Becoming a Coach: Recent Episodes
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Being a sports coach is challenging, rewarding and amazing role to take on, particularly if you get the opportunity to be a junior and youth sports coach. But often I here from coaches that they struggle getting started, and struggle with the challenges they face, in this series Becoming a Coach we will look at those challenges and how to overcome them, and interview coaches from across the sporting community to find out how they went about it.
Never fear changes coaches.
Change is a good thing, and always remember to ride the up and the downs.
Run run towards change.
It's got to be collaboration, collaboration, collaboration coaches, no matter what level you are at we all need to work together and help each other. Sports Coaching is not and should never be about division, and it should never be about coaches fighting each other. Its is collaboration all the way.
CollaborationNOTCompetition
Making the last game (Grand Final) during a season or in a tournament is one of the hardest needles to thread with a team as Coach. In this episode we look at how to approach it once you get there.
As coaches we have a duty of care first and foremost to our players, as coaches we take an oath to being responsible for making sure we put our players first at all times. In this episode we talk about that Duty of care we have as coaches.
Being and inclusive coach is more than just about the words, being and inclusive coach is embracing everything and everyone as a coach, and giving everyone the chance to succeed at there chosen sport and have the best possible opportunity to develop on and off the sports field.
Skill development and the execution of the fundamental skills of the game under pressure is being forgotten these days by coaches across many different sports. It's vital that this come back into training its vital that as coaches we set aside the time for skill development in training.
Sharing resources, sharing knowledge and sharing ideas is something we should all be doing as coaches and club particularly at community level. In this episode we talk about the importance of sharing on your coaching journey.
What does it mean to be The Greater Fool as a sports coach well its simple it means a coach willing to innovate, to take risks, to say what they think and advance the cause of coaching and their sport. Many great sports coaches have been at first The Greater Fool.
In the first episode of season 2 of Becoming a Coach we look at dealing with interference whether that be covert or overt and how you as coach can try your best to deal with it.
To often we forget that our looking after our health and well being as coaches matters to, and that we better than anyone understand what being a coach is all about and as such we need to support each other and offer our ear to be someone to listen and ask if you are ok.
Game day communication doesn't have to be and shouldn't be complicated as a Coach, but so often I hear coaches say they struggle with it. In this episode we look at how to approach game day communication and some tips for keeping it simple and straight-forward.
Staying ahead of the curve as a sports coach is important, the ability to be able to keep up to date with the latest trends and innovations across sport and in particular one's own sport.
Pressure is something you will have to deal with and cope with as a Sports Coach, there are many different types of pressure, but there is also perceived pressure as well which can be difficult to ignore. In this episode we talk about pressure and the best approaches to deal with it as coaches.
That saying, "Never judge a book by its cover", really does apply in a big way to coaching, and there are many occasion on a coaching journey where it is important to look deeper than that first impression, to kick the tyres to make sure you know as much as you can. In this episode we look at the importance of seeking more than that first impression.
As a sports coach the journey is what we make of it, and on that journey we will come across those moments which I like to call Sliding Door Moments. These moments are when we need to make decisions on where we want our journey to go. In episode 7 I explore these and the process I go through when I reach those Sliding Door Moments.
As a sports coach we should always look at the hole board.
So what does that mean, well in episode 6 we explore that and the importance of it as a coach, the importance of taking on advise etc, then taking a step back taking a wide angle view and making the decision or calling the play as coach. It's about understanding that the decision you make in the moment is going to impact decision and moves that come along down the track. Again it is about looking at the hole board when making your decisions as coach.
"Failing to plan is planning to fail" is a quote we often hear, but its very important reminder to all Sports Coaches that we must be always planning, planning, planning and planning some more in everything we do. In episode 5 of the Becoming a Coach podcasts series we look at the importance of planning as a sports coach and tips for how to go about it. If this is something BlueSky Sports International can help you or your club/organisation with then please get in touch with us by email blueskysportsinternational@gmail.com
As a coach it is important that despite all the white noise around you, that you trust your instincts and stick with what you are trying to achieve. There will be many distractions trying to take your coaching off course, trying to make you doubt that what you are looking to achieve is possible, despite all that have faith, trust your instincts and stick.
Your coaching philosophy is what underpins everything you do as a sports coach, it comes from your heart and its all about what you value and believe as a coach and it is the most important document you will carry with you on your sports coaching journey. In this episode of becoming a coach we look at how to go about developing your philosophy the questions you should be asking yourself to start with.
In episode 2 of Becoming a Coach we talk about the importance of becoming a passionate professional and making sure as a coach we act in every way in a professional way and manner. Also outline to club and organisation the importance of putting in place professional process around how you appoint and engage with your coaches.
In episode 1 of Becoming a Coach we look at the importance of understanding who you are in order to be the best coach you can be. What this means is looking at your values, what you believe in, your passions and why you want to become a coach. We also look at how as Sports Coaches on our journey its very important to always come-back to this questions of understanding who we are and why we became a sports coach.