My Personal Coaching Philosophy

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Introduction When it comes to my own personal coaching philosophy, I feel that it is best to be up front with my students and student athletes about myself, my beliefs and what I expect from them. As a coach and educator, I feel that it is absolutely necessary to establish trust and rapport with them in order to ensure that they know just what I stand for and why. With regards to my coaching and teaching philosophy, there are three theories that I strongly believe in and will incorporate into my instructional methods: Dualism, Pragmatism, and Transcendentalism. Through these theories I will stress their importance and how their application will benefit my students and student athletes not only in sports, but in life as well. Each of these…show more content…
I will do this by conveying to them the importance of having a strong set of moral convictions and beliefs, and how this can help them establish who they are as individuals. I will also stress the importance of creativity to them in order to help open up their minds to new ideas with regards to mind and body. I will schedule a meeting once a week with every player on the team. During this meeting I will give them opportunities to respond to questions that I have prepared. From this, my students will be able to express their individuality and I can help them develop this. I want my student athletes to be unique and, with that in mind, possess unique skills as it pertains to sports. I believe that if student athletes possess a firm understanding of who they are as individuals and what they are capable of, and then they can truly develop their individual style(s) of play. This in turn can help lead to team unity and can establish a team spirit within all the student athletes that can lead to camaraderie and ultimately, success. It is our job as educators and coaches to help develop our student athletes not only physically, but mentally as well; promoting uniqueness, along with individuality, can help in this developmental…show more content…
Sports have always played a major role in my life, and throughout my experiences in them I have learned many valuable life lessons. These experiences, along with these three specific philosophies, have helped shape the nature of how I view coaching and education. It is through the instruction and application of my coaching philosophy that I intend to deliver to my students and student athletes in order that they might learn from them as I have. I believe that these three specific philosophies (Dualism, Pragmatism and Transcendentalism) can help attribute to success not only in sports, but in life as well. Because I strongly believe in these three philosophies, I plan on adapting my coaching and teaching methods around them for my K-12 students and student
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