How to be an excellent coach to athletes

WE always hear coach in every competition. You might have been a coach in the past, or you might have dreamed to be a coach in the future. Have you tried to improve an athlete potential without knowledge that it is already a process of “coaching”?

What is really the meaning of excellent coaching, and how to do it? What characteristics and skills do you possess to be a good coach? How you develop proper attitude of athletes?

A good coach will develop athletes’ skills and abilities, and improve performance. It can also boost character and attitude to perform an ideal performance.

Coaching is within the coach and athletes in actions and words. It will promote discipline in any situation in the competition and situations arise. It is also a way of solving a problem whether serious or light.

Coaching in a competition is a gateway in attaining peace and sportsmanship during misinterpretation of rules and judgment call of officiating officials. Coaching must be considered as optimistic approach to help athletes consider negative or positive experiences to achieve their objectives in sports. It is a way of learning negative attitudes that they can observe for improvement or change.

Being a coach is not easy, for they should possess professionalism which is one of the qualifications. They should have the skill to improve athletes’ effectiveness, performance and most of all attitude and behavior. Coaches can be voluntary or being endorsed by higher officials to work at their best to achieve the best of their expectation in coaching.

Coaches do not need to be trained as long as they know the context of coaching. They must value it as a means of developing athletes’ personality, abilities and skills. They should do mentoring on their athletes by their own style and experiences without disregarding moral values.

In attaining a good coaching, they must have time management, know how to reduce stress, improve relationships, mingle with other people and have maximum tolerance. These characteristics will help coaches to avoid negative conclusions from people around during competition.

Let us reflect in our self if we possess the characteristics and skills of an excellent coach. Start to evaluate your coaching abilities in the field of sports. Show that you can make a difference in performing moral excellence in coaching.

By Joash Nabad T. Lao-e