Post by Coach Campbell on Jul 14, 2023 1:14:47 GMT
The most successful coaches share some common characteristics. Here are the top six keys to be a successful coach. Every coach can benefit from focusing on these important qualities. Success in teaching, as in most areas of life, depends almost entirely on your attitude and your approach.
1. Sense of Humor
A sense of humor can help you become a successful coach. Your sense of humor can relieve tense classroom and on the field situations before they become disruptions. A sense of humor will also make coaching more enjoyable for your student athletes and possibly make athletes look forward to attending and paying attention. Most importantly, a sense of humor will allow you to see the joy and the positive as a difference maker in the lives of those athletes you have been entrusted to coach.
2. A Positive Attitude
A positive attitude is a great asset in life. You will be thrown many curve balls in life and especially in the coaching profession. A positive attitude and on the field and in life will help you cope with these in the best way. For example, a coach with the right attitude would try to focus on getting through the first day without negatively impacting your athletes.
3. High Expectations
An effective coach must have high expectations. You should strive to raise the bar for your athletes both on the field and classroom. If you expect less effort you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that you know athletes can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping student / athletes learn and achieve.
4. Consistency
In order to create a positive learning environment your athletes should know what to expect from you each day. You need to be consistent. This will create a safe learning environment for your athletes, and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing how athletes can adapt to coaches throughout practice that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.
5. Fairness
Many people confuse fairness and consistency. A consistent coach is the same person from day to day. A fair coach treats athletes equally in the same situation. For example, athletes complain of unfairness when a coach treats one athlete or group of athletes differently. It would be terribly unfair to go easier on a starter then on backup football players. As a coach athletes pick up on this so quickly, so be careful of being labeled unfair.
6. Flexibility
One of the tenets of coaching should be that everything is in a constant state of change. Interruptions and disruptions are the norm and very few days are 'typical'. Therefore, a flexible attitude is important not only for your stress level but also for your athletes who expect you to be in charge and take control of any situation.
As a coach you must believe that if you have a systematic way to present your expectations then, your players have a systematic way to learn. I will always strive to raise the bar for my athletes I will never underestimate an athlete’s ability to learn, if you expect less effort, you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that your athletes can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping your athletes learn and achieve.
In order to create a positive learning environment your athletes should know what to expect from you each day as their coach. You need to be consistent. This will create a learning environment for your athletes, and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing how athletes can adapt to their coach throughout the day that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.
1. Sense of Humor
A sense of humor can help you become a successful coach. Your sense of humor can relieve tense classroom and on the field situations before they become disruptions. A sense of humor will also make coaching more enjoyable for your student athletes and possibly make athletes look forward to attending and paying attention. Most importantly, a sense of humor will allow you to see the joy and the positive as a difference maker in the lives of those athletes you have been entrusted to coach.
2. A Positive Attitude
A positive attitude is a great asset in life. You will be thrown many curve balls in life and especially in the coaching profession. A positive attitude and on the field and in life will help you cope with these in the best way. For example, a coach with the right attitude would try to focus on getting through the first day without negatively impacting your athletes.
3. High Expectations
An effective coach must have high expectations. You should strive to raise the bar for your athletes both on the field and classroom. If you expect less effort you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that you know athletes can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping student / athletes learn and achieve.
4. Consistency
In order to create a positive learning environment your athletes should know what to expect from you each day. You need to be consistent. This will create a safe learning environment for your athletes, and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing how athletes can adapt to coaches throughout practice that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.
5. Fairness
Many people confuse fairness and consistency. A consistent coach is the same person from day to day. A fair coach treats athletes equally in the same situation. For example, athletes complain of unfairness when a coach treats one athlete or group of athletes differently. It would be terribly unfair to go easier on a starter then on backup football players. As a coach athletes pick up on this so quickly, so be careful of being labeled unfair.
6. Flexibility
One of the tenets of coaching should be that everything is in a constant state of change. Interruptions and disruptions are the norm and very few days are 'typical'. Therefore, a flexible attitude is important not only for your stress level but also for your athletes who expect you to be in charge and take control of any situation.
As a coach you must believe that if you have a systematic way to present your expectations then, your players have a systematic way to learn. I will always strive to raise the bar for my athletes I will never underestimate an athlete’s ability to learn, if you expect less effort, you will receive less effort. You should work on an attitude that says that your athletes can achieve to your level of expectations, thereby giving them a sense of confidence too. This is not to say that you should create unrealistic expectations. However, your expectations will be one of the key factors in helping your athletes learn and achieve.
In order to create a positive learning environment your athletes should know what to expect from you each day as their coach. You need to be consistent. This will create a learning environment for your athletes, and they will be more likely to succeed. It is amazing how athletes can adapt to their coach throughout the day that range from strict to easy. However, they will dislike an environment in which the rules are constantly changing.
