NFHS – Fundamentals of Coaching - (Notes from Objective #1)

Teachable moments: A moment of educational opportunity when a person is likely to learn something or is especially responsive to being taught or made aware of something. · Discipline · Perseverance · Delayed gratification · Team Work Sports in and themselves are not educational, However based on the set up and Structure they can be. Initially, sport became part of our nation’s schools to address four societal concerns: 1. Education 2. Socialization 3. Military Preparedness 4.

Health Interscholastic athletics becomes part of the education process when:
1. Learning objectives are clearly stated and integrated into the experience
2. Coaches purposefully plan for learning to take place
3. Coaches purposefully explain to students what they are going to teach
4. Coaches teach what they said they were going to teach
5. Coaches reinforce what the student has learned
6. The program is designed to enhance academic achievement
7. Coaches make sure that athletics never interfere with Academic success
8. Coaches use unique teachable moments that occur in athletics to promote the development of each individual.
9. Coaches stress personally responsibility and accountability for each participant Coach is the most influential person in determining the outcomes of interscholastic athletics

“No Stream rises higher than its source” – Frank Loyd Right Two Key Questions to be asked of all interscholastic coaches: 1. Why do you want to be a coach? 2. What are the values that define you as a person? Coaching Philosophy – Road map of your coaching life. Competition – Derived from the Latin word competere, “to see together, to coincide, to agree. Oppents are viewed as co-creators of an experience, and competition as a process of striving with, not against others”. What is the Value of Winning? What are your three major strengths and limitations as a coach?

Four Key coaching Skill Sets:
1. Technical skills: Knowledge base of Sport
2. Tactical Skills: Analytical/Decision making component of coaching. Skills that help win contents.
3. Managerial Skills : maintenance and organization of a systematic approach to coaching in terms of preparation, time management, administration, and programming.
4. Interpersonal Skills: Communication Social Skills, etc

Top Five Outcomes of Interscholastic Sports
1. Like Skills
2. Citizenship
3. Sportsmanship
4. Promotion of learning
5. Health lifestyle