2014 VIAAA Conference Short Pump, Richmond Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Preparing the Less Experienced Coach to Assume a Head Coach Position

2014 VIAAA Conference Short Pump, Richmond

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Preparing the Less Experienced Coach to Assume

a Head Coach Position

10 Things Every New Coach Should Know in the 21st Century

Article: “coffee with coach newsletter”1. Be Passionate2. Be Comfortable being Uncomfortable3. Possess Integrity4. Be Relentless5. Respect Authority6. Have Meaningful Relationships

7. Be held accountable8. Win without bragging and lose without whining9. Be patient10. It’s about others not just you, be dependable.

Coach Rod Olsen

John Handley High School Director of Student Activities

Rick Lilly, CAA [email protected]

www.handleypride.org

Fluvanna County High School Director of Student Activities

Scott Morris, [email protected] www.flucoathletics.com

To SHARE our methods and practices in preparing the less experience coach to be a head coach.

20 years Ago vs Today

How have things changed?

20 years Ago

• We got into coaching and we knew we were going to start on the bottom and have to work our way up…

• Young coaches want to start automatically at the top, not put in the time to grow and progress through the ranks…

• Seem to know everything… entitlement

Today

Developing a new Head Coach…

Desired Outcomes Professional Development

Coaching with Character Coaching Objectives Coaching Philosophy

“ A manager is a title, it does not guarantee success. Coaching is an action, not a title and actions will result in successes”

Catherine Pulsifer

“Make sure that team members know they are working with you and not for you”

John Wooden




What is your program philosophy?

Your goals and objectives should align with your school’s mission and vision:

Mission Is what you do on a daily basis

Vision Details why you do what you do and what

things will look like as you realize your mission.

Activities are co-curricular.Do what works for your community!

Team Book Study

“Learning For All, Whatever It Takes”

Departamento de Deportes “Aprendizaje para todos, haciendo lo que

sea necesario.”

A Place in the Race For Excellence in Education

Effective Schools Effective Activities

1. Safe and Orderly Environment2. Climate of High Expectations for Success3. Instructional Leadership from coaches 4. Clear and Focused Mission5. Opportunity to Learn for Coaches6. Frequent Monitoring of Team Progress7. Home-School Relations

“First who, then what…”

Jim Collins on great leaders

“We found that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats – and then they figured out where to drive it.”

“Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast”Peter Drucker

Effective Culture… 1. Provides clear signals for how to behave2. Extends your reach 3. Makes a leader’s job easier

A-M-P

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to

engagement.Daniel Pink

Culture

• Simply put - “the way we do things here”• Signals for how to behave, preempting

avoidable conflicts• Sets the table so everyone knows what

behavior is expected• Intervene when someone violates the culture

Culture of Sportsmanship Sportsmanship Statement read before games

Preseason meetings




Education based athletics –Program Objectives

• Team > Individual

• Education > Entertainment

• Graduation % > Shooting %

• Scholarship > Scholarships

Expectations set early…

• Not all new head coaches can win it all the first season, but all can provide a quality education and enjoyable experience

• Expectations must be set from the beginning

• A positive support system is key

Job Description for Head Coaches

• Meet school division and state requirements• Prepare philosophy, mission, and vision

statements for their program• How to communicate to parents and student

athletes expectations and guidelines for their program

• Instructional expectations • Behavioral expectations • Emergency plans

Job Description

• Teach team rules and regulations• Follow state and national rules and

regulations• Adheres to code of ethics• Work with booster club• Take care of money through main office• Supervise all practice and game competition

Job Description

• Complete survey of players and parents every three years

• Participate in a an assessment with AD• Prepare a professional development plan• Hold organizational meetings for team• Assess player skills and assigns to a team and

pos.• Develop regular practice schedules

Organization

Attunement -> Radio Dial

Buoyancy -> 3:1

Clarity -> Be a curator; problem find before you problem solve

How to handle challenges…revise your explanatory style

PermanentPervasive Personal

TemporarySpecific External

Dan Pink: To Sell is Human

Coaching Quotes

• People will exceed targets they set themselves.

– Gordon Dryden

• A good coach will make his/her players see what they can be rather than what they are.

- Ara Parasheghian

http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/06/hostage-negotiation/

Administrative leadership!

www.positivityratio.com

Positivity Ratio

3:1




Credibility AssessmentCould you play for yourself?

1. Assess your credibility 2. Recognize strengths and target areas to

improve 3. Gain New Skills, Strategies, and Insights4. Practice and Use Them 5. Get more Feedback.

Jannsen and Dale, 2006

Sportsmanship and Leadership program at your schools…?

Positive Coaching Alliance http://www.positivecoach.org

Pursuing Victory With Honor www.josephsoninstitute.org

Play Like A Champion http://playlikeachampion.nd.edu/

Positive Coaching Alliance

• Parent Pledge: focus on Emotional Tanks, “ELM, Encourage, help them to learn, get past mistakes

• - parents sign off on this• Double Goal Coach:

• One who strives to win, while teaching life lessons through sports.

Double-Goal Coach

• Goal of winning and the more important goal of teaching life lessons through sports

• ROOTS; of honoring the gameRules- Don’t bend the rules to win, even if you

can get away with itOpponents: A gift that pushes you to be betterOfficials: Show respect even when they make a

mistake

Double Goal Coach

Teammates; Never embarrass them on or off the fieldSelf: Foundation- Honor the game to live up to your standards, no matter the external expectations.




They don’t know what they don’t know…

Every first year coaches always say coaching is coaching… whether as a head coach or as an assistant. But, what about the myriad of other things that come with the head position… Preparing schedules, discipline issues, transportation, parent issues, fundraising, the unexpected, etc…

Developmental Stages of a Coach

• Survival• Striving for Success • Significance• Satisfied• Spent

Avg Coach 1-3 3-20

2-101-5

Credible Coach 1-3 2-5+10-25 +

Janssen and Dale, 2006

Opportunity to Learn for Coaches

VHSL Coaches Ed Meaningful PD Literary Resources Digital library

Coaches Library

Coaching Certification

• What does your state have?

• Virginia!!!– Mandatory Coaches

Education through the VHSL

NFHS

The function of a coach is to educate students through participation in interscholastic competition.

Guidelines for a coach

• Be aware that he or she has a tremendous influence

• Uphold the honor and dignity of the

profession, … the coach shall strive to set an example of the highest ethical and moral conduct.

NFHS

• Shall meet and exchange cordial greetings with the opposing coach to set the correct tone for the event before and after the contest.

• Shall not exert pressure on faculty members to give student special consideration

• Shall no scout opponents by any means other than those adopted by the league and the state.




Recognize success

Use Social Media to build your

brand and emphasize your program values.

Developing Better Athletes, Better People

• “ A Leader’s Guide to Transforming High School and Youth Sports into a Development Zone”1. Leadership of a youth sports is one of the most important roles in our society2. High school leaders can affect the trajectory of a huge number of youth by implementing a program that helps kids become better athletes, better people

Cutting Players from Team

• If you handle thoughtfully and respectfully teach life long lessons and increase chances of staying in sports.

• Tell expectations.• Help the player to move on• An assessment of current strengths.• Stories• Talk to parents

Guiding the College-Bound Athlete“How to Create your Blueprint for

Success”

Presented by Rick Wire, President – Dynamite Sports

2016 NCAA D-I Freshman Eligibility

Requirements

All Staff Weight Training

Meet the team night at the County Fair

Documents

2014 VIAAA Conference Short Pump, Richmond Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Preparing the Less Experienced Coach to Assume a Head Coach Position