Coaching Essay

Coaching youth basketball has given me an opportunity to help young kids learn to love basketball. In Coach Rick’s after school basketball program we stress positivity, teamwork, and inclusion rather than the success of the individual. Mistakes are encouraged, not looked down upon. Helping kids with difficult attitudes become team-oriented and positive carries beyond the basketball court. Coaching in the same program that I played in has helped shape my attitude towards everything: positivity,…

parts, as follows: 2.1 Definitions and concepts of coaching Coaching has a long history that dates back to ancient Greece which links to Socratic dialogue (Hughes, 2003) which Socrates believed that people can have the best learning when they take personal responsibility with their outcome (Edward, 2003). Later, the word “coaching” has been associated with supporting university students and academic attainment which is defined…

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…

and lead by example. Five years ago, I began volunteer coaching my son’s youth sports teams. Whether it was football, soccer, basketball, or baseball, I enjoyed coaching and interacting with the children. Through coaching, I found a way to give back to the community. I realized I could make a positive impact by combining my passion for sports and my ability to connect with youth athletes. To be an influential youth sports…

Appendix 6: Coaching session – Coach’s self-reflection sheet Respond to these questions with your feelings and thoughts about coaching. What was your initial reaction to the coaching exercise? Reaction time itself is an inherent ability, but overall response time can be improved by practice. Coach and athletes need to analyse the type of skill and the requirements of their sport and decide where overall response gains can be made. Consider the following: • Detecting the cue - in a sprint start,…

Introduction -Executive Summary. Intimately Yours Holistic Life Coaching, owner LaKeisha McRae found success in her career and suspect in her family able to manage both as a full-time employee, mother of five, devoted wife, but found that something was still missing from her personal wellbeing. In speaking with other women from various walk of life it seems there was a census where the women often from themselves left of the equation of the people they took care off. This spurns the idea of…

I watched a You Tube video called Wellness Coaching Training: Initial Assessment Part 1. This video is geared to give you an example of what the initial assessment of a client should be like. The video starts at the beginning with introductions and what the company/couching can provide to the client. Once a level of comfort was established the coach stated to ask open ended question to the client. The coach started by asking the client what are your goals, what do you want to accomplish? The…

Coaching Styles Paper Coach number one: Breanne the weight loss coach. Breanne is a bubbly, dynamic, healthy, physically fit coach. She lives what she is coaching others to do. Breanne usually catches people’s attention by a button she wears that says, “I’ve lost 80lbs twice”. She loves to share her inspirational story to let others know you are not alone and you can do it too. Breanne is very personable, she looks you in the eye, and ask questions to get to know you better. Then, she proceeds…

Multidimensional Leadership Coaching and leadership are two concepts that are closely intertwined. Leadership is the action of guidance, direction or supervision of a group of individuals. A leader in sports is a coach, who provides a direction for the team. Coaching is the developing, training or teaching an individual or a team with a specific personal or professional goal in mind. Coaches have many roles, including but not limited to, teaching technical skills, changing behaviors of team…

professional myths of a life coaching Rita Soman By Rita Soman Sep 6, 2014 Personal life coaching or life coaching as such is a late entrant in the areas of learning and development concerned with the human faculty. Life coaching as such is now a big industry with executives, working professionals across various industries and organizations and even those people who would like to seek career help or direction are indulged in hiring the services of life coach. In a usual sense, coaching involves…