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Create relationships with open-communications and social support with the coaching staff, the school or organization, athletes and parents in an environment that cultivates

Any durable coaching process must contain three elements: managing expectations (the game plan), monitoring performance (watching the play), and giving feedback (time out). Expectations must be agreed upon both in output terms and in terms of the behaviours demanded. The criteria for success must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time bounded. (S.M.A.R.T.).

In addition to that, a sports coach needs to be a patient person because when dealing with others, it is often that many athletes do not reach the certain requirement straight on the spot and that can be very stressful. When that happens, the sports coach would have to start breaking down his/ her training and start analyzing why is the athlete not able to reach the target, it could be due to the intensity of the training, or it could be due to the athlete who does not have the will or breath to reach the target, or it could be due to many other reasons. Apart from being patient and analytical, a sport coach have to be energetic and also optimistic. A sport coach needs to be able to motivate their athletes to be able to reach a potential that can’t be seen by them but can be seen by the sports coach. When the athletes fail to complete a task, the sports coach would have to be optimistic in cheering up their athletes and to persuade them that they are able to reach beyond their current limits. To add on, the best sport coaches are those that are self-confident and self-determined. Athletes reflect their coaches, this is because whatever the coaches do and teach, the athletes would follow. When coaches portrays confidence and determinism, their respecting athletes would also portray confidence in their sports and also

Research proved that athletes found their coaches training as well as instruction behavior and their style of coaching did have an impact on individual performance. This was important research for me in understanding how those I coach perceive my leadership and whether or not I am effective as their leader. My teams’ outstanding performance or lack of performance can be a direct link to my type of leadership skills in addition to my training. The primary role of any coach or athletic leader is to help their athletes and improve on their individual performance. “Several sport studies exploring the coach-athlete relationship claim that effective coaching includes basic ingredients such as empathic understanding, honesty, support, liking, acceptance, friendliness, cooperation, caring and respect” (Moen, Hoigaard, & Peters, 2014, p. 76). The challenge for me is finding the balance between being supportive and meeting the individual needs of team members while also enhancing their ability and understanding of the sport. Understanding how to lead and coach various personalities within the team is essential to the team’s

When building a successful Division I collegiate basketball program, there are many facets that need to be developed. These facets can include, concise communication, team policies and procedures, encouraging a strong work ethic, character development, and numerous other parts of a team environment. Being dedicated to the cause is imperative to develop belief in the system from the players and coaching staff. The team has to have buy-in to themselves and each other as to the purpose of the program. Once everyone has committed themselves to the program, team and system, success on and off the court will begin.

What type of building blocks is needed in order to build a successful program? There are many ways of building a successful program, but what are the right ways of doing so? How do you determine a successful program? Is it by the wins and losses or is it by the number of athletes making it to the next level? A successful program is building a solid foundation with a philosophy that the head coach feels fit into his system. As Brown states, successful coaches have a philosophy that guides them and defines their teams” (2003, p. 13). Coaches need to know where they are going and believe that they will reach that outcome. Keys to fill the philosophy will be communication, recruiting staff members and athletes into the program, and leadership.

Joining the CWRU volleyball team has been one of the most rewarding, fulfilling, and challenging experiences I have ever been apart of. Being apart of a team can usually be described as a family. We spend countless hours together all working towards a common goal, from conference champions to even an NCAA title. But regardless of that goal being reached, we all continue push each other to be better. By constantly being pushed by coaches and players, I found myself in an environment to develop leadership abilities. As a leader, you also find that teammates will disagree, but I quickly learned to compromise and collaborate with players who did not agree with certain standards set in place. Practices and matches taught me that I will fail constantly,

Coaching is a complex field to be in, as there are many philosophy’s and approach’s that coaches can have. Being that I lack the experience in the past with actual coaching, I will provide you with my coaching philosophy. This philosophy helps guide my direction, and how to deal with potential issues in my coaching career. My coaching philosophy includes my objectives, beliefs, and my principles when coaching.

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My coaching philosophy is centered on development, education, hard work, advancement, and a team first mentality. It is extremely important to me to help those around me develop physically, physiologically and socially. I know the value and excitement an education brings. Challenging athletes to do their best and giving them realistic goals will help them develop their skills. I love to say do everything you can to do the best you can. And by this I simply mean strive to give everything you have to what you are doing, while not putting yourself in harms way by over doing it. The team development as a whole is essential. We must help each other succeed and in doing so help the team succeed. Be courteous to your fellow athletes and an example

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I have been playing volleyball since I was ten years old. Now that I’m a senior, I applied to be a coach for the seventh grade volleyball team at our local middle school, Taylor. During the first week, I had a small team with nine girls, which was not nearly enough. Tryouts continued and the sign ups trickled in and soon enough, I had seventeen girls and two teams. I was sharing the gym with the sixth and eighth grade teams, so vying for gym time for each team was taxing, not to mention the two games per week for each team. The girls I was working with were scattered in skill level, ranging from beginner to near expert.

Athletes need an intrinsic motivation, an enjoyment for the game and what they are doing in order to succeed, and an ownership of their sports experience. The goals that they are pursuing should belong to them. (The Bare Essentials 1). Adding to those essentials, there are ten keys that an athlete should do to help them succeed. Having a positive mindset, a few set goals, weight training, a beneficial diet, water, rest, cardiovascular training, progress tracking, cross training, and an open mind. (10 Keys to Success 1). These tips have proven to be quite successful, and coaching was not mentioned once. An athlete can be successful without coaching from other

Once the relationship building has started and the role as a leader has been established a new coach should then address the organizational identity for the program. A great coach is organized and has a practice plan they execute on a daily basis, while also teaching the sport and effectively communicating their ideas to the players. Organization is at the very center of being able to develop a plan, communicate the plan, and execute the plan. As the new coach one should know the level at which each player has competed in the previous season, assuming the team is already established. If not, the new coach decides to bring on new players then give an allotted amount of time to do athlete assessments as this will be an invaluable tool in the placement of athletes onto an already existing team.

This is the most critical aspect of what a coach should do. If a team truly believes they can win a championship, a coach needs to hone athletes in on a daily basis and really get them to focus on being the best and staying the best. There should be no room for error and a coach should always have them doing things to improve. I know that every championship team I have been on has been pretty strict. This only works if everyone “buys in.” But like I said before, if a team truly believes they can achieve big things, they all will be focused on the goal. My coaches have always pushed everyone on a daily basis and made practice environments competitive and challenging. They did this so that we could relate practice to a game situation and when the time came, we’d already have overcome it. This also applies to me wanting to be a physical therapist because if an athlete truly wants to get back on the field, the structure I need to provide for them needs to be challenging, but still a careful environment. This will prove to the athlete that I am here for the same reasons he or she is and really get them interested and believing in what I have to say. Structure is important for injury also because as an athlete, you still think that you are invincible and can do the things that you once did before you got hurt. Lastly, structure also is important due to the fact that when you