coaching athletes

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Coaching AthletesMatt DubeOrono/Veazie A’s Little League BaseballSolon Bobcats Little League BaseballDorothea Dix Special Olympics Soccer

+What you will experience today

My experience

Some coaching trivia

Exercises pertaining to being a coach

Show a few quotes from coaches and athletes

+What: What are the Rules?Who: EveryoneLength: 3 MinutesExercise 1

+What: The Coaching AlphabetWho: Groups of 4Length: 6 MinutesExercise 2

+ Ambient Believable Constructive Discipline Empathetic Fair Goals Honest Inspiring Journey Knowledgeable Listener Motivator

Names Original Process Questions Rhetoric Struggled Teacher Unsatisfied Values Willing Xenophobic Yearning Zeal

+Exercise 2 Debrief

Any common themes between groups?

Any interesting traits people thought of?

Whose group had the best coach in your opinion (before we talk about it at all)?

+My Experience as a Coach

+In General:

One of the two or three best experiences of my life

One of the most difficult things you can possibly do

Best crash course in leadership I ever took

+One of the best experiences of my life I only have mental images unfortunately

But that won’t stop me

Teaching and motivating is fun You get people to pick up their spares They learn how to strike the soccer ball properly They learn how to field with a piece of wood You teach them how to win

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+What: A Simple TestWho: 1 Person (not Julia)Length: As long as it takesExercise 3

+Exercise 3 Debrief

Was it funny to watch?

What did I do effectively?

What could I have done better to help the participant?

+One of the most difficult tasks out there I enjoy challenges (remember the brick walls)

I am a proud member of the Autism spectrum

Social things are difficult for me

I can be less than understanding of people’s plights

I make connections far quicker than most people

+One of the most difficult tasks out there Need to build the social framework for teamwork

Outgoing

Understanding of people’s struggles Empathy

As minimally abraisive as possible Critical

Helping people build the patterns Detail-Orientation and Global View

+Best crash course in leadership

Other than this one (shameless plug!) I had to:

Plan practices (physically and pedagogically) Develop teams (parent/child and the athletes) Communicate (parents and athletes) Teach (parent and athletes) Be vulnerable (parent and athletes) Support/mentor (athletes and staff) Be creative (pedagogically and scheduling)

+Coaching Trivia

+Question 1:

Known as the Wizard of Westwood

Developed the Pyramid of Success

Won 11 Consecutive NCAA Basketball Championships

Coached at the University of California – Los Angeles

His name is John R. Wooden

+Question 2:

Won three championship games in four years

Did it with a relative bunch of no-names

Stopped the best offense the world had ever seen in his sport at the time

Father coached at the Naval Academy

His name is Bill Belichick

+Question 3:

Fathered a collegiate sports program

Won two national titles in that sport in the first 20 years of the program

Best record ever in a single season in that sport

Lost his battle with cancer Hangs in the Alfond rafters His name is Shawn Walsh

+Quotes Reflective of Coaching

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The same things win. It doesn’t matter where you coach them. The game is the same.

Mike DuBose

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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

John Wooden

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Overcoaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

Dean Smith

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My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

Don Shula

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Life’s battles don’t always go to the faster or stronger. Sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Vince Lombardi

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You are never a loser until you quit trying.

Mike Ditka

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It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.

Lou Holtz

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There is no need for me continuing unless I’m able to improve.

Knute Rockne

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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said of course not. Well, I think you stink. He then gave me a technical. You can’t trust them.

Jim Valvano

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It’s so hard when you have to, but it’s so easy when you want to.

Unknown

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Your heart has to be in whatever you lead. It became apparent that this decision was somewhat easier to make because you have to follow your heart and lead with it.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Coach rode you pretty hard today. That’s a good thing. It shows you he hasn’t given up on you.

Randy Pausch

+What: Motivate MeWho: PairsLength: 5 minutesExercise 4

+What did I do?

+What did I do?

You may find this funny, but I never actually mentioned how to coach

I showed you

That’s more important because no two coaches are the same, but the problems that they face are one and the same

+What did I show you?

I showed you how to give a group ownership Don’t play favorites How to find your gut feeling How to engage a group How to give the big picture and the details at the same time Sports aren’t about the skills I was real with you I facilitated, letting you derive meaning The coach can’t play for you I let you practice motivating someone

+QuestionsWhat did you enjoy?What should I change?