During our last class, we discussed humility and communication in coaching. We discussed the "power of your words" and how one comment from a coach can be etched in your mind forever. We also viewed two short videos from ESPN Outside the Lines: Point Missed - Point Made and 100-0 Coach Speaks. To view the videos (click here).
What type of impact will the coaches actions and words have on their student-athletes when they are done playing. Were each of the coaches profiled moral role-models? Why or why not. Share your thoughts. From previous class discussion and your personal experience, what type of characteristics distinguish a coach as a positive moral role model?
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I think that both my basketball and track coaches actions and words still have effect on me to this day. when i am having a bad practice i always think of what they would say or do and i think that this is profiled as moral role models because it still effects me after all this time
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ReplyDeleteMy coaches were an ex-division 2 football player, an old Vietnam veteran, and a beer truck driver. They may not have been the most successful people, but they all had the same mentality which was somewhere between being humble and complete sand-bagging.
ReplyDeleteThe beer man scored a 34 on his ACT's. The war Vet is a little senile but would beat any one of us at cards, and makes good money doing it. The other guy was our head coach and he has won enough state championships that we were going to listen to him.
Although none of them are probably where they wanted to be 10, or even 40 years ago, they played the hand that was dealt to them and came out on top enough to be happy. That means a lot in a town of 370 people.
I would have to say through my days playing a positive role model coach would have to be exactly like my coach Mike Seal. One of the hardest working man on and off the court what distingushed him and his coaching philosphy.
ReplyDelete" If you give it your all and the result isnt what is to be expected, work harder the next time around to accomplish that goal." - Mike Seal
Seal wanted me to give it all leave it on the court because if you didnt leave it on the court he had the mentality that if you dont work for what you have how can you show off those talents. He taught me to be humble in times when we would run up the score telling me to back off and not drive the lane making the opponet frustrated and taking them out of their element. I learned so much by what he taught me that i use it even in everyday many times i have been faced with trials and tribulations but Coach Seal has helped me with the lessons he taught me.
My coaches throughout high school never really left a positive impact on my life. My coach always had a policy that an injury doesn't make you lose your spot, and I got a concussion in practice one day and missed only one practice after that and lost my starting spot for the rest of the year. If any coach did leave a lasting impression it would have to have been my wrestling coach. He told me that he wishes that I would have started wrestling when I was a freshman because when I started as a junior I was actually pretty good. He told me that if he an extra two years with me he would have made me great. It stuck with me that if I keep with something that I can be great.
ReplyDeleteThe high school coach that had a postive impact on me was my varsity basketball coach. He always told me that I was the blue collar hard worker on the team and to not let anyone else in the league work harder than me. I took this to heart and played my senior year with as much passion as possible. My coach telling me that I was a blue collar hard worker has stuck with me since and I try to use it in my every day life.
ReplyDeleteI think the coach that had the biggest positive impact on me was the varsity basketball coach I had Jr. year. He was an ex pro who played in Australia for a few years. He had an impact on me because since he had had so much success, I believed in everything he was telling me from the get go. Another reason that he had an impact on me was because he was not the big of a guy, he was thick, but not tall, yet when we would all play together he would still out rebound all of our post players easily. It wasn't all because of his skill and form. It was because he wanted every rebound more than any other person on the court, and he wouldn't let anything get in his way. He instilled that hard work, desire, and always wanting the best in all of us, which made us a very strong and hard working team. Another thing he did was stay after practice and work with us on any skill he thought we needed to work on, or anything we wanted to work on. He would even come in anytime during the weekends or on his days off to help us as long as we made an appointment. That showed us his commitment to us, and in turn we were sure to commit to him. He has been the biggest positive coaching influence I have had, and I will always remember him
ReplyDeletei think the coach the had the most positive infuence on my life was my high school wrestling coach. he had been a three time high school wrestling champ. and former division 1 wrestler for fresno state university. having the prior history of a solid wrestlers on paper many respected him, but the things he did that were unsaid is why i respected him more as a coach. he beleived that wrestling changed his life and wanted to spread what he got out of it to the world. he would take all the troubled kids in our high school and bring them to the wrestling room and show them better ways to vent their problems. the most infuential thing he did was when he took one of my good friends "also one of his former wrestlers" who was having drug problems with cocaine and showed him the better way. not by telling him it was wrong but by telling him his story of drugs when he was young. to this day my friend said if my coach didnt take him in and tell his story he would be dead. the things that he did will forever be an influence on how i look at life.
ReplyDeleteI beleve that what any coach says will affect any athlete because there are a lot of players that look up to there coach as more than someone that teaches them how to run or tackle.
ReplyDeleteI look back at high school and even my college playing expereince and really have not had a postive playing experience. Although I have not had one of those experieinces where you can think back on quotes and sayings that your coach said to you for that last bit of confidence. But what I have learned from previous coaches as role models is how not to act and to recognize what should be said in those tight game situations. Because in the end you have to take every experience and turn it into a learning experience and that is why I will always be influenced by those coaches.
ReplyDeleteThe high school coach wasn't doing anything wrong he teaches his girls to play until the clock reaches double zero in the fourth quarter.now on a moral point of view i feel that if anyone is in the wrong it's the referees or apposing coaches fault. there are ways to stop such an embarrassment.
ReplyDeleteI have many coaches in my life and I do think that what they say has a big impact on us. There are many times where I can think of what they say and it will stay in me no matter what i do. They teach us things on the field that can also relate to life.
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