Blog 9- Future career

 

The Plan

The aim for the future is my own coaching business which will do one to one and team sessions but will specialise in working with people from all backgrounds who are suffering with their mental health and using sport, exercise and activity to help them. This is something close to my heart due to personal circumstances of some close people to myself as well as my own personal battles. Rosso, Dekas and Wrzesniewski, (2010) suggest that having a job that has meaning has been shown to have the benefits of increased motivation, personal fulfilment, job satisfaction, engagement, empowerment, career development as well as decreased stress and absenteeism.

According to a 2011 study by Holt, Kingsley, Tink and Scherer, there are several developmental benefits associated with sport participation.  Benefits reported include relationships with coaches, making new friends, and teamwork/social skills. Personal benefits reported include emotional control, exploration, confidence, discipline, academic performance, weight management, and ‘keeping busy.’ Beyond the findings , an important point to emphasize is that several of the benefits reported  appeared to ‘transfer’ from sport to other areas of their lives.

How will performance analysis benefit my future

There are several ways performance analysis could benefit this kind of business. Firstly there is the obvious coaching part of the business where individuals and teams will benefit from feedback on their performances that can be tracked and backed by statistics and footage. 

From a mental health point of view, analysis can be used to show improvements or what an athlete has done well as, according to Burgers, Eden, van Engelenburg and Buningh, (2015), positive feedback satisfies competence and autonomy needs which increases intrinsic motivation which in turn can help with improved mental health. 

References

• Burgers, C., Eden, A., van Engelenburg, M. and Buningh, S., 2015. How feedback boosts motivation and play in a brain-training game. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, pp.94-103.
• Holt, N., Kingsley, B., Tink, L. and Scherer, J. (2011). Benefits and challenges associated with sport participation by children and parents from low-income families. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12(5), pp.490-499
• Rosso, B., Dekas, K. and Wrzesniewski, A. (2010). On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review. Research in Organizational Behavior, 30, pp.91-127