Beaver, Utah-based business leader Mark J. Yardley owns and operates various travel centers, gas stations, motels, and other entities throughout the state. Alongside his professional endeavors, Mark J. Yardley of Beaver, Utah, has maintained a passion for golf and spent 15 years coaching golf at Beaver High School.

No matter what sport you coach, there will come a time when you need to motivate your team to succeed. The process of creating this motivation often begins with the environment you create for your team. Focus on creating an environment that promotes appreciation, challenge, and quality among your athletes. This variability in your practice environment feeds into each athlete’s personal motivators.

Aside from creating an inspiring and a variable environment, focus on each athlete on your team. Make sure you draw attention to the importance of individual success so that athletes understand how their personal performance impacts the team as a whole. Further, don’t be afraid to talk to each athlete to learn what motivates him or her or what he or she needs from coaches and other leaders. Taking the time to learn from your athletes makes you more effective when motivating them.

Finally, serve as a role model for your team. If you want your athletes to behave and perform in a specific way, then you must act in that same way. This shows athletes how to act and teaches them what you expect from them. Further, when your athletes know that you will practice what you preach, they feel a greater sense of collaboration and camaraderie that boosts their individual and team performances.