Personal Narrative: My Coaching Strategy

Coaching Strategy As I prepare for my future job in coaching I will continue to practice interacting with player during my summer job. During the summer I coach a basketball camp from ages 5-14. Coaching this camp is early practice for me because I get to coach the different age groups, which help with how I interact with players. It helps because I have to change the way I speak to the different players that I have.
With the younger ones I have to be very specific and a lot more patient than I have to be with the older boys. The reason for that is because most of the younger players that are there are only there because their parents needed a baby sitter. The others love the game, but just are not sure how it is supposed to be played. So with the smaller children I have to start from the beginning and get them to learn that they have to dribble and not run with the ball. With the little ones they seem to get off task and start throwing the balls everywhere, so …show more content…
When I did my practice, I made sure from the start that people were paying attention using a strong firm voice. For the beginning of my practice I made it competitive from the start, and everyone one wants to win so everyone was focused. Even though I made it competitive, it was fun as well. During the drill I had them do, I would make sure to walk around and encourage everyone. Not only would I encourage them, but I would also give them tips if they were failing. I’m glad that I was able to be a part of this class because I was able to learn more of what I thought I already knew. I will use these competitive strategies in the future to keep my players engaged, because I don’t want to have boring practices. I’ve been a part of some of those and I just couldn’t wait to get out. My goal is to have my players excited to get better and feel that they have accomplished and learned something by the time we are