BASICS
OF COACHING
By Shane Dreiling, Assistant
Women’s Coach, Newman University
Founder – TeamArete.com
- LEADING
AND COACHING
- DEFINITION
i.
Leadership Definition:
Leadership is influencing people – by providing purpose, direction and
motivation – while operating to accomplish the missing and improving the
organization.
- DO
RIGHT RULES
i.
Relentlessly pursue
excellence
ii.
Respect yourself and
others
iii.
Take full
responsibility
iv.
Faithfully serve your
neighbor
v.
Develop and
demonstrate loyalty
vi.
Put the team before
yourself
vii.
Discipline yourself so
no one else has to
viii.
Make hard work your
passion
ix.
Be a competitor
x.
Learn to be a great
communicator
xi.
Make winning an
attitude
xii.
Handle success like
you handle failure
- LDRSHIP
i.
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity
and Personal courage.
- KEY
COMPONENTS OF LEADERSHIP – Army
i.
Be – honest, competent, forward-looking and inspiring
ii.
Know – interpersonal skills, conceptual skills, technical
skills, and tactical skills
iii.
Do – Leaders act by influencing, operating and improving.
- QUALITIES
OF A GOOD LEADER
i.
Lead rather than tell (show the whys)
ii.
An inspiring vision to transmit to our players.
iii.
The communication skills to get people to work together to
achieve the vision.
iv.
A willingness to lead.
v.
Use plural pronouns – our, we, and us.
- EXPECTATIONS
OF LEADERS
i.
Be committed to excellence
ii.
Be positive
iii.
Be prepared
iv.
Pay attention to detail – do the corners
v.
Be organized
vi.
Be flexible
vii.
Be ethical
viii.
Emphasize sportsmanship
ix.
Follow the smoke – seek the right information
- TEACHING
i.
You hear, you forget.
You see, you remember. You do,
you understand.
ii.
Remember the two most powerful words in response to general
charges: Be specific.
iii.
Five laws of learning
1.
Explain what you want
2.
Demonstrate for the learner
3.
Student demonstrates
4.
Correct demonstration
5.
Repetition is lord and master
- THREE
WAYS TO MOTIVATE
i.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget
you. William Arthur Ward
ii.
Leaders listen. Leaders don’t criticize every mistake. They let people learn from their mistake.
1.
By fear and coercion
2.
By incentives
3.
By persuasion and inspiration à ONLY LOVE LASTS
- DISCIPLINE
i.
You can’t lower your standards during hard times, you must
raise them.
ii.
You can’t talk about sacrifice without mentioning
discipline.
iii.
Discipline is not what you do to yourself, it is what you do
for yourself.
iv.
A coach doesn’t punish the players, the players choose the
punishment as a result of their actions.
v.
You can treat people differently as long as you treat them
fairly.
vi.
Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best
possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it.
vii.
Sometimes a leader has to draw a line in the sand.
viii.
Sometimes people have to move on, despite your best efforts.
ix.
Be willing to walk away from the table.
x.
There will be times when you have to say no even though it
will injure someone’s feelings.
- GENERAL
THOUGHTS
i.
It’s important that people know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what
you won’t stand for.
ii.
Put people first
iii.
As a coach, you must be visible and approachable. You have to be “out there.” A coach who is visible, honest, and
understanding encourages his people to communicate back.
iv.
Coaching is first and foremost a teaching function. Are you teaching the right thing?
v.
The great leader is not the one in the spotlight. He’s the one leading the applause.
vi.
A coach who is visible, honest, and understanding encourages
his people to communicate back.
vii.
Authority and credible leadership are not the same thing.
viii.
As a leader, you must lead the WHOLE person.
ix.
Rather than seeking success, a leader should seek to deserve
success.
x.
Love your people more than the position you hold.
xi.
Distill all the tasks a coach must perform, all the things
they must teach and instill within the team down to bedrock, and you will be
left with this: confidence and
self-esteem.
xii.
Teach the fundamentals
xiii.
Innovate as necessary
- VISION
- REGARDING
YOUR VISION?
i.
Can you taste it?
ii.
Can you touch it?
iii.
Can you smell it?
iv.
Can you see it?
1.
You can seize only what you can see.
- KEY
STEPS
i.
Set priorities for the achievement of that vision.
ii.
Enforce priorities for the achievement of that vision.
iii.
Implement the “theory of the next step.”
- GENERAL
THOUGHTS
i.
Good coaches have a clear, precise vision of what they want
for their team. This picture of excellence, this vision, is the essence of
coaching.
ii.
Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live
and breathe it.
iii.
Winning teams believe in their vision, they take ownership
of their vision. Their vision is their
reality.
iv.
Without goals, dreams, a vision—today will look the same as
yesterday and tomorrow will.
v.
Winning teams are goal oriented
vi.
Create visions, not dreams.
vii.
See victory in your mind.
viii.
Imagine what it will like when you reach your dream?
ix.
Run to Win!
x.
Dare to make your own miracles.
- KEY
TRAITS
- SUCCESSFUL
TEAMS HAVE FIVE DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS
i.
The team collectively determines what end result it wants to
achieve and how it will achieve it.
ii.
Team members understand how accomplishing the team’s goals
will help them achieve their individual goals (each individual understands
“what’s in it for me”).
iii.
Team members see how their individual efforts contribute to
the overall success of the team and accept personal accountability for the
success of the team.
iv.
The team is mentally tough, able to rise each time it falls.
v.
The team makes its vision an absolute part of its believe
system.
- WHAT
DO GOOD TEAMS DO?
i.
Put the good of the team first.
ii.
Work together to accomplish the goals of the team.
iii.
Execute tasks thoroughly and quickly.
iv.
Meet or exceed standards.
v.
Thrive on demanding challenges.
vi.
Learn from the experiences and are proud of their
accomplishments.
vii.
Discipline – bringing pride to the team.
- FIVE
QUALITIES – Coach K
i.
Communication, Trust, Collective Responsibility, Caring and
Pride
- COMMUNICATION
i.
Keys
1.
Good ideas don’t sell themselves.
2.
Everything you do as a coach is a form of
communication. People never take their
eyes off of you.
3.
It’s not so much what you say, it’s how you say it that
matters.
4.
The
strong leader who is secure enough to give simple instructions and trust his
followers' abilities to implement them will almost always come out ahead.
RESIST the urge to over-lead.
ii.
When does it take place?
1.
Hear or see what you have to say.
2.
Understand it.
3.
Believe it.
4.
Believe you mean it.
5.
Remember it.
6.
Internalize it.
7.
And begin to use it themselves.
iii.
Qualities of a good listener
1.
Take an active interest in the other person.
2.
Suspend judgment until all the facts are known.
3.
Listen with a “third ear” to discover what the person wants
but doesn’t or can’t say.
- CARING
i.
Leaders forge relationships with people that allow for clear
communication of goals, priorities and expectations.
- TRUST
i.
Trust is the only thing that makes leadership possible.
ii.
You can’t create trust – it comes from your people, not you.
- CHARACTER
i.
Before we can do, we must be.
ii.
Humility, hard work, honesty, integrity, personal appearance
and conduct.
iii.
Integrity is nothing more than doing the right thing no
matter who’s watching you
iv.
The leader as servant.
v.
Equality and compassionfor all.
vi.
Convictions above convenience.
vii.
Recruiting character.
- GOOD
HABITS
i.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
ii.
Good habits make success second nature.
iii.
Do your homework because your competitor is.
iv.
Don’t put things off.
Do the unpleasant things first.
v.
Creating time for preparation and organization is the real key to
organizational efficiency. By planning ahead and allowing yourself time to be
prepare, you will avert many crises that often come with management.
vi.
Fundamentals are the small things essential to your success.
vii.
WIN—What’s Important Now
- GENERAL
THOUGHTS
i.
The absolute number one characteristic of a winning team or
organization is mental toughness, mental discipline—the ability to hold on to
what you want, your goals, your vision, in the face of setbacks and adversity.
ii.
Three key questions:
Can I trust you? Are you
committed to excellence? Do you care
about me?
iii.
Don’t waste energy on the unknowns – worry about what you
can control.
&nbs | 
