Personal Narrative: My Life As A Coach

Ever since I was a kid, I have always been motivated to do things or get things done. Being a self starter who is very passionate about what I do is something that has been a part of me basically my entire life. I believe this is a good characteristic to have as a coach. If I am motivated and enthused then my players will see that and naturally have more enthusiastic and motivation. My biggest personal goal in life is to be financially free. I plan to create multiple businesses that will help fulfill those dreams. When I decide to have a family, I want them to have financial freedom and see no limits when it comes to finances or anything they would like to do or obtain in life. We live in a limitless world; the only limits we have are the limits …show more content…
This past summer I learned through coaching that I had a very big influence on the players I coached. This made me realize that I have to set an example for those kids at all times. From that, I also had to change some of my behaviors on and off the field. I had to show honor and respect, similar to being a student athlete when you are expected to honor the team agreement that you sign at the beginning of the season, which is normally your coach 's philosophy on how the team is going to be run. Except now, I am a coach. I literally had to reorganize certain areas of my life and make better decisions because I was not just representing myself, but I was representing a pretty well known baseball organization in Georgia. During the summer and fall, I gave private baseball instruction. While working with the athletes individually, I discovered that I really enjoyed it. I realized it when I noticed the kids were making drastic improvements after only one session. I saw them have more confidence and self¬worth. Even their parents love the way I taught and interacted with the players. There have been many times the parents have told me how much their son enjoys me as one of their coaches. It would give me a sense of fulfillment to continue what I love to do. Working with different coaches and seeing their styles and techniques will help me be a better coach. Being an assistant coach …show more content…
My main goal as a coach is to develop an athlete 's skill set, mental toughness, and absolute confidence. To accomplish my goal, it will require me to give my athlete 's direction as well as allow them to make their own decisions. I think one of the best ways to learn something is through experience. As an athlete the majority of my coaches have been command style. Those "do what I say or else" coaches, with no room for questioning why you are doing a drill or something a certain way, in hopes that you will gain a better understanding for yourself. Through my experience as a player, I had more respect and motivation with coaches who were firm, but allowed you to question or make mistakes on your own to learn from. Those are the coaches I excelled under the most. During coaching this past summer and fall, I noticed the players had more respect for me once I started opening up more for them to ask questions and allowing them to speak up if something was unclear or a new technique was uncomfortable. Some kids need things to be explained differently or demonstrated for them to grasp the concept or technique. I got much better at communicating with the players by building a rapport with each player. Everyday I challenged myself to learn at least one new thing about each player. This helped me and the players drastically. They were more comfortable coming to me about anything. I also noticed the players had gained absolute trust