FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔3 Types of Feedback - ✔✔1. Evaluative
2. Prescriptive
3. Descriptive
✔✔Evaluative - ✔✔assessment of the quality of performance
✔✔Prescriptive - ✔✔coach tell the athlete how to execute the skill next time
✔✔Descriptive - ✔✔coach describes what the athlete has just done
✔✔Examples of Evaluative Feedback - ✔✔- Good Job
- Not good enough
✔✔Examples of Prescriptive Feedback - ✔✔- Throw it higher
- Get your arm up
✔✔Examples of Descriptive Feedback - ✔✔- The build up was too slow
- Your legs were really extended
✔✔General Comments about Feedback - ✔✔-timing is everything
- be specific
- give them time to try your feedback before giving them more
-quality vs. quantity
✔✔Major Periods in a Sport Program - ✔✔1. Preparation
2. Competition
3. Transition
✔✔Preparation Period - ✔✔Beginning of the season, usually before competition start,
may have exhibition games
✔✔Competition Period - ✔✔Regular season games and major competition
✔✔Transition Period - ✔✔After last competition of the season. Time for physical,
mental, emotional, and social recuperation
✔✔Components of Performance - ✔✔1. Physical
2. Mental/Emotional
3. Tactical
4. Technical
, ✔✔IPS Stands for... - ✔✔Ideal Performance State
✔✔Signs of Focus Problems - ✔✔-easily distracted by noise
-eyes wandering
-concentrates on wrong things
-misses cues from environment
✔✔Signs of Anxiety Problems - ✔✔-fidgeting
-bitting nails
-jumpy
-cold, clammy hands
-having to pee all the time
-feeling like throwing up
✔✔Attentional Control - ✔✔The ability to concentrate, focus, and refocus
✔✔Objects of Focus - ✔✔1.Internal
2. External
✔✔Examples of Distractions - ✔✔-fans
-coach
-teammates
-officials
-environment conditions
-equipment
-organization
✔✔Basic Skills for Improving Focus - ✔✔Concentration: concentrating on a clock
Shuttling: internal-external concentration
Managing Distracters: focusing of relevant cues
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔-can be a positive emotion when reflecting excitement
-can be negative when it is reflecting feelings when the athlete is not well prepared
✔✔4 Types of Anxiety - ✔✔1. Somatic or Physical
2. Cognitive or Mental
3. Trait
4. State
✔✔Stress - ✔✔substantial imbalance between demand and response capability under
conditions that involve failure
✔✔Examples of Techniques for Managing Anxiety - ✔✔-Breathing control
-Relaxation response
-Body-to-Mind Control
AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔3 Types of Feedback - ✔✔1. Evaluative
2. Prescriptive
3. Descriptive
✔✔Evaluative - ✔✔assessment of the quality of performance
✔✔Prescriptive - ✔✔coach tell the athlete how to execute the skill next time
✔✔Descriptive - ✔✔coach describes what the athlete has just done
✔✔Examples of Evaluative Feedback - ✔✔- Good Job
- Not good enough
✔✔Examples of Prescriptive Feedback - ✔✔- Throw it higher
- Get your arm up
✔✔Examples of Descriptive Feedback - ✔✔- The build up was too slow
- Your legs were really extended
✔✔General Comments about Feedback - ✔✔-timing is everything
- be specific
- give them time to try your feedback before giving them more
-quality vs. quantity
✔✔Major Periods in a Sport Program - ✔✔1. Preparation
2. Competition
3. Transition
✔✔Preparation Period - ✔✔Beginning of the season, usually before competition start,
may have exhibition games
✔✔Competition Period - ✔✔Regular season games and major competition
✔✔Transition Period - ✔✔After last competition of the season. Time for physical,
mental, emotional, and social recuperation
✔✔Components of Performance - ✔✔1. Physical
2. Mental/Emotional
3. Tactical
4. Technical
, ✔✔IPS Stands for... - ✔✔Ideal Performance State
✔✔Signs of Focus Problems - ✔✔-easily distracted by noise
-eyes wandering
-concentrates on wrong things
-misses cues from environment
✔✔Signs of Anxiety Problems - ✔✔-fidgeting
-bitting nails
-jumpy
-cold, clammy hands
-having to pee all the time
-feeling like throwing up
✔✔Attentional Control - ✔✔The ability to concentrate, focus, and refocus
✔✔Objects of Focus - ✔✔1.Internal
2. External
✔✔Examples of Distractions - ✔✔-fans
-coach
-teammates
-officials
-environment conditions
-equipment
-organization
✔✔Basic Skills for Improving Focus - ✔✔Concentration: concentrating on a clock
Shuttling: internal-external concentration
Managing Distracters: focusing of relevant cues
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔-can be a positive emotion when reflecting excitement
-can be negative when it is reflecting feelings when the athlete is not well prepared
✔✔4 Types of Anxiety - ✔✔1. Somatic or Physical
2. Cognitive or Mental
3. Trait
4. State
✔✔Stress - ✔✔substantial imbalance between demand and response capability under
conditions that involve failure
✔✔Examples of Techniques for Managing Anxiety - ✔✔-Breathing control
-Relaxation response
-Body-to-Mind Control
