Value & Role of the Coach
Coaching is the key to the success of any system. For some reason the value and importance of coaches has been down played. Frank Dick, Britain's chief coach during the golden age of athletics expressed it quite well: "Somewhere in the last 10 years or so we have lost our place as coaches; somebody, somewhere has decided coaching cannot be respected in the way that it used to be," he said. "If this is not addressed quickly then who is going to lead the athletes? Don't tell me the scientist’s can. Science has never led sport. It is coaches that lead the process. As Winston Churchill said, scientists should be on tap but never on top." We must train coaches so they have the knowledge in how to teach and communicate. Not everyone can be a coach. It is a demanding job regardless of the level of sport. We should encourage and reward good coaches to stay at the developmental levels where providing the young athletes a good foundation is so important.
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 1/02/2006 09:37:00 AM
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In the film, "hoop dreams", one of the athletes goes off to a junior college. It's interesting, because the athlete is forced to stay in a dorm with the other athletes, and is assigned a person to follow him around 24-7 to make sure he goes to all his classes & stays out of trouble. He actually sits in a chair outside the door to make sure he doesn't sneak out. In 2006 I'm sure this practice would be more common in high schools if they had the funds to do it. As the years go by it seems high school athletes are more easily distracted from all their goals, athletic as well as academic. Coaching is tougher than ever.
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