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QUALITIES OF THE BEST COACHES
Quality 1 - Coach vs. Teacher
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You are a teacher first, and a coach second
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Teach proper techniques
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Discipline is of utmost importance
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Game: teacher becomes a coach
Quality 2 - You are motivated to help the kids
- Any coach can be the best in the world - only limited by your EGO
- Coach is not there to show he/she is the best
- Determine an appropriate definition of success
Quality 3 - Striving to win is more important than winning
- Stress & require effort
- Teach overcoming weaknesses
Quality 4 - Emphasis that the game is FUN
- Make practice FUN
- Promote camaraderie on the team
- Only one way to have FUN - improvement breeds success - success is fun
Quality 5 - Transform negatives into positives
- Baseball/Softball are games of failure
- Look for improvement in each player
- Worst thing a coach can do is YELL
Quality 6 - Coach is a student of the game
- No one knows everything about the game
- Increase your knowledge in any way possible
Quality 7 - Establish rules and enforce them
- Know the definition of authority
- Protection
- Direction
- Correction
- Players must be on time
- Players must listen
- Players are not to engage in dangerous conduct
- Players must display sportsmanship
- Players must be alert and follow signs and signals
- Players must give their best effort
- Make sure discipline is fair and equal for all players
Quality 8 - Be even-handed with all players, even your own child
Quality 9 - Good Organizer
- Have written practice & game plans
- Kids don't care how much you know; they want to know how much you care
Quality 10 - Be a positive example
- You have volunteered to be a role model
- Teach the GAME OF LIFE
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