How does digitalization tool help athlete/coach relationship in athlete-centred coaching environment in floorball
Orste, Ralfs (2022)
2022
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The relationship between a coach and an athlete can greatly affect a sports team’s performance in important competitions or games.
To improve relationships, nowadays coaches are making more use of the athlete-centred coaching approach, which can improve a team’s overall performance by communicating with players and getting to know their personalities. To be highly successful in sports, all the players on the team must strive for the same goal and are motivated to become better athletes, so getting to know the personalities of the players can be a very important part of it.
Digitalization in sports has increased in the past years and gained more usage every year. Broadcasting and live results have changed with the use of different camera angles and sensors. Also, different digitalization tools have been used in sports to determine physical abilities, fatigue, and physiological needs.
Athlete-centred coaching and digitalization tools have increased in floorball often. In Latvia, some floorball teams are still lacking communication between the coach and the athlete because not all of the teams have been educated that it can improve the overall team performance.
The author believes that this thesis results can provide more information about the athlete/coach relationship on why it could be helpful for floorball teams to perform better results in the future.
The digitalization tool was used to determine whether it helps athlete/coach relationships in floorball, for instance, the CoachTools platform for athletes and coaches. CoachTools is an athlete-centred coaching platform that helps clubs and teams to reach their goals. All coaching tools from planning to caring in one platform – an easy way to manage, organize, and coach teams more effectively with the use of CoachTools.
To improve relationships, nowadays coaches are making more use of the athlete-centred coaching approach, which can improve a team’s overall performance by communicating with players and getting to know their personalities. To be highly successful in sports, all the players on the team must strive for the same goal and are motivated to become better athletes, so getting to know the personalities of the players can be a very important part of it.
Digitalization in sports has increased in the past years and gained more usage every year. Broadcasting and live results have changed with the use of different camera angles and sensors. Also, different digitalization tools have been used in sports to determine physical abilities, fatigue, and physiological needs.
Athlete-centred coaching and digitalization tools have increased in floorball often. In Latvia, some floorball teams are still lacking communication between the coach and the athlete because not all of the teams have been educated that it can improve the overall team performance.
The author believes that this thesis results can provide more information about the athlete/coach relationship on why it could be helpful for floorball teams to perform better results in the future.
The digitalization tool was used to determine whether it helps athlete/coach relationships in floorball, for instance, the CoachTools platform for athletes and coaches. CoachTools is an athlete-centred coaching platform that helps clubs and teams to reach their goals. All coaching tools from planning to caring in one platform – an easy way to manage, organize, and coach teams more effectively with the use of CoachTools.