Personal Narrative: My Strengths As A Coach
As a coach, you are never going to be perfect. You will have strengths, and you will have weaknesses. It is up to you as a coach, to take these characteristics and try and utilize them in a way that would work best for you and your team. Some of my strengths personally are that I am very logical thinker, responsible, and self-assured. While these traits can be very beneficial to me as a coach, I do have some traits however, that could potentially be some weaknesses when it comes to coaching. These traits could be that I am stubborn, sometimes insensitive, and can be judgmental. However, it is my job as a coach to make sure that I am doing my absolute best for my athletes and myself. One of the things that I love about myself is that I am a very logical thinker. Often times, this is a great strength that I have, and I pride myself on it. Being logical, I tend to thrive off of facts and honesty. As a coach, this would be beneficial, because I would not try and play mind games or manipulate my athletes, I would always be very direct
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and straightforward with them. I would also be able to analyze our competition, compare it to my team, and try and come up with a very logical approach on how to beat them. I feel that as a logical thinker, I like to think in a way to find patterns and figure out how certain patterns affect one another. Whether that would mean trying to find the best trick play to get the ball in the net, or figuring out the group of athletes that work best together, thinking logically tends to always be a great strength of mine.
I have always been very responsible person, which I take to be a great strength of mine.
If I promise to do something, I am going to keep my word. I think that being responsible has been really emphasized within me since I am an only child. As an only child, I rely on loyalty a lot of the time, and trust those who are loyal to me. To me, responsibility and loyalty can kind of go hand-in-hand and relate in how proactive and trustworthy a person can be. A coach needs to have a sense of responsibility and knows that this is extremely important to the team. A coach who is not responsible would result in chaotic practices and a chaotic team in general. Responsibility would be having practice plans ready for everyday, arriving early and on time to practice and events, being fair to all my athletes, and anything else that the team would rely on me for. If I were not responsible, my team would not trust me, thus why responsibility is
essential To be self-assured, can potentially encompass a variety of different strengths. It could mean confidence or being calm and practical. As an only child, I became very independent and confident in myself at a young age, which I feel has really benefited me as an individual. Being confident with myself may mean that I know how I want to conduct things or get things done, that I have a structured way of thinking. Coaching is a very structured task. I need to know what I want my athletes to do, and know how I want them to do it. Everything is done for a reason, and as a coach, I would help my athletes realize this.
When I get too ‘in the zone,’ of my factual and truthful way of thinking, I can potentially come off as insensitive and uncaring. This could be a great weakness as a coach. I could be presenting the facts and being straightforward with my athletes, and think I am doing them a great service of not beating around the bush, but I could be coming off as someone who is harsh and insensitive. Some of my athletes might respond better if I were to take a more emotional approach when trying to talk to them, perhaps by trying to connect with them on a personal and deeper level. For example, if I were announcing who was the starting lineup, instead of just announcing the names, I could start off with building the team up and letting them know that I realize all the hard work that they are putting in, and that just because they may not be a starting lineup, does not mean that they are any less valuable as a player. I would have to work as a coach, of recognizing when it would be the best time to be straightforward and honest, or to be more emotional and sensitive. One weakness that can sometimes be frustrating to those around me and myself is that I can be extremely stubborn. Part of me thinking logically, is that I always view the facts, and are what I use to base my decisions off of. If I were to not know all the details of the facts, or refuse to acknowledge another viewpoint, it would result in me being very stubborn in my decision. Being stubborn can also make it hard for me to admit sometimes that I was wrong about something, or was not able to recognize a particular detail. My stubbornness could potentially be frustrating for my athletes if they want me to see something their way, but I am refusing to acknowledge it. To be able to grow as a coach, and a person in general, I need to recognize that I am not always going to be right, and will have to change the way I think or do things sometimes. Because I am a person who likes structure and organization, it may be hard for me sometimes to think more creatively and think outside the box. Since I base so much of my decisions on facts and logic, it may be difficult for me to think of something in a fun or creative way. This could relate to how I motivate my athletes, or thinking of a new drill I want them to work on. I may need to realize that sometimes I need loose the rulebook and do what just feels right for the team and myself. To be a good coach, I need to take both my strengths and my weaknesses, and work with them in a way where they would benefit both my athletes and me. I may be very good at being a logical thinker, being responsible, or being self-assured, but I may also be stubborn, insensitive, or uncreative. In order to grow as a coach, I need to encompass all these traits and work with them to produce the best coach that I can possibly be.
and straightforward with them. I would also be able to analyze our competition, compare it to my team, and try and come up with a very logical approach on how to beat them. I feel that as a logical thinker, I like to think in a way to find patterns and figure out how certain patterns affect one another. Whether that would mean trying to find the best trick play to get the ball in the net, or figuring out the group of athletes that work best together, thinking logically tends to always be a great strength of mine.
I have always been very responsible person, which I take to be a great strength of mine.
If I promise to do something, I am going to keep my word. I think that being responsible has been really emphasized within me since I am an only child. As an only child, I rely on loyalty a lot of the time, and trust those who are loyal to me. To me, responsibility and loyalty can kind of go hand-in-hand and relate in how proactive and trustworthy a person can be. A coach needs to have a sense of responsibility and knows that this is extremely important to the team. A coach who is not responsible would result in chaotic practices and a chaotic team in general. Responsibility would be having practice plans ready for everyday, arriving early and on time to practice and events, being fair to all my athletes, and anything else that the team would rely on me for. If I were not responsible, my team would not trust me, thus why responsibility is
essential To be self-assured, can potentially encompass a variety of different strengths. It could mean confidence or being calm and practical. As an only child, I became very independent and confident in myself at a young age, which I feel has really benefited me as an individual. Being confident with myself may mean that I know how I want to conduct things or get things done, that I have a structured way of thinking. Coaching is a very structured task. I need to know what I want my athletes to do, and know how I want them to do it. Everything is done for a reason, and as a coach, I would help my athletes realize this.
When I get too ‘in the zone,’ of my factual and truthful way of thinking, I can potentially come off as insensitive and uncaring. This could be a great weakness as a coach. I could be presenting the facts and being straightforward with my athletes, and think I am doing them a great service of not beating around the bush, but I could be coming off as someone who is harsh and insensitive. Some of my athletes might respond better if I were to take a more emotional approach when trying to talk to them, perhaps by trying to connect with them on a personal and deeper level. For example, if I were announcing who was the starting lineup, instead of just announcing the names, I could start off with building the team up and letting them know that I realize all the hard work that they are putting in, and that just because they may not be a starting lineup, does not mean that they are any less valuable as a player. I would have to work as a coach, of recognizing when it would be the best time to be straightforward and honest, or to be more emotional and sensitive. One weakness that can sometimes be frustrating to those around me and myself is that I can be extremely stubborn. Part of me thinking logically, is that I always view the facts, and are what I use to base my decisions off of. If I were to not know all the details of the facts, or refuse to acknowledge another viewpoint, it would result in me being very stubborn in my decision. Being stubborn can also make it hard for me to admit sometimes that I was wrong about something, or was not able to recognize a particular detail. My stubbornness could potentially be frustrating for my athletes if they want me to see something their way, but I am refusing to acknowledge it. To be able to grow as a coach, and a person in general, I need to recognize that I am not always going to be right, and will have to change the way I think or do things sometimes. Because I am a person who likes structure and organization, it may be hard for me sometimes to think more creatively and think outside the box. Since I base so much of my decisions on facts and logic, it may be difficult for me to think of something in a fun or creative way. This could relate to how I motivate my athletes, or thinking of a new drill I want them to work on. I may need to realize that sometimes I need loose the rulebook and do what just feels right for the team and myself. To be a good coach, I need to take both my strengths and my weaknesses, and work with them in a way where they would benefit both my athletes and me. I may be very good at being a logical thinker, being responsible, or being self-assured, but I may also be stubborn, insensitive, or uncreative. In order to grow as a coach, I need to encompass all these traits and work with them to produce the best coach that I can possibly be.