MEET the PERSON WHERE THEY ARE, YOU MOVE TO THEM
"THE VISION TO SEE PLAYERS FOR WHO THEY CAN BE IN LIGHT OF WHO THEY ARE"
MASTER CLASS COACHING & TEACHING
"You must know the WHO first" - Coach Dono at a random meeting.
THE PROCESS OF RELATING TO THE PERSON
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WORK to UNDERSTAND the PERSON |
RELATE thru EMPATHY then STUDY then REFLECT |
ACT on the INFO you LEARNED, then LEAD, NURTURE, INSPIRE |
"The job of a coach is to make men do what they don't want do in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be." Tom Landy, Legendary Football Coach, Dallas Cowboys
THE "WHO" CONSIDERATIONS
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ATHLETE YOU WILL MEET.
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AGE
"RELATIVE" AGE GENDER PHYSICAL APTITUDE SIZE FITNESS NATURAL COORDINATION LANGUAGE SKILLS Vertical Divider
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PERSONALITY
EMOTIONAL APTITUDE MATURITY PERCEPTIVITY CREATIVITY ATTENTION SPAN MOTIVATIONS GOALS Vertical Divider
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CONFIDENCE
FRIENDS GROUP PARENT RELATIONSHIPS SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE WORLD VIEW LANGUAGE SKILLS BACKGROUND SOCIAL GROUPS |
The myriad of traits that inform your best understanding of the individual "WHO" are vast.
Above are some samples to help trigger your thoughtfulness.
TO BECOME A MASTER CLASS COACH/TEACH IS TO PRODUCE DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING & EMPATHY.
Above are some samples to help trigger your thoughtfulness.
TO BECOME A MASTER CLASS COACH/TEACH IS TO PRODUCE DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING & EMPATHY.
LEARN TO PUSH, PULL, WALK ALONGSIDE, or IN FRONT
Once you choose to see the athlete as a person, you can begin transformational work.
A common mistake driven by the distraction of winning, and focusing on outcomes, is to see the athlete as "transactional".
A common mistake driven by the distraction of winning, and focusing on outcomes, is to see the athlete as "transactional".
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TRANSACTIONAL
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TRANSFORMATIONAL
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TRANSACTIONAL = The athlete is viewed primarily as an ends to a means. The athlete worth to the coach is related to the athlete's performance, sometimes even limited to the athlete's productivity towards the team's desired results. This contradicts the "growth mindset" which frames The WSA Way, and most importantly violates The WSA Way most important tenets of Player Safety and Person First.
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TRANSFORMATIONAL = The athlete is viewed as a person, full of life, capacity, and growth opportunity. The coach embarks on an endeavor to become relational, with the objective for transformational goals. At the pinnacle of this mindset is casting a vision for the athlete as a person, and facilitating carrying out that vision through the vehicle of the game, the team, and the experience. This is The WSA Way.
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"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch....
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And-- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!"
-- Rudyard Kipling, Poem: IF
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch....
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And-- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!"
-- Rudyard Kipling, Poem: IF
The transformational work that will occur can take on many shapes and sizes. You may be required to PUSH, or to PULL, or to WALK ALONGSIDE the athlete in the journey of understanding. You may have to be out front to LEAD, or BEHIND to hold the athlete accountable. At times you'll reside in the SHADOWS. And in the end, this journey will always reach a point of "letting go".
In TRUTH you will NOT develop, mold, or shape the athlete. The Athlete will do this for herself or himself. You will facilitate.
As you reach master class levels of teaching and coaching, you will learn both "when to intervene" and "when to retreat".
Sometimes you will be embattled with the athlete, through the challenge and the struggle, and you'll be required to NOT QUIT, TO PERSIST, TO SEE IT THROUGH. You may be a first hand observer or participant.
Other times you will be required to watch, and observe, as the Athlete is allowed to FAIL FORWARD ON HIS/HER OWN, repeat, rinse, and repeat, through a cycle of learning, adapting, and becoming. You may reside in the shadows as the athlete moves to the light.
And, through enduring all of the challenge, this process, will have the opportunity to become one of your greatest earthly rewards.
In TRUTH you will NOT develop, mold, or shape the athlete. The Athlete will do this for herself or himself. You will facilitate.
As you reach master class levels of teaching and coaching, you will learn both "when to intervene" and "when to retreat".
Sometimes you will be embattled with the athlete, through the challenge and the struggle, and you'll be required to NOT QUIT, TO PERSIST, TO SEE IT THROUGH. You may be a first hand observer or participant.
Other times you will be required to watch, and observe, as the Athlete is allowed to FAIL FORWARD ON HIS/HER OWN, repeat, rinse, and repeat, through a cycle of learning, adapting, and becoming. You may reside in the shadows as the athlete moves to the light.
And, through enduring all of the challenge, this process, will have the opportunity to become one of your greatest earthly rewards.