IF YOU SEE THE FOLLOWING YOU ARE NOT VIEWING A QUALITY PRACTICE
Brent S. Rushall Ph. D., personal notes, 1996.
SPORT SCIENCE ABSTRACTS- SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/index.htm
* Activities
that lack specific relevance to the sport being played (e.g., cycling for
rowing).
* Activities
not being practiced in blocks or repetitions with feedback.
* Activities
that are potentially harmful (e.g., exceptionally exhausting activities to
build "character").
* Activities
that eliminate athletes (e.g., reserves sitting out activity to the point of
"cooling down").
* Athletes
being used as targets (e.g., tackling objects) or subjected to potential
injurious activities (e.g., carried about as loads for resistance activities).
* Athletes
in long lines waiting for a turn (e.g., too few pieces of equipment for too
many people).
* Athletes
being inactive for long periods (e.g., time wasted when something better could
be done).
* Athletes
running/swimming/etc, laps without purpose, enjoyment, achievement, or
creativity.
* Athletes
selecting teams.
* Elite
athletes dominating activities.
* Coaches
being negative models for the sport's activity (e.g., inappropriate dress, lack
of physical demonstration or participation).
* Coaches
lecturing excessively.
* Coaches
acting like 'drill sergeants.'
* Fitness
activities used as punishments.
* Fitness
or skill assessment not based on personal improvements.
* Calisthenics
or exercises without specific purposes and/or for lengthy periods.
* Gender
directed comments and activities.
* Excessive
competition.
* Full-sided
scrimmages.