Communication and Reinforcement are essential in the relationship of a coach and their athletes. Athletes need to be able to understand exactly what it is their coach wants from them and the coach needs to be able to clearly convey what the players should be doing. This paper will dive more into that relationship and how critical it is to success. First off, I’ll talk about the two practices that I was allowed to observe. The first was my cousin’s Park Valley United club soccer team that was practicing in Golden Valley, Minnesota. This practice had more of a developmental feel as the Coach, who shall be referred to in this paper as Coach A, was very insistent on the technical instruction and specific positive reinforcement. The second practice was a morning practice with the River Falls Renegades, which are a minor league hockey team. Their coach, Coach B, was more focused on general punishment and general technical instruction. But before I dive too far into the difference in coaching styles, I’d like to take a quick look at my observation results. Park Valley’s practice featured specific positive reinforcement and general technical instruction as the two most frequently used communication/reinforcement behaviors. As an athlete, this is the type of behaviors that you’d like to see the most. There’s technical instruction so the girls know what they should be doing and they also receive some encouragement to help reinforce that correct behavior. As a result of this
Sports management is a really broad field, therefore I decided to focus on my minor and one of my major interests of this field: coaching. In this paper I will be explaining my personal five building blocks that make up a well-rounded coaching philosophy and coach. Those blocks are; leadership, organization, attitude, respect, and resiliency. Each of these five aspects are equally important and balance each other out. Leadership, the action of leading a group of athletes towards a goal. Organization, being able to organize a team and have a plan in order to help the team achieve goals. Attitude, it is very important for a coach to have a winning and positive attitude that is contagious to the players. Respect, there has to be a good
Sport’s are an aspect of life that affect societies across the globe. Athletics affect everyone's life, whether that be playing the sport, watching games, or hearing about a sporting event. There is a big difference between playing an individual sport and players relying on their own athletic abilities versus a team sport when members of the team rely on their teammates to complete each individual's specific responsibility to reach the team's goal. Team sports bring people together in countless ways, and they teach many life skills for the athletes that participate in them. Some of these skills include communication, teamwork, discipline, work ethic, dedication, leadership, and numerous more that will help them in their personal and work
Describe P1 and Explain M1 four roles and four responsibilities of sports coaches, using examples of coaches from different sports.
At their finest, coaches perfect their player’s flaws to push them to their potential ability, improve their skills, and create determination within the team. They can expand the importance of such a sport to intensify motivation and the value of good sportsmanship for the sake of not only their reputation, but the outcome that comes from it. Coaches must not lag when it comes to hardships that comes about; they must stay connected. The closer the connection between a player and a coach the better they are moving forward and continuing on the love of the sport and job.
So many Coaches have talent and dedication for what they do. I 'm proud to play for one that has a spectacular history of coaching. That coach is Dennis Lorio, who Graduated from LSU (Louisiana State University) with an economic degree and played baseball. “I love the intensity and the relationship in football” Coach Lorio explaining with a passionate expression. I can see it in his eyes that he is very dedicated and hardworking coach. As of now he is 62 years old and still willing to coach. “It’s not the same without coaching. The joy and the sorrow I feel during the season has been addicted to me. I’ve been in this game almost all my life and that is a very long time.”
Competition is a unique situation in life to analyze. If you can focus on the small details outside of the game, there’s a possibility that you can understand the way an athlete is performing and why a coach is behaving a certain way. In the heat of the moment, if not properly trained, one can not perform to their potential due to the pressure that the moment of competition can place on an individual. This can be just as much for coaches and how they react and act as much as it goes for player. Effective coaches know how to use the situation to their advantage and know what to do or how to react at the appropriate time. In this paper, I’ll examine the competition of the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Titans and the St. Thomas Tommies in a NCAA Division 3 playoff game. I’m watching this game from the UW-Oshkosh side, so I will be observing the UW-Oshkosh football team for the most part. With this competition between UW-Oshkosh and St. Thomas, I’ll break down this paper into four talking points and the effects of said points. These four points are pre-competition routine, feedback and reinforcement by coach, game flow and interruptions and then other thoughts and factors that I noticed during the game.
Many aspects of managing and coaching are passed down and habit forming; changing the status quo within a team is very difficult and typically disregarded in favor of continuing with what is mostly working. The educational portion of this action plan is essential for several reasons: 1. It does not point fingers and blame specific people for actions and instead promotes an overall understanding that the program as a whole must change. 2. With coaches and management gaining the knowledge and techniques on the subjects of burnout and overtraining before athletes, it reinforces their expertise and holds them accountable for the education and implementation for the action plan as a whole. 3. It seeks to further the education of those in management in coaching to better their technique and be at the forefront of pertinent information essential to coaching and
EDPE341: Unit Coordinator: Assignment One: Due Date: Weight: Word Count: Actual Count: Ewilli42 220096362 Sports Coaching: School-‐Aged Children Alex Rabczak What is quality coaching for the youth athlete? 30th March 2015 40% 1600 words words EWILLI42 – 220096362 – EDPE341 – A1 1 What is quality coaching for the youth?
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
This portfolio is a compilation of my works while pursuing a Master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration. These selected works illustrate my professional development gained from this educational experience. Seeking out professional development opportunities is critical for athletic coaches and administrators because every sports program, regardless of the age or skill level, should have a qualified coach lead it. In fact, many would argue there are a moral and a legal obligation to have qualified coaches at all levels. There is a legal obligation because unqualified coaches are more likely to teach improper skills and techniques, which puts athletes at risk for injuries. Further, there is a moral obligation, as qualified coaches are more apt to understand and address the psychological and physiological developmental needs for each athlete. When a coach knows these psychological and
A Coach is somebody who develops, improves or promotes changes in a persons ability and understanding. Coaches work with another person or a group of people and develops them as people using sport to progress them in their development. All coaches have certain responsibilities towards performers, their sport, their profession and themselves. Below I have identified what a coach may be required to fulfil.
Concord AYSO (Adult and Youth Soccer Organization) is a predominantly a volunteer based organization which provides soccer lovers in the community of Concord, California with facilities, games, and coaching in soccer. The age ranges of those who enroll in the Concord AYSO program fall into three categories: children ages 4-19; adults 19 and over; and mentally or physically handicapped children starting by age 6. My first three observations were with volunteer coaches: Armando Rivera, Fan Yang, and Brian Johnson, all of whom were working with groups of children and adolescents under the age of 19. My last three observations were with volunteer coaches: Larry Durham, Yoni Dahan, and Mark Hansen, working with the adults over 19. The specific training routines and drills of each class run by each instructor tended to vary in some details though there was a solid amount of consistency between the regimen that one instructor followed and the regimen another followed.
The article also highlights the responsibility of sharing successes and failures between coaches and athletes. Comparing this week’s work assignment to this article, I notice a linkage of several items. The comparable list consists of emphasis on providing support, team management, leadership style, development levels, and advantages of engaging others.
When considering enjoyment, known factors that affect the participation for youth sport participants are motivational climate and coaching behaviors. . The very first coach that a child encounter plays a very important role in the child’s sports life. In fact, the first coach a child encounters can be the determinant if the child will return to participating in the sport or not. Coaches need to motivate the children to play and continue athletic involvement. However, there are numerous external factors that are involved in the child’s sports life such as: peers, academics, parents, anxiety, and of course the relationship between the coach and the athlete.
The coach tirelessly pursues personal education, formally and informally, both in the performance related sciences and in liberal arts. He sees the journey to coaching excellence as a never ending story; seen not only in terms of a chosen sport and coaching theory and practice, but in understanding how to successfully live a balanced and full life, while facing tougher and tougher challenges in the chosen field of endeavour.