What is a
Successful
Coach
You must be a winner?
Can all coaches be winners?
Yes, with knowledge
So, what is a winner when it comes to coaching
A person who understands the sport
A person who has a fire for perfection
A person who prepares for the season
A person who can motivate his or her self
A person who can lead others to victory
A person who accepts responsibility
A person who never gives up
The Eight Aspects to Successful
Coaching
Teacher
System
Team
Athlete Motivation
Overcoming Roadblocks
Self Motivation
Love your kids
Love your family
1.Being a Successful Teacher
Can you teach what you do not know??????
Where can one find the knowledge?
Books
Coaches
Clinics
2.Develop a System for Success
It is said that there are many roads to Rome
Rockford and Their System
Paavo System
Lydiard and Traverse City
Jack Daniels and National Champions
Believe in the system and then go to
work
Workout Planning - Number one for Runner Success
Do not plan day to day
Plan daily- weekly-season at the beginning
Log those times everyday
Chart Progress Progress Progress
You cannot know where you are going if you do
not know where you have been
PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN
3.Team Team Team
Track and Cross Country are Team Sports!!!!!!
It is what makes it fun
You pick your captains
Team Awards- newspapers-bannersannouncements
If you coach long enough:
You will have a great runner
You will have a great team
But if you do not stress the team concept you will
never achieve the status of having a great
program and being a GREAT COACH
4. MOTIVATION of ATHLETES
Where does motivation come from?
Internal Motivation
Rare for athlete
External Motivation
Parents
Religion
Coach
The Coach is the Key Motivator
Do you have the Knowledge to get the job done?
Do you have the ability to lead to get the job done?
Do you have the commitment to get the job done?
Do you have the desire to get the job done?
Race Day Motivation
Go over the competition
Have a plan – go over events
Pack running or Fast and hold on
Slow and pass or Even pace
Mental Prep for field events, starts, hurdles
Stories of the past (jean story)
Be Prepared to change the plan
Whatever you do
DO NOT CONVINCE
THEM OF THE
IMPOSSIBLE
Do not lose their trust
Once lost,
they may never believe you again
THEY WILL DO WHAT YOU
EXPECT THEM TO DO
PYGMALION - IS THERE REALLY A LIMIT?
Four Factors
Climate – what is the environmental situation
Input – correct physical and mental training
Output – their performance
Feedback – go over the performance
Challenge yourself to do these things- Make sure you
do these things to get the results that you want
Final Thought On Motivation
Everyone is a house of four rooms,
Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual , unless we
go into each room everyday, even if only to keep it
aired, we are not a complete person
It is our job as coaches to touch every room every
day for every kid
5.Handle the Roadblocks
Student excuses
It is hard to coach without devoted kids (1/2 sheet)
Now op top of that we have other roadblocks from our
school system (1/2 sheet)
6. Self Motivation
No one can stay motivated without
Knowledge - System – Family - Belief in oneself
What are our limits?????
Our school just does not support me- WHY?????
We just do not have enough athletes - WHY?????
These kids do not work hard enough - WHY?????
If I just had some talent - WHY DON’T YOU??????
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TEAM BY
CHANGING YOURSELF
Be Positive
When someone tells you it cannot be done, remind
yourself how many times they have been wrong.
Be Happy
Enjoy the athletes you have, do not worry about those
who are not there
Success is knowing what you are doing, loving what you
are doing, and believing what you are doing
Be Prepared
Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge
Work Harder
We must give more in order to get more.
It is the generous giving of ourselves that
produces the generous harvest.
Ask yourself
WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO
DURING THE
OFFSEASON????
The difference between a
successful person and
others is not their lack of
strength, maybe not a
lack of knowledge, but
rather a lack of will.
The Man on Top of
the Mountain did not
Fall There!!!
Accept the Results You manufactured
them!!!!!!!
Only you can hold
yourself back, only you
can stand in the way.
Only you can help
yourself
7. Love Your Kids
They are:
Kids
Students
Humans - not perfect
Athletes
Uniform
Shape
Team
Conference
State
Competitive at all levels
Love them - and they will die for you
Use them for your record and they will not
help your team
Ask Yourself
Who are you here for?????
8.Family
Your won lost record is not important
Spending too much time trying to win
Spending more time with your team than your
family
WAKE- UP
Or when you do there will be no one to share your
success with and then and only then will you
realize what success really is!
Remember that the best
relationship is one in which
your love for each other,
exceeds your need for each
other
Dalai Lama
Everyone is a house of four rooms, the physical, emotional,
spiritual and the mental, unless we go into each everyday, even
if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person
Make sure you touch all four
for you everyday and life will
be good to you. For all the
success in the world is
worth nothing without
someone to share it with!
Remember This
Every snot nosed, arrogant, jerk kid
you will have on your team is
someone’s special love,
It might be a parent, grand-parent,
brother, sister, neighbor
But he or she is someone’s special
love - And if not
They will need you more than ever!
Go out and earn the title
COACH
it is within your grasp