Men's Basketball Game Observation

In this observation, I decided it was time to head back home and catch up with my high school. In part of this, I decided to attend the Burlington Central Men’s Basketball game against Johnsburg on February 17 at 7 pm which took place at Burlington Central’s gym. However, instead of observing my former high school’s basketball team, I decided to observe Johnsburg’s team since the Coach for Burlington was quiet throughout a major portion of the game despite winning the game. The Johnsburg Skyhawks are coached by Mike Toussaint. Now, in terms of the psychological aspect of the article that coincides with this observation in term of what was required to be observed during this time, one in particular that I noticed was during the warmup before

For this reason, I applauded the efforts done using the psychological tools that, were I read in the article into the basketball court. Since, there are several thoughts going on in the minds of the athlete and coach, which can cause the team to enter a state of chaos if they notice something is not going right. Considering that there needs to be methods that can control the athlete’s behavior and still have them be at their best abilities even during stressful times. Furthermore, I appreciated how well the team were together due to the fact that compared to the Burlington Central team, the team bond was there, but since the Head coach was silent the whole time and only spoke when he noticed a flaw in his player’s performance helped establish this idea that despite the fact that they may have won the game, the Johnsburg team had a better chemistry overall in terms of Athlete and Coach situation. Overall, the methods of first and secondary-order component skills that were utilized throughout the game greatly benefitted the players despite the loss. In spite of all of the positives, I feel that there were some aspects that the team could of improved on during the game, including the fact that there were times in which, particularly at the end of the game where other teammates were pressuring their star player to produce successful free