PCA Triple-Impact Competitor & Character Development 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: According to PCA, what are the three levels of impact a Triple-Impact Competitor strives to make?
- Win games, earn trophies, and gain scholarships
- Make themselves better, make teammates better, and make the sport better (Correct answer)
- Improve skills, improve fitness, and improve attitude
- Lead the team, lead the school, and lead the community
Correct answer: Make themselves better, make teammates better, and make the sport better
PCA's Triple-Impact Competitor framework calls for athletes to impact themselves, their teammates, and the sport itself as a whole.
Question 2: Which of the following best describes the 'make the sport better' level of the Triple-Impact Competitor model?
- Scoring more points than the opponent
- Honoring the game and acting as a role model for how the sport should be played (Correct answer)
- Recruiting more athletes to participate
- Lobbying for rule changes in the sport
Correct answer: Honoring the game and acting as a role model for how the sport should be played
Making the sport better involves honoring the game and serving as a positive ambassador, upholding its traditions and spirit.
Question 3: In PCA's Triple-Impact Competitor model, how does an athlete 'make teammates better'?
- By outperforming teammates to motivate them through competition
- By filling teammates' Emotional Tanks and helping them improve their skills (Correct answer)
- By reporting teammates' mistakes to the coach
- By taking on leadership roles that reduce teammates' responsibilities
Correct answer: By filling teammates' Emotional Tanks and helping them improve their skills
Making teammates better involves filling their Emotional Tanks with encouragement and actively helping them develop their abilities.
Question 4: PCA emphasizes that character development in sport should be viewed as:
- A secondary benefit that naturally follows winning
- An intentional and explicit goal that coaches actively teach and reinforce (Correct answer)
- The responsibility of parents, not coaches
- A byproduct of rigorous physical training
Correct answer: An intentional and explicit goal that coaches actively teach and reinforce
PCA coaches are taught to deliberately and explicitly develop character, treating it as a primary goal rather than a side effect.
Question 5: Which PCA concept teaches athletes to define their own standards of character rather than only comparing themselves to others?
- Scoreboard Winner mindset
- Mastery or ELM Tree orientation (Correct answer)
- Triple-Impact Competitor level three
- ROOTS framework
Correct answer: Mastery or ELM Tree orientation
The ELM Tree (Effort, Learning, bouncing back from Mistakes) promotes an internal, mastery-based standard rather than social comparison.
Question 6: How does the Triple-Impact Competitor concept differ from the traditional 'winning is the only thing' coaching philosophy?
- It prioritizes personal statistics over team results
- It measures success by impact on self, teammates, and sport rather than only game outcomes (Correct answer)
- It eliminates competition to reduce athlete stress
- It focuses exclusively on physical development
Correct answer: It measures success by impact on self, teammates, and sport rather than only game outcomes
The Triple-Impact Competitor model redefines success beyond the scoreboard to include positive influence on multiple levels.
Question 7: When a coach introduces the Triple-Impact Competitor framework to athletes, the primary goal is to:
- Reduce the emphasis on practice in favor of character talks
- Give athletes a broader identity and purpose beyond athletic performance (Correct answer)
- Explain why winning matters more than character
- Identify which athletes will become future coaches
Correct answer: Give athletes a broader identity and purpose beyond athletic performance
The framework gives athletes an expanded sense of purpose, helping them see their role as influencing the sport's culture and their teammates' development.
PCA Triple-Impact Competitor & Character Development 1
According to PCA, what are the three levels of impact a Triple-Impact Competitor strives to make?