create a way of living for that person. Coaches apply that concept to figure out what works and what doesn’t in order to get the most out of their players. Coaches have a core set of principles that they take with them to every program they coach at. The players must learn those rules and stick to them in order to strive within the program. The coaching philosophy that the coach chooses to implement at the beginning of their career will define every way in which the team will function…
I am a boys basketball coach at Del Oro High School. I am on the JV coaching staff with two other coaches, who are also my good friends. The whole coaching staff, for all of the levels at Del Oro, is one big group of guys that is comparable to a quality improvement team who are very passionate about coaching, making the teams better, and winning. At the top of the program, Coach Broyles is the Varsity head coach and also the athletic director at Del Oro so he runs all of the sports programs. He…
that come to my mind involving sports, such as coaching basketball in a setting where I would be the head coach or the training coach. Although these two options may appear to differ significantly, they are very similar and could make for an easy transition at any time. Becoming a head coach is not an easy job to obtain. There are steps you can take to get to your elite dream job and I am willing to do whatever it takes. In this paper I will discuss each step that I have researched and will also…
Coaching is a very common thing that lots of people want to do. The occupation is mainly built around experience the more experience an individual has the more opportunity an individual will have. The three main levels of basketball coaching are high school, college and NBA these three levels are similar but have some differences. I will go into details about each of these levels and give general information of them. The high school/middle school level of coaching is the first step of…
physical altercation but, being a coach, I have had many chances at conflict. Being an assistant coach, your role is to suggest ideas to the head coach that you think will help your team. This past season, I began to build up a lot of frustrations with our head coach over that way he was handling certain situations. Along with myself, other assistant coaches were offering suggestions this season that they believed would help our team, only to fall on deaf ears. I am not saying that all…
A study showed that effective coaches would not treat all the athletes the same. They would recognize who needed more help and attention (Porter, Wu, & Partridge, 2010). Accordingly, both practices were effective regarding this aspect of coaching. The head coach did not ask the athletes to give feedbacks about why they thought they needed to work on and improve in any of the two practices. In addition, the head coach did not ask the athletes whether they had a question or not at the end of the…
difference between school basketball or AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) basketball? Well, I got the answer for you. I will be giving details from my experience, what I know about basketball, and everything I know from playing. Today, I will be comparing and contrasting the different from select and school basketball. First off, any sport is a commitment to playing on the team. You always need to try your hardest and give it all you got. Because from my experience some coaches, AAU or school…
The Louisville Cardinals an NCAA basketball team has had great success the past couple years in the NCAA tournament. In 2013 they won the National championship beating michigan by six points. And the next year losing to Kentucky in the Final Basketball. Louisville is always one of the top competitors in NCAA basketball and always has some of the best players, Peyton Siva, Jim Price, and Derek Smith. The coach for the Louisville Cardinals is Rick Pitino, who has been around basketball for a long…
Baseball vs Basketball What is it like to switch from baseball to basketball? This is a question many people ask me. Baseball and basketball are good in their own separate ways. Haven't experienced both,I can tell you that there are plenty of similarities as well as some very big differences between the two types of sports.There would be some big adjustments between them too. Baseball and basketball have many traits in common.Both baseball and basketball are sports.They both have…
UNC Walk for Health Organization for the 96 Years of Healthy Long-Living Prep High School Basketball Game held on April 9th 2016 at Chapel Hill High School. Let me begin, by explaining what UNC Walk for Health is all about. UNC Walk for Health is a two-person organization, co-founded two years ago by Bobby Gersten (UNC’s oldest living athlete) and William Thorpe to raise awareness of and provide practical solutions to chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and…