Transformational And Transactional Coaching Styles Affect Program Philosophy

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

Another reason why Coach K would be a better fit for the head coach position is that he is a better transformational leader. Charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration are tools the theory describes as necessary to influence others. What makes Coach K one of a kind is that he combines all these to achieve a performance that is beyond expectations. His philosophy of ”sharing with one another and caring for one another” and his principle about close and personal communication earn admiration, trust, and respect from his players while his vision about the team being a family gives players a clear and appealing motivation to work hard for each other. By not making too many rules, he also stimulates individual creativity and by providing individualized consideration, he is able to satisfy the personal needs of his players. As a transformational leader, Coach K is able to create trust which is the foundation of a good coach-player relationship.

Joe Ehrmann explains the two types of coaches as one a transactional coach whose focus is solely on winning and meeting their personal needs. The second type of coach is transformational coaches that use their platform to teach the Xs and Os, but also teach the Ys of life. They help young people grow into responsible adults; they leave a lasting legacy.

Rhetorical Analysis of “As Bad as They Wanna Be” In a world of commercialization and advertisement, college sports usually provide a welcomed oasis from the furnace of money-hungry advertisers. This, however, may not be true forever. In the past few years, an increase in advertisements and deals between colleges and corporations has become noticeable. In the article “As Bad as They Wanna Be,” the author and speaker Thad Williamson effectively describes his concern for the UNC Tar Heels and the amount of commercialism and advertisement that is appearing around college sports.

“Transactional” coaches and “Transformational” coaches. Transactional coaches are “the kind of coaches who use players as tools to meet their personal needs for validation, status, and identity.” (Ehrmann 2011, pg 5) Reading about transactional coaching revealed two things individually. One, I was coached by transactional coaches. Two, I do not want to be one. Reflecting on my second point there are times I have been a transactional coach. Especially as a younger coach. I lacked the skill to go further beyond the whistle and loud voice. It was very common for me to punish athletes with extra drills or running. Transactional coaching is just that a transaction. You, the athlete do what I say and I, the coach, the coach will not punish you. Transactional coaches pay attention to their best athletes and look at the “other” athletes as cannon fodder for scrimmages and drills. Transformational coaches look at all athletes as equal. Transformational coaches look to sports as part of the whole person. Sport offers the individual an opportunity to change and grow. Sport can change lives and has. What is strange is there so many examples of transformational coaches in our society. Dean Smith, John Wooden, Lou Holtz, and John Gaglardi, to name a few. Yet as a society we tend to hold up the transactional coach. Is it because coaching in this style is easier? Are coaches given enough time to think about how they

For most players it’s safe to say they want to win the game, and the most elite players want to not only win the game but also set records. For those that want to win the game, they are high on the expectancy theory, because if they perform at a high level they expect to win the game. Now for the elite players who want to set records, they are high on the needs theory, because there focus is on setting a record. Even with the players’ motivation being visible, the players still need to be directed into performing in a way to achieve the organizational goal. Each player contributes to the team in different ways, and their contribution can lead to a dominant team or mediocre one. Coaches use negative and positive reinforcement to direct players to execute the desired contribution to win the game. Players that display bad habits like ball hogging or turn overs, force coaches to use negative reinforcement like creating plays that doesn’t allow them to hog the ball. IF the behavior starts to cause the team to lose the game coaches can ultimately punish players by making them sit out the next game. Coaches believe this will relinquish the unwanted behavior. Players that displays wanted behaviors are rewarded with positive reinforcement like compliments and more in game plays that allow them to have the ball. The most notable reward depending on the players’ motivation would be winning the game. Players

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.

However, when we talk about youth sports, our main concern is with providing players with a positive, character building experience. Winning is not the only acceptable outcome for youth players, and coaches need to understand this principle. “With a winning philosophy young athletes may lose out on opportunities to develop their skills, to enjoy participation, and to grow socially and emotionally. Well informed coaches realize that success is not equivalent to winning games, and failure is not the same as losing.” (Enhancing Coach-Parent Relationships in Youth Sports, 15)

The study “The Relationship Between Ethical and Abusive Coaching Behaviors and Student-Athlete Well-Being” was conducted by Mariya A. Yukhymenko-Lescroart, Michael E. Brown, and Thomas S. Paskus, and was published in the journal Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. The researchers sought to understand the effects that a coach’s behavior had on a student’s morals, satisfaction, and impressions of team unity. Social-cognitive theory has long thought that we learn by imitating those around us, particularly those in leadership positions. The coaches of sports teams are especially prominent models in a student athlete’s life, given that they have actual authority over the student’s life. The idea of self-efficacy, which suggests that an

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

Coaches have a profound impact on their players not only with their words, but with their actions. Coaches have the power and influence to lead their players to become more sportsmanlike by modeling ethical and moral behavior. Coaches have the duty and responsibility to be role models for the athletes. Matheny (2015) states, “We’ve been given the rare privilege and heavy responsibility of influencing young people on a daily basis, for better or for worse, for the rest of their lives” (p. 53). Coaches need to take this responsibility seriously and model ethical behavior at all times.

Coach Carter also displays transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is the ability of a leader to get people to do more than they originally expected to do in support of large scale innovation and change; the leader inspire and excite followers to high level of performance (Nelson & Quick, 2013). According to Marquis & Huston (1992), there are five key qualities of a transformational leader. One of the qualities is having the passion and ability to inspire. Transformational leaders show passion in their work and have the capacity to pass this passion on to others. Coach Carter is successful in achieving this through setting clear expectations and demonstrates passion when doing this. At their first team meeting, Carter hands each student a contract, setting out his expectations of the contracts. If they do not sign and follow it, they do not play. Coach Carter aims to pass on his passion to the players enabling them to succeed in playing sports and succeed in their education. Another quality transformational leaders possess is the ability to pass their values on to others. According to Marquis & Huston (1992), people admire leaders that support their own values and beliefs by enabling others to understand how their own values make them who they are. Coach Carter encourages a team ethic throughout. Carter ensures his team takes this on board by stopping everyone from playing – academic achiever or not. He’s teaching that successful teams succeed because of

In the world college basketball, most basketball players come and go. Moreover, these athletes remain in a conundrum. For those unaware, professional sports remains as volatile as a high-risk investment. This remains attributed to the uncertainty pertaining to professional players. With that being said, numerous players get injured and lose their dreams of playing the sport professionally. In spite of all of these risks, several college basketball teams continue to produce desirable talent. Moreover, these athletes would cease to exist without the assistance of a coach. To expound further, college basketball coaches play an integral role in defining an athlete's strength and using these strengths to their advantage. Furthermore, college basketball

 The transformational style of leadership focuses on the team’s performance as a whole, it encourages everyone to think of the group as a whole and rather not just themselves. Transformational leaders aim to make their team members better people by encouraging their self-awareness, it’s all about moving forward in a team and not just several individuals in one group. An example of transformational leadership would be within the army where as a team you all have to move forward and stick together in a group

Transformational Leadership can play a role in creating a successful team. It can also be the process that changes and transforms people dealing with emotions, values, ethics, and standards. Transformational Leadership is the process whereby a person engages others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and morality in both the leader and the follower (Northhouse , 186). This applies to a team because you always have to be able to connect and motivate others