The TOP 20 Questions Every Coach, GM, and Scout Want To Know

Below are some of the most common questions by a professional team's front office staff In their search for their ideal player.  While a few of them can be answered by traditional behavioural assessments, most of the questions have not been able to be objectively answered until now:

1. Is the player mentally tough?
2. Is the player a hard worker?
3. How confident is the player in his abilities?
4. Is the player coachable?
5. Can the player handle/cope with pressure?
6. How fast can the player make decisions?
7. Is the player a 'team player'?
8. What is the player's ability to focus/concentrate?
9. Is the player self-disciplined?
10. Does the player respect authority?
11. Can the player understand complex game plans?
12. Is the player aware of his/her own strengths and weaknesses?
13. How competitive is the player?
14. Does the player tend to second guess his actions?
15. What is the player's capacity to execute his role within the game plan?
16. Does the player have the ability to clearly make the BEST choice during play? 

Do You Know EXACTLY How A Potential Player Will Make A Decision On The Field/Court?

The Player Selection process for professional sports teams is crucial in the quest for winning a championship.  So much so that a wrong selection can cost a team the championship and even millions of dollars if the player turns out not living up to the teams expectations.

Traditionally, professional  teams use a variety of sports psychology assessments for evaluating player behaviors and motivators.  There is no doubt that these assessments are of great benefit and are extremely useful when trying to understand problems and how to best overcome them.  However, this is just one part to the big puzzle when trying to assess a player's innergame. 

What the above indicators of behavior and motivators do not reveal is the decision making capability of a player.  In other words, a player may be extroverted but this personality style does not necessarily mean that the player has a 'play to win' mentality.  Ideally, it is best to combine both of these assessments in order to get the most complete picture of a player's mental makeup.  Below is a simple compartive chart between Sports Psychology Assessments and the Sports Axiology Assessment:

How Do You Define Game Intelligence?

Let's face it, professional teams want players who have the ability to quickly make clear decisions on the field, court, or ice.  This also includes the ability to cope and/or resolve any given situation during play.  While both of these qualities together make-up Game Intelligence, this is much different from another type of intelligence, for example, evaluated by the NFL during the NFL Player Combine.

General intelligence, as measured by the Wonderlic Intelligence Test, measures a player's IQ.  However, there have been numerous studies to show that IQ has little to do with a player's performance on the field.  In fact, it is based on what is known as inductive based reasoning skills which has little merit in the world of sport compared to deductive based reasoning skils.  Below are a few more differences between the Wonderlic and the Pro Sports Profile:

Here is an example of an easier question taken from the Wonderlic test-  In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?

1. copper
2. nickel
3. aluminum
4. wood
5. bronze

Compare this to a few phrases taken from the Pro-Sports Profile- Rank the following in order from most agree to least agree:

1. winning is everything to me
2. my training habits are inconsistent and ruin my game
3. i'm a good football player
4. official rulings don't always make sense to me
5. my quick mind helps me to kwow what's next

While the first example is more academic in nature, the second example can provide much more relative information for a player's mental abilities.  Each statement measures a precise value and can therefore be easily reviewed as to 'why' a player chose to rank one starement as more important than the other.  Based on mathmatics, we are then able to determine a player's decision making pattern as well as their mental strengths and weaknesses.

For more information on how Sports Axiology can help take the guesswork out of your player selection process contact us now.

The TOP 20 Questions Every Coach, GM, and Scout Want To Know

Below are some of the most common questions by a professional team's front office staff In their search for their ideal player.  While a few of them can be answered by traditional behavioural assessments, most of the questions have not been able to be objectively answered until now:

1. Is the player mentally tough?
2. Is the player a hard worker?
3. How confident is the player in his abilities?
4. Is the player coachable?
5. Can the player handle/cope with pressure?
6. How fast can the player make decisions?
7. Is the player a 'team player'?
8. What is the player's ability to focus/concentrate?
9. Is the player self-disciplined?
10. Does the player respect authority?
11. Can the player understand complex game plans?
12. Is the player aware of his/her own strengths and weaknesses?
13. How competitive is the player?
14. Does the player tend to second guess his actions?
15. What is the player's capacity to execute his role within the game plan?
16. Does the player have the ability to clearly make the BEST choice during play? 

Do You Know EXACTLY How A Potential Player Will Make A Decision On The Field/Court?

The Player Selection process for professional sports teams is crucial in the quest for winning a championship.  So much so that a wrong selection can cost a team the championship and even millions of dollars if the player turns out not living up to the teams expectations.

Traditionally, professional  teams use a variety of sports psychology assessments for evaluating player behaviors and motivators.  There is no doubt that these assessments are of great benefit and are extremely useful when trying to understand problems and how to best overcome them.  However, this is just one part to the big puzzle when trying to assess a player's innergame. 

What the above indicators of behavior and motivators do not reveal is the decision making capability of a player.  In other words, a player may be extroverted but this personality style does not necessarily mean that the player has a 'play to win' mentality.  Ideally, it is best to combine both of these assessments in order to get the most complete picture of a player's mental makeup.  Below is a simple compartive chart between Sports Psychology Assessments and the Sports Axiology Assessment:

How Do You Define Game Intelligence?

Let's face it, professional teams want players who have the ability to quickly make clear decisions on the field, court, or ice.  This also includes the ability to cope and/or resolve any given situation during play.  While both of these qualities together make-up Game Intelligence, this is much different from another type of intelligence, for example, evaluated by the NFL during the NFL Player Combine.

General intelligence, as measured by the Wonderlic Intelligence Test, measures a player's IQ.  However, there have been numerous studies to show that IQ has little to do with a player's performance on the field.  In fact, it is based on what is known as inductive based reasoning skills which has little merit in the world of sport compared to deductive based reasoning skils.  Below are a few more differences between the Wonderlic and the Pro Sports Profile:

Here is an example of an easier question taken from the Wonderlic test-  In the following set of words, which word is different from the others?

1. copper
2. nickel
3. aluminum
4. wood
5. bronze

Compare this to a few phrases taken from the Pro-Sports Profile- Rank the following in order from most agree to least agree:

1. winning is everything to me
2. my training habits are inconsistent and ruin my game
3. i'm a good football player
4. official rulings don't always make sense to me
5. my quick mind helps me to kwow what's next

While the first example is more academic in nature, the second example can provide much more relative information for a player's mental abilities.  Each statement measures a precise value and can therefore be easily reviewed as to 'why' a player chose to rank one starement as more important than the other.  Based on mathmatics, we are then able to determine a player's decision making pattern as well as their mental strengths and weaknesses.

For more information on how Sports Axiology can help take the guesswork out of your player selection process contact us now.