Joe Crawford's Vibrant Personality In Professional Sports

John Gagliardi was a very decorated coach at St. Johns college in Minnesota. John is also the most winning coach ever in the NCAA with 484 wins. To coach this long and have the amount of success John had, is unbelievable. The amount of effort and time he put into his job is what made him accomplish so much. His style of coaching was unique and he found his own way to win games. Not tackling in practice, not using profane language were one of his techniques in coaching. John demanded a level of respect for his players, and in return John would respect them. St. John’s practices were always a fun time, as well as serious. John was able to find a good balance to keep his teams winning.

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run”(Babe Ruth). I was wondering how much baseball really affected my life and the choices I make. The answer is a lot, and it still continues to leave a mark on this life I love. Over the many years of my involvement in the game I have learned that life is full of ups and downs. Baseball teaches people to bounce back from negatives, this I believe.

For this assignment I will explain the effect of personality and motivation on sports performance.

In this interview, Stoney Pryor, who is a College Station High School coach, was able to define religion, explain how athletes use religion in their sport, and explain how coaches use religion while on and off the field. When it comes to religion, some people follow a certain religion, and other do not, so you must accommodate how to work with both views. Religion affects players in how the act during a game (i.e. a bad call on a player and the way he/she reacts) and how coaches act during a game (i.e. talking to the officials after a bad call.) Pryor also mentions how being a part of a public school, there are some things that involve religion that he is discouraged to do because it may offend someone. Religion can also help character development, meaning one would become an over all “better person” because of the way his/her religion affects the way the act in front of others.

The movie “The Blind Side” originally written by: Michael Lewis is about a highschool boy named Michael Oher who gets adopted by the Tuohy family. The family financially help Michael with his school grades in order to play football, after his grades went up Michael got the proper training to play in his school team. Eventually, he struggles but Sean motivates Michael training him using Football strategies. Sean recorded a video of his sports performance Therefore it made him famous and received a scholarship.

Clay Mathew's Sr., 6-foot-3, played for the 49ers in 1950 and from 1953-55 alongside of six Hall of Fame 49ers (Tittle, Perry, McElhenny, Johnson, Nomellini, St.Clair), during his tenure. His teammates and opponents alike described him as an outstanding defensive end. He became the starting offensive and defensive tackle in his rookie season when players played on both sides of the ball, for a full 60-minutes. “I had Bruno Banducci on one side of me and end Alyn Beals on the other side. Bill Johnson was the center,” said Mathews.

Curt Flood was an All-Star baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals that did not want to be traded against his wishes to the Philadelphia Phillies. This decision to publicly come out and make this particular statement ultimately started a battle for player liberty and benefits in baseball. This paper will be diving into the ideals and ramifications behind his choice to dispute the sport of baseball, the context of American society around the time of the issue and its relationship, the main events involving Flood’s actions, the labor dispute, Flood v. Kuhn case along with other critical elements in the main body, the progression of this topic in discussion, and a recap of the topic and its significance in relation to contemporary American society in conclusion.

It was the last games of the baseball season. We had are worse pitcher pitching for our team. And they had an ok pitcher pitching. We got to the semi finals and our coach was going nuts. I was in the locker room getting ready for the game and my teammates Austin and Tevan were right next to me also getting ready they were one of the best players on the team.

“Next up the right fielder Auuuuusstin Meeeehhhhrrrr” belows out of the speakers at full blast as I approach the plate. Feeling loose I ease into the batter's box sinking my cleats deep into the soft dirt where I can get a solid stance. Stretching my bat across the plate showing the pitcher how much reach I have tempting him to throw one in the zone. Weight is on my back leg as I slowly bounce the bat in my hands anticipating the first pitch. The pitcher begins his windup and I stop moving the bat and focus on the ball.

What is the only thing harder than disciplining a dozen ten year olds? Disciplining them on ice! All throughout my life I’ve played sports, and no matter what sport it was, there was always one person who seemed to have it out for me…the referee. The referee is one of the most hated people in the world of sports, but is also one of the most crucial. I grew up with the mindset that the referee was the enemy. Whenever they made a call against me or my team, they were always wrong, no matter how obvious the penalty was. But one day, my whole perspective on referees changed---the day I became a referee.

Around March last year, lacrosse season was beginning to come around the corner. Everyone was getting prepared for the season with high expectations of winning another championship. For the returning seniors this was a huge deal for them, along with the rest of the team. Everything was in good shape until events unfolded and my spot on the team was a swinging player.

“‘I’m not perfect. Nobody’s perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.’ Adrian Beltre.” In the spring of 1998 at the age of 19 Adrian Beltre made his debut in Major League Baseball (MLB). When he was growing up baseball wasn’t even his main focus it was pushed onto the backburner, the sports that were his main focus were tennis and basketball. That has not stopped him though because he is the 31st MLB player to hit the 3,000 hit club and he is the first player from the Dominican Republic to reach that milestone since the MLB was founded in 1869.

One time, when I was playing baseball, the other team was mocking us, and their parents were yelling at us. Our team ignored them and played the game. In the beginning, the other team was winning and all the other team’s parents were screaming and yelling. They continued mocking us and being jerks, but they got their fair share, or karma. The inning right after, we scored 5 runs and almost caught up. That inning, I heard the parent’s yells aimed more to their side, and not as much to our side. By the last inning we were beating the other team, and the parent’s mouths were shut, nothing out of their mouths. That shows that you have to be fair to everyone else, treat them how you want to be treated. If you don’t you may get a dose of sweet

I was always taught that I should be a well-rounded person and to be polite to everyone I meet. And that is why I think of Phil Lester. He has strong qualities to make him a communication mentor. He is someone who chooses his words with caution, keeps eye contact, and he has the motivation to do public speaking.

In this report, I am going to talk about the effects of personality and motivation on sports performance and I will do this by looking at the different theories relating to sports performance and how sports athletes deal with the effects of personality and motivation in sports performances.