Your Coaching Philosophy: A Must for All Coaches: Coaching Mastery

By Scott Rosberg

One crucial element to prepare yourself for the responsibility of coaching a team is to establish a coaching philosophy. In fact, there are multiple philosophies you will want to understand, implement, and live by. It is critical that before you set foot in a meeting, practice, or contest, you establish the various philosophies necessary for you to perform and to help your teams perform their best.

 

Every coach needs a philosophy. Whether you are the head coach of a varsity team, a lower-level assistant coach, or even a youth coach not affiliated with a school, you need to have a guide for why you do what you do as a coach and how to do it. Depending upon the level at which you coach, this may or may not be a very detailed explanation. However, no matter what level you coach at, you need to have an idea and a plan for what this experience should be all about.

 

In Your Coaching Philosophy, Scott Rosberg offers you a guide to the four most important philosophies you need to establish: General Athletic/Coaching Philosophy, Sport-Specific Philosophy, Practice Philosophy, & Playing-Time Philosophy. While there may be more philosophies that you will consider establishing, these four will form the basis for who you want to be as a coach, how you want your players and teams to behave, and the methods you will go about in developing the team, program, and culture you want to create.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scott Rosberg
• Release date: Jun 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781737312147

Scott Rosberg

Scott Rosberg has been a coach (basketball, soccer, & football) at the high school level for 30+ years, an English teacher for 18 years, and an athletic director for 12 years. He has published seven books on coaching and youth/school athletics, two books of inspirational messages and quotes for senior athletes and graduates, and a newsletter for athletic directors and coaches. He also speaks to schools, teams, and businesses on a variety of team-building, leadership, and coaching topics. Scott has a blog and a variety of other materials about coaching and athletic topics on his website – www.greatresourcesforcoaches.com.  Scott is also a member of the Proactive Coaching speaking team. Proactive Coaching is dedicated to helping organizations create character and education-based team cultures, while providing a blueprint for team leadership. They help develop confident, tough-minded, fearless competitors and train coaches and leaders for excellence and significance. Proactive Coaching can be found on the web at www.proactivecoaching.info. Scott can be reached by email at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 1 - A Guide for Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Core Covenants  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 2 - The Importance of Having a Philosophy . . . . . . .................10

Chapter 3 - The Philosophies You Need to Establish . . . . . . .................15

General Athletic/Coaching Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............15

Sport-Specific Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............20

Practice Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............24

Playing Time Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............29

Chapter 4 - Communicating Your Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................34

Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........33

Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........38

Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........42

Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........45

Chapter 5 - Living Your Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .