Sam Bennett's DISC Profile

Like all DISC Styles, your style has certain traits that can work for you, or might hold you back, depending on how you manage them. Keep in mind that a strength can be "over-done" and become a weakness.

Working For You	Could Hold You Back
Determined: At her best, Sam plays with a steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on herself or her team.	Determined: Sam's strong determination can sometimes go overboard and lead to trying to force good performance.
Logical & Realistic: Sam's tendency to think in realistic terms can be a strength when she is making decisions on the court.	Logical & Realistic: Sam's tendency to look at things in realistic terms can lead to losing optimism when things aren't going well on the court.
Competitive: Sam is quite competitive and has high expectations for how she and her team perform on the court.	Competitive: Sam is quite competitive and can become frustrated, and perhaps self-critical, when not playing up to her expectations.

Motivators & Temperament

Motivated To Compete And Improve Sam's Steady/Dominance DISC Style is a favorable blend of competitive and determined tendencies from the Dominance side, combined with somewhat less intense and more patient tendencies from the Steady side. She is motivated by the competitive aspects of basketball, and an ongoing desire to make steady improvement in her skills and performance.

Competes With Steady Perseverance Sam's determination and persevering nature are at the core of her basketball temperament style. At her best, she competes with steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on herself or her team. While she is a strong competitor, her emotions tend to be somewhat less volatile than the ultra-intense style players.

Dealing With Frustration Sam is not as prone to deep and sustained anger as the ultra-intense style players, but she can become quite frustrated if she and her team are struggling on the court. To be at her best: She would likely benefit by using short positive self-talk phrases to help her quickly turn frustration back into positive energy.

Playing Style

Balanced Playing Style Sam uses her uniquely balanced Steady/Dominance DISC Style to make smart decisions on the court. At her best, she plays situationally – aggressive when she sees opportunities to make a bold play, and be more conservative when it makes sense to just protect possession of the ball.

Determination Can Go Overboard While Sam's natural determination is a strength in many ways, her instincts are to "try even harder" when she is struggling on the court. This tendency can sometimes lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance. To be at her best: By being aware of this tendency, Sam can take a few deep breaths during breaks in the action to help stay loose, and ready to respond at her best to the action on the court.

Needs To Understand The Logic Sam likes for "things to make sense," and the clearer she understands the coach's instructions for the game, the more apt she is to follow them on the court. She feels it's just as important to outsmart opponents and make fewer mental mistakes, as it is to try to beat them with better skills and conditioning.

Interaction With Teammates

Leads By Example Sam appreciates teammates who share her desire to work hard and put forth their best efforts towards having a winning team. She is not as much of a "rah-rah" type player as some of her more outgoing teammates. She is more of a "lead by example" type encourager, and her teammates will rarely doubt her desire to win.

Will Defend Her Opinion When Sam has a strong opinion about something, or thinks she is the one who is right about a situation, she can be quite persistent in defending her opinion. She is not necessarily an overly assertive "in your face" type communicator, but she will not easily give up in defending her opinion.

Enjoys Being Part Of The Team Sam enjoys the camaraderie and good-natured ribbing that is part of a team-oriented atmosphere. With that said, she feels everyone needs to be serious and focused during team meetings, practices, and pre-game warm-ups. Overall, her teammates will respect her competitive spirit and dedication to their team.

Approach To Improving Her Game

Will Pay The Price Sam will usually respond well when coaches push her to keep developing more of her potential as a basketball player. She'll view time and energy spent working on basketball skills, tactical decision-making, and physical conditioning as part of paying the price needed to become a better player.

Practicing On Her Own Sam likes to feel she is competing even when she is practicing on her own, or with others outside of formal team practices. Spending part of her informal practice time scrimmaging with others, and/or using drills that simulate competitive game-type situations, will help capitalize on her competitive nature. The more she feels like she is actually competing when she is practicing, the more likely it will help her keep improving.

Needs Measurable Goals Sam is a competitive and results-oriented thinker, and would likely benefit by having clear, specific and measurable goals to work towards, as well as well-defined action steps towards accomplishing them. This strategy can be a strong motivator towards helping her focus on her ongoing growth and development as a basketball player.