

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