Sports Coaching Principles

What are the roles of the coach?

Teacher

Analyst

Trainer

Advisor

Motivator

THE COACH

Friend and Mentor

Disciplinarian

Fund raiser Public relations officer

Organiser and Manager

Skills of the Coach

Organise Observe Analyse Adapt Communicate Improve performance

Coaching Philosophy
Develop a set of personal guidelines on how you will operate as a coach, including:

How you will communicate Level of participant responsibility Dealing with behavioural issues Coaching for all, irrespective of ability or background Dealing with winning, losing and cheating Respect for others

Qualities of a good coach

Be enthusiastic and show enjoyment of coaching. Be self confident, consistent, friendly, and fair. Have a sense of humour and make things fun! Dress appropriately. Be a good role model for the participants. Maintain discipline throughout the session. Be well organised. Include all participants, regardless of ability, disability, age, gender, and ethnic background.

Command Coaching Style (The Dictator)

The coach makes all the decisions. The coach is demanding and unapproachable.
Many new teacher and coaches adopt this style.

Submissive Coaching Style (The Babysitter)

This coach provides little instruction, provides minimal guidance and resolves discipline problems only when absolutely necessary.

This individual becomes a very poor coach.

Cooperative Coaching Style (The Teacher)

Provide the structure and rules that allow athletes to set their own goals and to strive for them.

Provides leadership and guidance to their athletes. They share decision-making with the athletes.

Coaching children and adolescences

Children and adolescences play sport to:
Have fun Make friends Learn new skills and increase confidence Be challenged Be actively involved and successful

Coaching children and adolescences

Why do children drop out of sport?

Not receiving ample game time Coach or parents having an over-emphasis on winning Being yelled at by coaches and parents Being injured Lacking success Not playing with friends Game is no longer fun Other interests

Qualities of a Coach
Coaches must earn the respect of athletes, the school staff and community. Coaches must be able to motivate athletes as well as other school community. Coaches must be dedicated to athletes, to the school, and to community. their the their and their the

Qualities of a Coach

Coaches must be a strong disciplinarian. Coaches must have obvious enthusiasm. Coaches should possess a strong desire to win. Coaches needs to be a good evaluator of talent.

Qualities of a Coach

Coaches must be knowledgeable about their sports. Coaches should have a good sense of humor. Coaches must be willing to work long hours. Coaches must have a knowledge of their sport. working

Leadership in Coaching

Leaders provide direction; they set goals by having a vision of the future.

Leaders build a psychological and social environment that is conducive to achieving the teams goal. Leaders instill values, in part by sharing their philosophy of life.

Leadership in Coaching

Leaders motivate members of their group to pursue the goals of the group. Leaders confront members of the organization when problems arise, and they resolve conflicts. Leaders communicate.

Giving Feedback
Feedback should be:

positive, constructive and corrective clear and concise delivered as soon as possible after the action for which it is being provided

Use the feedback sandwich approach:

Positive feedback (what they are doing well) Corrective feedback Positive feedback (actions for improvement)

Active Listening
Stop Pay attention and dont interrupt Look Make eye contact and get onto the same level as the person Listen Focus on what the person is saying Respond Restate what has been said and use open questions to prompt for further information

Coaching communication
Coaching is a two-way process (coachathlete, athlete-coach) Clear and consistent messages avoid miscommunication Open questions will glean more information (eg. What do you think about the teams new attack move?) Good feedback (positive and corrective) Active listening shows interest and gains additional information from your athlete Non-verbal communication eg. Voice expression, is as important as verbal communication

Difficult People
Try to stay calm and distance yourself personally from the issue Keep your voice quiet and calm, this may encourage the other person to do the same Dont argue back or trade insults (no matter how unreasonable they seem) Try to see past the emotions to define the actual problem and work at addressing this Use active listening skills to address the problem.

Sports Psychology
Goal setting
A technique to effectively guide achievement of skills and performance objectives Help in planning and monitoring the development of skills and abilities. Focus attention on relevant activities for progress towards desired results

Goal setting
Long-term goals

Provide a blue-print for a season or certain phases of development eg. Winning a premiership Describe the steps to get to a long-term goal eg. Increased endurance for the next game

Short-term goals

Ryan Baileys Goals

SMART GOALS
SMART or SMARTER S - goals must be Specific M - training targets should be Measurable A - goals should be Adjustable R - goals must be Realistic T - training targets should be Time based E - goals should be challenging and Exciting R - goals should be Recorded

SPORTING PERSONALITY
Finding out what makes you tick

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Reference: NW16 Sports Coaching