FEEDBACK:  Coach and Player feedback is considered to be a prized tool for helping coaches grow and develop.  

SAFEGUARDING FEEDBACK FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE OF GROWTH MINDSET:
It is important that players, coaches, and parents understand that feedback is an “opinion” and does not define a player or a coach.  It is also important that we guard against providing emotionally charged feedback.  Feedback is most valuable, useful, and applicable, when it is provided from an objective perspective, and an attitude of helpfulness.  

WSA believes that feedback is not meant to be applied from a "fixed mindset".  Feedback as a tool for growth and development becomes diminished in its returns when it is applied in a fixed-mindset environment such as tryouts, or coach placement,  where the feedback is requested to justify the ends.   Feedback should be used in an environment of growth to help produce a means, not an end.  WSA wishes to protect the integrity of the feedback process by providing expectations to respect the feedback process from a "Growth Mindset" perspective. 

WSA will produce an environment which cultivates and nurtures feedback towards growth.  This means a willingness to receive honest and truthful feedback, a desire to apply information towards learning, and a respect for the notion that feedback is another's "opinion".  In an environment where feedback is sought, rendered respectfully, received enthusiastically, then the growth capacity for all will escalate and multiply by our interactions and relationships.  This aligns with Core Value #1: Family. 

PLAYER FEEDBACK CONTEXT