Cristiano ronaldo characteristics

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Leadership: speak about Ronaldo’s leadership to other teammates and his mentality about being a leader and how others view it,and his views on leadership, his leadership style 2 pages

Theory you should use is the four components of effective leadership

1. Leaders qualities: flexibility, loyalty, confidence, accountability, preparedness, self-disciple patience

2. Leadership style

· Autocratic style. The coach solves the problem herself using the information available at the time.

· Autocratic–consultative style. The coach obtains the necessary information from relevant players and then comes to a decision.

· Consultative–individual style. The coach consults the players individually and then makes a decision. The decision may or may not reflect the players’ input.

· Consultative–group style. The coach consults the players as a group and then makes a decision. The decision may or may not reflect the players’ input.

· Group style. The coach shares the problem with the players; then the players jointly make the decision without any influence from the coach.

3. Situational Factors:

· Is the sport a team sport or an individual sport? Team-sport athletes typically prefer more autocratic leaders than do individual-sport athletes.

· Is it an interactive (e.g., basketball) or coactive (e.g., bowling) sport? Interactive-team athletes prefer more task-oriented leaders than do coactive team athletes.

· What is the size of the team? As group size increases, it becomes more difficult to effectively use a democratic leadership style. How much time is available? When little time is available, a task-oriented leader is more desirable.

· Does the group have a particular leadership tradition? A group that has a tradition with one style of leadership will typically have difficulty changing to another style of leadership.

4. Followers Qualities: The characteristics of the followers (athletes in sport settings) are also important in determining the effectiveness of a leader. The need for the characteristics and styles of leaders and participants to mesh shows how important the interactional process is to effective leadership. For example, older and more experienced athletes usually prefer an autocratic coaching style, and female athletes prefer a democratic coach.

Psychological Skill Training Speak on how Ronaldo is so good mentality in the pitch and outside and how has a sport psychologist helped him, what was his goal and how did PST help him reach it quicker 1 page

Psychological skills training (PST) refers to systematic and consistent practice of mental or psychological skills for the purpose of enhancing performance, increasing enjoyment, or achieving greater sport and physical activity self-satisfaction.

Mental toughness talk about an adversity in a specific game using this theory

· Control —Handling many things at once; remaining influential rather than controlled

· Commitment —Being deeply involved with pursuing goals despite difficulties

· Challenge —Perceiving potential threats as opportunities for personal growth and thriving in constantly changing environments

· Confidence —Maintaining belief in the self despite setbacks