Coaching & Communication

To be an effective leader you must communicate with those who you are leading. Communication completes the feedback loop that gives you and the athlete a sense of self worth. Not so much the content of the message, but the mode and medium of the presentation that ultimately determines it's effectiveness. It was Marshall McLuan who said: " that the medium is the message."

DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION

Sending and Receiving

Listen more and talk less. Listen to what is actually meant, rather than what is said.

Verbal and Non Verbal

The great majority of what we communicate is non verbal.

Content and Emotion

It is the substance of the message. How you feel about it.

To understand what must be communicated -

To give information: Find out what they need to know.

To get information: Ask what it is you need to know.

Coaches tend to be good at:

1) Sending 2) Verbal 3) Content

Coaches tend to be poor at:

1) Receiving 2) Non verbal 3) Emotion

Communication also consists of:

1) Observing 2) Touching 3) Just being there.