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What is coaching? Legendary basketball coach, Pete Newell stated the following regarding coaching.
Basketball develops initiative in the individual and at the same time fosters a spirit of cooperation with a group, integrity to a team and to oneself, qualities of leadership, honesty, and responsibility, moral obligations, the ability to sacrifice, moral and physical courage, and a defined sense of values. Certainly each of these qualities are composite traits of personal integrity or character…There must, therefore, be more than the mere physical development of the individual in the game of basketball. Consequently, the benefits derived from participation must include more than a favorable outcome of the game” (Newell & Benington , 1962, p.10).
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During the first class we discussed what the profession of coaching is. Think about coaches you have had. What did they do? Provide a short response to the following question, by posting a comment to this blog. What does it mean to be a coach?
