Exploring Personality Components through Coach Kent Stock's Life

According to Hollander each person is unique, and their uniqueness stem from a blend of characteristics. This blend of characteristic form their personality, and each personality is centered around three major components. First we have the psychological cores, which are the most consistent and difficult to change, such as religion, morals, values etc.… Second are the typical responses, which are the ways we most likely react in challenging and difficult situations. Third we have the role related behaviors, which relate to the roles we play depending on the social setting. The coach Kent Stock exhibit all three components, he values community, traditions and he also values baseball, those constitute his psychological cores. When his team lost,

In one of the games played in the movie one team member injured his hands, the coach was there to show support and to reassure him and the other players. He also gave them inspirational speech about why they are playing, not just for the people or the town but because they love baseball, and because of how they want to be remembered. His motivational technique fall under the interactional-centered view. He motivated them depending on their individual characteristics and also motivated them depending on the situation. Mitch Akers a teen that was going through trouble times after losing his mom, benefited from coach Stock style of motivational technique, he had lost his way and he helped him get back on track. He gave him a shot, understood his potential and helped him become a better player, a better son. When the team lost confidence on their last game, he assessed the situation and gave a speech that motivated the players, he used the situation to his

Sammy Wilson was faced with a challenge when his previous coach was fired, he had a new coach and wanted nothing to do with him. He responded with negativity, which in turn decreased his performance throughout the game. Mitch Akers was faced with a stressful situation on the last game as well, with the fate of the team riding on him. However his stress response was focus, he was determined to successfully achieving the task, because of that his performance ameliorated. When it came to reinforcement the coach used both positive and negative reinforcement, when Sammy Wilson acted out on the field he was not afraid to bench him. As positive reinforcement he used words of encouragement complimenting each member of the team on a job well