Writing Assignment #1
: Philosophy of Coaching
In this paper I am going to explain my personal standards and values for what I would believe in and the way I would coach at a higher level. From playing sports my whole life and knowing which coaches I thought did a good job and which ones didn’t I have some standards and things that I would do to make my players feel more comfortable and want to play for me. One big thing that I would do is let my players know that I am there for them as more than just a coach. I believe that personal connections will make a player better and believe in you as a coach more than just trying to make them better and win games. One thing I would do to make my players feel more comfortable would be having an open-door policy so that players can come to me with any personal life issues, and we can try and work through them together to get them back in the right state of mind to perform the best they can perform. There will be times where I might even pull them out of class for maybe 10 minutes just talk with them and make sure they are doing good in classes and just with life in general. An issue with this is that you do not want to make it seem like you are their friends more than a coach. So, I will have to find a happy medium in keeping my coaching and leadership different from how I deal with them away from the team or away from the court. This could be something such as still making sure I am disciplining correctly at practice and being tough or strict with how they are working during practice but also on weekends or something maybe
