April 2011
8 posts
Coaching Stress and Ethics
Coaching Stress
(a) My coaching stress during the season was high. Hitting responsibilities were solely mine and that produced a lot of pressure. Even though, overall, the hitters performed significantly better than last year, it was still a lot of pressure. Coaching stress differs from academic stress and relationship stress because, in coaching, you have to worry about two other coaches and...
Ethical Leadership Self-Assessment
Please check one answer for each of the following items:
I. Demonstrate that ethics is a priority
Almost Never-AN
Occasionally-O
Frequently-F
Almost Always-AA
NA was used a few times because it is not applicable to me in my current assistant coach position or financial state (poor graduate student)
I tell my staff to make ethics a priority.— AA
I use...
Cultural Competence Checklist: Personal Reflection
This tool was developed to heighten your awareness of how you view clients/patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. *There is no answer key; however, you should review responses that you rated 5, 4, and even 3.
Ratings: 1 Strongly Agree 2 Agree 3 Neutral 4 Disagree 5 Strongly Disagree
2 was the response for all...
National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Adopted...
The Coaches Code of Ethics
The function of a coach is to educate students through participation in interscholastic competition. An interscholastic program should be designed to enhance academic achievement and should never interfere with opportunities for academic success. Each student-athlete should be treated as though he or she were the coaches’ own, and his or her welfare should be uppermost...
Leadership Improvement Plan
The graph above is a depiction of how 3 players, my head coach, a peer, and myself scored on the Leadership Practices Inventory.
The Plan.
Devising my leadership improvement plan was not an easy task. While I scored myself fairly low on the Leadership Practices Inventory, my athletes and those who know me scored me high. The key to my plan is staying consistent with my players, regardless...
March 2011
8 posts
Portfolio Post
I believe my athletes are looking for and expecting consistency in their coaches. They expect us to follow through on what we say by doing what we say we are going to do. If the season begins with a set of rules in place, they need to be implemented and adhered to. When coaches are consistent, it helps the team get into a groove. Student-athletes want their coaches to be their leaders and...
“If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become...”
– http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/leadership.html
Multi-Dimensional Model of Leadership
Applying the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) to my own athletes was an interesting task. Not surprisingly, each athlete responded differently to what she preferred her coach to be. But, generally, they agreed that they wanted a coach who was proficient in the technicalities of the game and also supported them as athletes and people. I interpreted the results to mean that athletes want to...
Business leadership book wins fans in NFL. →
A business book that many coaches not only in the NFL are using, but also other coaches from cricket to tennis at Northwestern.
“We can’t be good in everything. Admit our weaknesses, but show our...”
– http://www.boardofwisdom.com/default.asp?start=11&topic=1005&listname=Leadership
February 2011
11 posts
Remember the Titans
Analyzing the movie Remember the Titans (Disney) was a very interesting task. Unlike the previous assignment where Tuckman’s 4 Stage Model Of Group Development (forming, storming, norming, and performing) was clear throughout the movie, the delineation of the various stages was more blurred in Remember the Titans, making it more difficult to define each stage clearly. Because conflict occurs...
NFCA Coaches College. Education for Collegiate... →
LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STUDIES
Leadership can be defined as a process by which one individual influences others toward the attainment of group or organizational goals. Three points about the definition of leadership should be emphasized. First, leadership is a social influence process. Leadership cannot exist without a leader and one or more followers. Second, leadership elicits voluntary action on the part of followers. The...
Positive Portfolio Assignment
Staying positive. My Leadership Style.
While staying positive is easier said than done, coaches should strive to find “good,” regardless of how bad the situation is, especially when a practice or game is not going according to plan. Establishing a positive culture on the team breeds good results. In a sport where failure is common (the best hitters fail 70% of the time), helping your athletes...
Staying Positive →
Analysis of Miracle from a Leadership and...
Analysis of Miracle from a Leadership
and Coaching Perspective
Elisa Van Kirk
Smith College
It would be safe to say that most sports fanatics have seen the Disney movie Miracle. However, viewing it from a coaching and leadership perspective is a very different experience. The movie is very instructive and helpful for coaches to understand how a man took a team that was not...
Collaborating and Storming -Portfolio Assignment-...
According to my results, I am a considered a team leader in my current position as an assistant coach at Smith College. I would agree with this assessment because I try to be positive at all times with my players so they can reach their highest potential. In my ideal role, I would remain a team leader. I have played for coaches that were very authoritarian and focused more on the...
My Personal Best Leadership Experience
My personal best leadership experience resulted from coaching the Southington Lighting U14 travel softball team. The head coach of the team, a parent, brought me on as an assistant coach with the hope that I could help lead them to a championship. I decided to help this team because they were based in my hometown. I believed that because I played Division I softball and that is what most of...
January 2011
2 posts
The Energy Bus
“Your positive energy and vision must be greater than anyone’s and everyone’s negativity. Your certainty must be greater than everyone’s doubt. After all, George, there will always be the doubters who doubt, doubt and doubt and tell you you can’t do this and you won’t be able to accomplish that. They think that dreams were meant for others but not for people...