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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:50:25 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Shrink Me! (Psychology)</title><subtitle>Shrink Me! (Psychology)</subtitle><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-02-14T00:24:37Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>You Remind Me of Me</title><category term="Persuasion"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2008/2/14/you-remind-me-of-me.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2008/2/14/you-remind-me-of-me.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2008-02-14T00:23:46Z</published><updated>2008-02-14T00:23:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Psychologists have been studying the art of persuasion for nearly a century, analyzing activities like political propaganda, television campaigns and door-to-door sales. Many factors influence people’s susceptibility to an appeal, studies suggest, including their perception of how exclusive an opportunity is and whether their neighbors are buying it.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>I’m Not Really Running, I’m Not Really Running...</title><category term="Power of the Mind"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/12/6/im-not-really-running-im-not-really-running.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/12/6/im-not-really-running-im-not-really-running.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-12-06T19:41:07Z</published><updated>2007-12-06T19:41:07Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[His coaches and teammates, though, noticed that he could jump even higher. Every time he cleared the pole, he had about a foot to spare. But if they moved the bar up even an inch, the vaulter would hit it every time. One day, when the vaulter was not looking, his teammates raised the bar a good six inches. The man vaulted over it, again with a foot to spare.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You’re Just a Perfectionist</title><category term="Perfectionist"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/12/4/unhappy-self-critical-maybe-youre-just-a-perfectionist.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/12/4/unhappy-self-critical-maybe-youre-just-a-perfectionist.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-12-04T19:50:45Z</published><updated>2007-12-04T19:50:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Don’t take no for an answer. Never quit. Don’t accept second best. 

Above all, be true to yourself. 

It’s hard to argue with those maxims. They seem self-evident — if not written into the Constitution, then at least part of the cultural water supply that irrigates everything from halftime speeches to corporate lectures to SAT coaching classes.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Leadership Behavior Compared</title><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/leadership-behavior-compared.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/leadership-behavior-compared.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-22T05:23:40Z</published><updated>2007-05-22T05:23:40Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Coaches perform a variety of functions to maintain the team as a unit and facilitate the completion of the team goals. Descriptions of the tasks coaches are expected to accomplish are broad, but quite unspecific. Often their duties vary greatly from institution to institution. Ordering equipment, arranging schedules and transportation, counseling players, administering the budget and constantly evaluating players are but a few of the aspects of the coach’s job.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>It's a Team of Individuals</title><category term="Leadership"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/its-a-team-of-individuals.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/its-a-team-of-individuals.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-18T05:22:37Z</published><updated>2007-05-18T05:22:37Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The coaching of team sports is a tradition-bound culture that often has viewed the expression of individual difference as incompatible with optimum team performance or organizational efficiency. This is particularly true in team sports that resonate with military metaphor and unquestioned authority.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Developing Your Leadership Talents</title><category term="Leadership"/><category term="Tony Dicicco"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/18/developing-your-leadership-talents.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/18/developing-your-leadership-talents.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-18T05:21:17Z</published><updated>2007-05-18T05:21:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Most people recognize the Gallup name in association with opinion polling and market research. Few people know that the most extensive part of Gallup’s business is in its selection division, which includes the Gallup Leadership Institute. I had the opportunity to work in one of the programs of Gallup University. For me, one of the benefits of that work was coming to think in new ways about leadership – including the leadership role played by soccer coaches.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Leadership Laboratory</title><category term="Leadership"/><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/leadership-laboratory.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/leadership-laboratory.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-16T05:20:11Z</published><updated>2007-05-16T05:20:11Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The laboratory is a hardwood floor. The subjects are women between the ages of 18 and 22. Their area of interest is basketball. During my 20 years at Ohio Wesleyan, players have taught me as much about leadership as they have learned about basketball from the coaching staff.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Breaking the Barriers</title><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/15/breaking-the-barriers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/15/breaking-the-barriers.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-15T05:20:27Z</published><updated>2007-05-15T05:20:27Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[An essential ingredient of coaching leadership is the ability of the coach to “pull” his/her athletes through the barriers of stress that accompany the intense work required for successful performance. Of course, we know from our physiology of exercise and training that the discomfort associated with the preparation of the athletes for sustained activity is difficult.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Developing the Player-Leader</title><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/15/developing-the-player-leader.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/15/developing-the-player-leader.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-15T05:19:14Z</published><updated>2007-05-15T05:19:14Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Today the sports section of a local newspaper hardly is the place to look for role models, no more than sitcoms that make adults look like weaklings in dealings with their families. In these days of two-career couples and the failure of the traditional family, we as coaches have the responsibility to educate our players on what it takes to become successful leaders and adults.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Good Coach or Good Leader?</title><id>http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/good-coach-or-good-leader.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gosportslife.com/shrink-me-psychology/2007/5/11/good-coach-or-good-leader.html"/><author><name>Andy Kaasa</name></author><published>2007-05-11T05:03:47Z</published><updated>2007-05-11T05:03:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Leaders are made, not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
– Vince Lombardi]]></summary></entry></feed>