Who's coaching the athletic teams in middle and high school? What qualifies one to coach middle and high school sports? Coaches only need a teaching certification to coach in the state of Texas. There is a extreme lack of certified or experienced coaches with a degree in kinesiology. Obtaining knowledge of kinesiology and knowing how the body reacts when exercise is applied is essential to becoming a good coach. Inexperienced coaches pose a risk to the safety of student athletes and are a potential liability for the school itself. If the requirement needed to coach in middle and high school in the state of Texas were held at a higher standard, there would be less risk of injury, a more efficient training program and a better understanding of how to implement a healthy lifestyle. Middle and high school coaches should be required to have a degree in kinesiology or at minimum a coaching certification. The low present requirement to coach in the state of Texas is the direct cause of inexperienced potentially harmful coaching programs in schools. "Presently In the state of Texas the only requirement needed to become a coach is to be a certified teacher, having a license from Texas education agency and your eligible to be a coach" (Brown). This policy financially accommodates the schools in Texas but in turn can become a liability to the school and pose health risks to student athletes. It is cheaper and convenient for schools to hire teachers with mere interest to coach, without requiring special training or additional education requirements. Although this saves the school money initially, the effects that a bad coach can have on a school out ways the trouble of implementing higher requirements to coach. If an athlete is injured, whether the injury takes place in a sport event or during training, the school is put at risk of a lawsuit. While there is a known risk to
In a growing trend that reaches to all corners of the athletic world, coaches are being forced to cope with the added stress of disgruntled parents. More and more they are required to defend personal coaching styles and philosophies, uphold team decisions and go head to head with angry, and sometimes violent parents. The pressure has gotten to the point where coaches all over the country are quitting or being forced out of their jobs by groups of parents. High school athletics should be about learning and having fun, and when parents cross the line between cheerleader and ringleader everyone suffers.
The job outlook for the physical education teacher job market is expected to grow by 12.2% between 2012 and 2022. This increase is pretty close to the rate the athletic director field is supposed to increase. The training and skills necessary to enter the field are a Bachelor’s degree which is common in most states but some states require a master’s degree. The skills that would be needed is instructing, speaking, active listening and learning, critical thinking, and monitoring and assessing
As an athletic trainer my job and duty is to protect and treat the athletes. Make sure they are safe to play in the games preventing injury and if injury occurs to help them heal and keep back to the sport. If an athlete came and told me and said that, we would sit down together and talk about all the consequences that can occur from what he did in the past and how it can and will affect him now. Just because it was in the past doesn’t mean there aren’t still consequences. In this instance I can see two decisions, tell the coach or not tell the coach. If I tell the coach it could cost them the chance of winning state and the...
He begins with putting an emphasis towards a great coach and what he or she has to offer. He believes that a coach can have a huge impact on a child’s life. He adds that a coach can be a great role model for athletes and teach them beneficial life skills. Stallworth believes that a strong coach and a committed athlete can go a great distance together and can achieve more than imaginable. He states that there is so much to be learned and much of it is not offered in an actual classroom. Stallworth uses “teamwork, responsibility, perseverance, [and] accountability” as examples of life skills that are learned through athletics. Stallworth does agree with Ripley that school is needed for basic skills, however, Stallworth believes that sports offer numerous amounts of skills that will benefit the athletes in their current and future life. Another aspect of his article portrays that sports are more than about winning, they allow children to “step out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves.” Much of his writing explains what many people overlook when considering children and
Idaho is one state that lacks coaching education. A study conducted in 2007 by Faure wanted to determine if Idaho high school football coaches were following policies when a player suffered a concussion. Faure determined they were following policies, but Idaho’s policies did not require coaches to become educated before the sport season began. For example, Faure found in her study that 20 percent of high schools in Idaho have athletic trainers, but 80 percent of schools do not have an athletic trainer which means the coach is the one who makes the decision whether or not an athlete is injured. Although Faure’s study documented 80 percent of coaches make their own medical decisions during the game because athletic trainers are not available, coaches at larger schools, 4A and 5A levels, have more knowledge on concussions because they have more concussion funding. Faure also found in her study that Idaho’s coaches have expressed much interest in learning more about concussions but little training is available. The study also asked 128 Idaho high school coaches whether or not they knew how to properly fit a football helmet. Out of the 128, half knew how to properly fit a helmet and the other half did not know a properly fitting helmet was important, even though the best way to prevent a concussion in football-related
A coach must be able to handle harsh criticism, he must be dedicated, he must have the time to put the work in for the team, and he must be the prime example of a great leader. If a coach doesn’t have these characteristics there in no need to try and become a coach. If a coach wants to be a great coach and have a family then he should probably look for a real supporting wife that loves the sport and try to make sure the kids are involved, so they don’t feel left out. If a coach is something someone would enjoy doing he should make getting the players respect a big thing, because if he can’t get the players respect than they probably won’t even buy into what he wants to do for them or what he wants to accomplish. Coaches must be able to handle criticism from fans, parents, and even players. “Just don’t take it personal do what you know is right, some people are going to like it and some aren’t. It’s what comes with the position,” a quote from Coach Foster when asked how to handle criticism. (Foster)
The effectiveness of the coaching method depends completely on the coach, his personality, and the needs of the student-athletes. Each program and institution is unique and has different institutional goals and objectives that attract different student-athletes compared to other colleges or universities (Koivula, Hassmen, Fallby, 2002).
Teachers who dubble as a coach often split commitments between being a coaching and teaching such as when schools have to find substitutes for the days the teachers are gone with their team. Referring to Ripleys Article Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else. Yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about America’s international mediocrity in education (Ripley,2). Reading an article that compared European Schools to American Schools showed that Europe focuses more on the academic aspect and has after school clubs and sports, not in-school athletics and clubs. (Loh,1). In Asia, although they have some clubs and sports inside school, like math club and honor society, the majority of the activities take place outside of school.Stevenson stated in his article about Asia's success teachers need the proper training and time to be able to help the students understand the course material and be able to excel in the academics, which is often lost when the teachers double as coachs and is becoming more and more common among school districts (Stevenson,4). These are just some of the di...
...ified by hundreds of principals, superintendents, and school board members. There are many concerns about the safety, training, organization, philosophy, communications, and general management in coaching. According to the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program as stated in the Coaching Education Legislature Assembly Bill No. 2741, “It is a conservative estimate that at least 25,000 coaches annually need training and an orientation just to meet current coaching regulations contained in Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, including basic safety and CPR requirements.” That is why course techniques of coaching specific sports are necessary for a persons not trained and certified as a physical education teachers because they need to understand the basic philosophy and principles of athletics in education, know the health related aspects of athletics, and the techniques used to coach a specific sport. With every coach there are the little pieces of the game…strategy of offense and defense, practice/game planning, or scouting, but to get the whole picture they need to know the basic philosophy and principles, health aspects, and the obvious techniques.
John wooden a former player and later became a basketball coach once said. “A coach much never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.” Basketball has been something in our everyday lives for a while. To allot it something they just can't live without and others just choose to not even bother with it. I think that it is worth the time to look more into basketball. Basketball can be started at a elementary school level, and they can usually go to sign up at local boys and girls clubs maybe at their school if they offer it and can even join through their church if they attend one and they offer it to them. Being a coach seems easy to most parents but it really isn't how it isn't is a coach must ensure that players
Certified Athletic Trainers are highly qualified health professionals who are trained in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity. Athletic Trainers can help you avoid unnecessary doctor visits and disruption to your normal daily life of working out and playing. Athletic Training first emerged during the 20th century at Olympic Games. The history of athletic training draws on the disciplines of exercise, medicine, physical therapy, physical education, and sports (Prentice). The 1950’s brought out the National Athletic Trainers’ Association or also known as NATA. In 1970 a curriculum specific to Athletic Trainers emerged (Kragenbrink). Changes in Athletic Training stemmed
For the past 12 years, I have had the privilege to cheer on many softball teams including my own and others from about my home town. Now that my time as a softball player is coming to an end due to age limits and injuries, I hope to be able to coach at the high school level, and possibly middle school as well. As I consider the game of softball to be a serious sport which requires personal commitment and dedication, my preference is to focus on developing my coaching skills in a high school setting. Softball programs are focused on producing highly skilled athletes and preparing them for the highest levels of competition. As a coach, I will strive to set the expectation levels around the key characteristics of being humble and trusting, while
In order to become a high school basketball coach you have to teach a class unless you’re a head director, so the class I chose is a speech class. And you must successfully pass each course and earn an 80% or above to receive the bronze level credential . As some schools possesses a comprehensive coaching education program and credential. It is used by 40 high school athletics associations, in whole or in part, to accredit coaches and is being used by a lot of school districts and other sports people choose to attend. People that are already coaching or plan on coaching are encouraged to take advantages of this certification opportunity.
First of all, being a coach is not easy. One must have a balance of being motivated and remaining confident in their efforts. The coach is also responsible for teaching the players the rules of the games. The coach has to carefully monitor each individual student athlete progress to ensure academic eligibility. Coaches must promote good sportsmanship and foster good character in their athletes. Coaches
The word coach in a dictionary means a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve. This means, being successful requires a knowledge and understanding of the process as well as the variety of styles, skills, and techniques that are appropriate to the context in which the coaching takes place. Next is mentoring, which means off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work or thinking. Both are very efficient whenever you’re dealing with student-athletes. However, mentoring, particularly in its traditional sense, enables an individual to follow in the path of an older and wiser colleague who can pass on knowledge, experience and open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities. Coaching, on the other hand, is not generally performed on the basis that the coach has direct experience of their client’s formal occupational role unless the coaching is specific and skills focused. Given that shows there are professionals offering their services under the name of mentoring who have no direct experience of their clients’ roles and others offering services under the name of coaching who do. In other words, it is essential to determine what needs are productive, and to ensure that the coach or mentor can supply their student-athletes with the level of service that is required; whatever that service is