1. The sport and level I chose is based on the age and sport in which I coach. I chose basketball and the age of my athletes will be 10 or 11 year olds, which would be 5th or 6th grade. They are at a beginner level, which means they either never played basketball before or have 1 year or less under their belt.
2. Based on them being at a beginner level, I would expect them to be able to dribble with their dominant hand, know basic passes, a basic layup, and possibly know the correct shooting form. Whether they are very good at it is a different story, if they know the basics and haven’t mastered them yet, that’s okay for now. However, like it said in the PowerPoint as well, you have to evaluate your players and base it off what they already know and what they are …show more content…
To be able to see what these coaches expect of their athletes can prepare me to know what my kids are expected to know when they get to that level, so I can start to teach them those skills in advance. I have observed my old high school coach and even the 8th grade coach from the grade school I coach at to better see what’s going on and what’s going on at practices to better prepare me and the girls I coach.
• Reading, The Golden Whistle: Going Beyond: The Journey to Coaching Success: By reading this book I think I could gain some insight on how John Calipari, head coach of Kentucky, coaches and how he does different techniques, works with individual players, and just talks about life in general. It’s one of the top 7 books to read about coaching and a review stated, “Speaks volumes about the true depth of coaching and also the depth of Jim Burson. It should be required reading for anyone associated with the profession of coaching regardless of the sport." - Bill Hosket, Olympic Gold Medalist, USA
2. Based on them being at a beginner level, I would expect them to be able to dribble with their dominant hand, know basic passes, a basic layup, and possibly know the correct shooting form. Whether they are very good at it is a different story, if they know the basics and haven’t mastered them yet, that’s okay for now. However, like it said in the PowerPoint as well, you have to evaluate your players and base it off what they already know and what they are …show more content…
To be able to see what these coaches expect of their athletes can prepare me to know what my kids are expected to know when they get to that level, so I can start to teach them those skills in advance. I have observed my old high school coach and even the 8th grade coach from the grade school I coach at to better see what’s going on and what’s going on at practices to better prepare me and the girls I coach.
• Reading, The Golden Whistle: Going Beyond: The Journey to Coaching Success: By reading this book I think I could gain some insight on how John Calipari, head coach of Kentucky, coaches and how he does different techniques, works with individual players, and just talks about life in general. It’s one of the top 7 books to read about coaching and a review stated, “Speaks volumes about the true depth of coaching and also the depth of Jim Burson. It should be required reading for anyone associated with the profession of coaching regardless of the sport." - Bill Hosket, Olympic Gold Medalist, USA