OLD SCHOOL VS NEW SCHOOL COACHING STYLES

Listen and learn as we explore ‘old school coaching’ vs ‘new school coaching’ styles. Coaching styles are often debated and argued by administrators, coaches, psychologists, parents, and athletes.

As coaches, our intentions should be to help the athlete grow as a person and as a competitor. This topic stirs emotions and stimulates questions. Here are some of the topics that we tackle in this episode:

• How do modern coaches differ from coaches of the past?
• Do they differ at all?
• What can coaches do to reach their athletes and promote optimum performance?
• How can a coach earn respect from athletes without using negative responses and punishments?
• Which coaching style or styles do athletes respond best to?

WHAT IS COACHING?

Here are a few definitions: Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance.  It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them. In general, coaching should brings out the best by helping an athlete focus, break down tasks, and clarify their values. Coaching can be a  managerial  methodology that  seeks to maximize an athlete’s performance by conscientiously considering individuals and their unique talents and abilities. It can be a form of accelerated learning that supports and facilitates enhanced performance. The coach applies specific principles of success in a way that creates experiential learning that translates concepts into actual skills. Coaching is a conversation,  a  dialogue,  whereby a coach and athlete interact in a dynamic exchange to achieve goals, enhance performance and move the athlete forward to greater success.

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