Becoming An Effective Coach

“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be” (Tom Landry). In order for athletes to achieve their highest goal, they need to have an effective coach who will help them become the best athlete they can be. An effective coach will be successful while working to achieve the goals they intended. A powerful coach takes their love for the sport and puts it into their athletes. Athletes will progress immensely from what they learn from their coach. Coaching is such an influential position in an athlete's life, so there are certain attributes and concepts they must know and employ to be successful. Coaches need to first build a positive
Hands-on means involving or offering an active participation. It is easier to learn what a coach is trying to portray when they actively show it to you and not just expect you to know what they are talking about. When coaches are actively involved while teaching their athletes what they need to know, it helps more than most would suspect. As an example, a few teams were researched, and the ones who were more successful than others were those with coaches who used hands-on coaching. Findings show how leaders design their teams and the quality of their hands-on coaching influences team self-management, the quality of member relationships, and member satisfaction of being on the team (Wageman). The first thing hands-on coaching improves is self-management. Working with a team who will take responsibility of one's own behavior will be easier than working with a team who won’t take personal blame for one's actions. The second thing hands-on coaching improves is the quality of member relationships. A team with positive relationships will be very beneficial when working to achieve success. Lastly, using hands-on coaching helps greatly with team members being satisfied with the team they are on. Working with athletes who are content with the team they are on will be more enjoyable than working with those who aren’t. Working with athletes who don't enjoy being on the team could be aggravating. Coaching hands-on doesn't really seem like it would be that big of a deal, but seen from this example, hands-on coaching works in many ways and will eventually lead the team to be