Personal Statement: A Career As A Coach

When I was deciding what I wanted to choose for my major, I thought about things that I love doing. One thing in life that I have passion for is sports, whether it be playing sports or helping others develop their skills for their sport. My long term goal for a career, I want to be an Athletic Director for a college. In order to become an Athletic Director there are certain step that someone needs to do in college to try and have the best chance at getting their dream job. Athletic Director is not a career that a person just graduated from college and gets hired by a school, they must work their way up from an entry level job and slowly moves their way up.

When I think of coaching I think of practice planning, game planning, scouting strategizing of offense and defense, choosing my starters, little things like that. All of those ideas are valid, but that’s not the whole picture. There is a lot more to coaching than planning for a practice or a game. Many times a person who would like to coach an interschool athletic team has little or no preparation to teach sports skills and techniques. The only qualifications is often the person’s participation on his or her high school, college, or university’s team, coach of a community youth team or even perhaps as a professional player. While all that experience is valuable in one way or another, it does not constitute an adequate preparation for

The path that lead me to choose Sport Management as a major began at a young age where I demonstrated my admiration for sports. I have been participating in sports my entire life and still do to this day. Unfortunately, my time as an athlete will eventually come to an end and I will need to find an occupation that I have passion for. I asked myself the question, “Why not continue my passion in sports”? Being able to work with sports, but not directly in the spotlight, as an athlete is something I would love to be apart of.

Most college coaches start their careers as graduate assistants. All teams have a OC and DC. New coaches most commonly fill in as position coaches. At the higher levels, a position coach has a specific group they work with. For example, quarterbacks and wide receivers have their own position coach. To get into a larger university or professional football position, extensive coaching experience, a winning record, and honors are ordinarily commonly required.

I have been appointed a school prefect this year and will be sports captain for my house this year. I hope these roles will improve my leadership and communication skills, something that is crucial for a career in teaching sport. I hope that study coaching science or physical education will improve my understanding of coaching and sports theory, improve my delivery as a coach and evaluation of my own performance, both as a coach and as a

Throughout my years I have changed what I wanted to do with my future over and over again. When I was young I wanted to be a doctor. Then, once I got a little older, I wanted to become a professional athlete. Soon after that I decided I was going to be a nurse, soon after that I wanted to become a teacher, and even after both of those I thought I was going to be a psychologist. It wasn't until I was a senior in high school that I realized that I could make a living doing a combination of almost all of those while working with something I loved my entire life. I could coach sports. Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Outlook Handbook, I was able to understand what kind of salary to expect my first year full-time coaching, how many opportunities there would be in this field in the future, and if I would need any additional education to pursue those opportunities.

Having a coach in life will positively influence your character and your skills. Also, having a coach doesn’t necessarily mean that your playing on a field. A coach can be anyone from a role model to a parent or guardian, a teacher, a pastor, a mentor, or sometimes even a best friend. One of the most important things for a coach to have is influence, and more important than that is that the influence he has on his players must be positive. As a leader, a coaches job is to better his players on and off of the field. This is done by developing the character of his players through encouragement and helping them understand that the game is more than just about winning. A good coach will always put the needs of his players first before he considers himself as a factor. If a coach is successful his players will develop a strong sense of self-motivation. This helps by allowing the player to

I would like to become a high school cross country coach and I want this to be my dream entry-level job in sports. There are many reasons why I want this job. One reason is because I was on the cross country and track team in high school and I enjoyed be on the both teams. The second why I would like to do this is because I still run on my own and enjoy to this today. Also I would like to bring the joy I got out running and being on the two teams and bring it to other people. To me there are many other reasons why I would like to have this job but the reasons stated above are the most important to me and why I want this job.

My mind was set to pursue a career in coaching after my undergrad. Leading into my first year as college football coach, I relied mainly on my personal and prior experience during college as a football player. I wanted to provide the players with support and guidance I did not experience having as a player. During my first year as an assistant coach, I managed to influence some players following my main objective in my first year as a coach. Going into my second year, I was promoted with my own position group, running backs (RB), to coach without having to shadow another position coach as an assistant. I was excited, passionate, and overwhelmingly ready to guide this group of young men into a spiritual, motivational direction using my personal experience and my prior knowledge of football to support my coaching goals and objectives.

Throughout my lifetime, activities, events, and services that I am involved in have shaped me as a person. The one thing that I personally think has had the most impact on my character is being a soccer coach for Lil’ Kickers, it has given me qualities of leadership that will carry on throughout my entire life.

Throughout my childhood I have always had a passion for soccer. I loved to watch and play soccer whenever I could. During my freshman year of highschool I got the opportunity to take my dedication to the sport to the next level and was asked to coach a family friends youth team. As a coach on a youth soccer team I learned valuable lessons to further my leadership qualities, but this position required a vast amount of leadership from the start. I was expected to be committed to my team and was responsible for creating the motivation and heart I have for soccer in the children I was coaching.

My concern is the head coach we have for U9-10 kid pitch Unfortunately, I do not know his name because he has not addressed nor communicated with the parents. On the first practice, one of the kids' father (who has coached for the YMCA) started helping with the kids and started coaching because the head coach was not there. This is fine with me. I do know that he has baseball experience. The head coach has let the "assistant coaches", pretty much take over with coaching. The concern I have is my daughter is the only girl on the team. She chose to play baseball this season because she wants the challenge and plus she wants a trophy in all sports. Mr. Osborne, you and I both know, Deziray has determination, confidence, and play just as good as

Regardless of what you decide to become in your life, writing will always find its way to become a part of it. Each and every profession requires at least some degree of writing. Furthermore, the sooner we realize this, the sooner we will be able to accept the simple truth that it is. My dad has coached high school sports for as long as I can remember at four different schools. His job has exposed me to athletics at a young age, and I can still remember being a first-grader wanting nothing more than to be able to wear a football helmet every Autumn Friday night. I was taught many things you would expect to learn from a coach’s son at a young age. Among these are respect, work-ethic, dignity, but most importantly, competitiveness. Sports are

Ever sense I was a young girl I’ve been really into physical activities. At the age of five I started skating and instantly fell in-love. At the age of six my dad enrolled me into hockey, and from that point on my life has never been the same. I’ve had numerous opportunities in sports such as: winning gold and silver for U18 Team Canada hockey, and getting a scholarship to Wisconsin University to play on the women’s hockey team. Although these moments are surreal, it is not only the moments that I remember but the mentors and teachers that I have been fortunate to meet along the way. These coaches have not only taught me the game but have also taught me life values such as: teamwork, leadership, discipline, time management and much more. Without hockey, and sports in general I don’t know where I would be today, but I do know one thing and that is without sports I wouldn’t have met all the amazing people that helped guided me towards wanting to become a physical education teacher. Sports have always been a huge part of my life, and I am blessed to have sports guide me through life. Thus, I want to become a teacher to help kids have the same opportunities that I had growing up.

Coaching is very comparable to teaching. It is a great opportunity for myself to be a positive example in many people 's lives. I have always had a passion for sports and great coaches. In the future, I can