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Sports Coaching Principles

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What are the roles of the coach?

 Analyst

 Advisor

Friend and Mentor

Fund raiser

Public relations

officer

Organiser  

and Manager

Disciplinarian

Motivator

Trainer

Teacher

THE COACH

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Coaching Philosophy

Develop a set of personal guidelines onhow 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 orbackground

Dealing with winning, losing and cheating

Respect for others 

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Qualities of a good coach

Be enthusiastic and show enjoyment ofcoaching.

Be self confident, consistent, friendly, andfair.

Have a sense of humour and make thingsfun!

Dress appropriately. 

Be a good role model for the participants.

Maintain discipline throughout the session. Be well organised.

Include all participants, regardless ofability, disability, age, gender, and ethnicbackground.

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Command Coaching Style

(The Dictator)

Many new teacher and

coaches adopt this style.

The coach makes all thedecisions.

The coach is demanding

and unapproachable.

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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.

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Cooperative Coaching Style

(The Teacher )

Provides leadership and guidance

to their athletes. They share decision-making with

the athletes.

Provide the structure and rulesthat allow athletes to set their

own goals and to strive for them.

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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

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Coaching children and

adolescences

Why do children drop out of sport? Not receiving ample game time

Coach or parents having an over-emphasis onwinning

Being yelled at by coaches and parents

Being injured

Lacking success

Not playing with friends

Game is no longer fun

Other interests

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Coaches must earn the respect of their

athletes, the school staff and the

community.

Coaches must be able to motivate their

athletes as well as other school and

community. Coaches must be dedicated to their

athletes, to the school, and to the

community.

Qualities of a Coach

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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

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Coaches must be knowledgeable

about their sports. Coaches should have a good sense

of humor.

Coaches must be willing to work longhours.

Coaches must have a working

knowledge of their sport. 

Qualities of a Coach

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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 team’s goal.

Leaders instill values, in part by sharing

their philosophy of life.

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Giving Feedback 

Feedback should be: positive, constructive and corrective

clear and concise

delivered as soon as possible after

the action for which it is beingprovided

Use the ‘feedback sandwich’approach:

Positive feedback (what they are doing well) 

Corrective feedback 

Positive feedback (actions for improvement)

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 Active Listening 

Stop  – Pay attention and don’t

interruptLook  – Make eye contact and getonto the same level as the person

Listen  – Focus on what the personis saying

Respond  – Restate what has beensaid and use open questions to

prompt for further information

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Coaching

communication

Coaching is a two-way process (coach-athlete, athlete-coach)

Clear and consistent messages avoidmiscommunication

Open questions will glean more information(eg. What do you think about the team’s newattack move?)

Good feedback (positive and corrective)

Active listening shows interest and gains

additional information from your athleteNon-verbal communication eg. Voiceexpression, is as important as verbalcommunication

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Difficult People

Try to stay calm and distance yourselfpersonally from the issue

Keep your voice quiet and calm, thismay encourage the other person to dothe same

Don’t argue back or trade insults (nomatter how unreasonable they seem)

Try to see past the emotions to definethe actual problem and work ataddressing this

Use active listening skills to address

the problem.

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Sports Psychology

Goal setting

A technique to effectively guide

achievement of skills and performanceobjectives

Help in planning and monitoring the

development of skills and abilities. Focus attention on relevant activities

for progress towards desired results

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Goal setting

Long-term goals

Provide a blue-print for a season or

certain phases of development eg.Winning a premiership

Short-term goals

Describe the steps to get to a long-termgoal eg. Increased endurance for the

next game

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Ryan Bailey’s Goals 

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SPORTING PERSONALITY

Finding out what makes you tick…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/fun/games/newsid_2125

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Reference: NW16 Sports Coaching