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 *Icebreaker - Toilet Paper Icebreak*

An icebreaker, using toilet paper as a prop, that will help students and teammates get to know each other very quickly.
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 *Icebreaker: Know Your Teammates*

An icebreaker in which participants must quiz teammates - using a questionnaire - in order to answer a series of questions.

 *Icebreaker: Truth, Truth, Lie*

An icebreaker activity in which students must make two true statements about themselves, and one that is false.

 *Icebreaker: Screamer*

An icebreaker game in which players who look at each other must point and scream.
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 *Oops? Code Reduces Fear of Failure*

Players can remind themselves that making a mistake isn?t a terrible thing by saying, ?Oops.?

 *Count-Down For Finishing Kick*

Athletes should know the number of strides/strokes they will have left once they reach the finishing kick stage of their race.

 *Who Gets the Most Anxious?*

Athletes who score low on tests of competitiveness view competitions as threatening and may become more anxious than their highly competitive teammates.

 *Anxiety: Think Like a Champion*

Athletes can reduce competition anxiety by thinking like a champion athlete.

 *Anxiety: Keep Athletes Busy*

Prevent pre-competition nervousness by keeping your athletes as busy as possible.

 *Awfulizing-For One-Sided Defeats*

A way to relieve bad feelings after a one-sided defeat.
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 *Bad Call Simulations*

Teach athletes how to react to bad calls by playing scrimmages in which the officiating is intentionally unfair.

 *Blowouts - Use to Develop Skills*

Blowout games are a good time to work on skills that your players are just learning.
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 *Catastrophizing - How to Prevent*

Athletes can stop catastrophizing by talking out loud before or during competitions.

 *Tip for Hyper Coaches*

If you get too hyper during competitions, let a calmer assistant coach deal with your athletes.
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 *Code for a Stronger 4th Quarter*

A signal your players can use to remind each other that they're a good fourth quarter team.
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