Sports Practitioner: A Case Study

Masteralexis, L. B., Barr, C. A. & Hums, M.A. (2012). Principles and Practice of Sport Management. Sudburry, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning, LLC.

Introduction What makes champions in sport? At the end of the day, it is the moment when one stands at the top of the podium, holding up their well-deserved medals and trophies that all elite athletes strive for. Thus, experts have studied this question extensively to see which programs, or by what means, are elite athletes developed to achieve this goal. One of the many aspects to athlete development is the controversial topic of deliberate practice versus deliberate play. Deliberate practice can be defined as “any training activity (a) undertaken with the specific purpose of increasing performance, (b) requiring cognitive and/or physical effort, and (c) relevant to promoting positive skill development” (Cote et al., 2007, p. 185)

Masteralexis, L. B., Barr, C.A. & Hums, M.A. (2012). Principles and Practice of Sport Management. Sudburry, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning, LLC.

A coach should never act as if there were a finite limit to an individuals' ability. Coaches should avoid allowing complicity to deter individual success. Every individual achievement should be recognized as an important achiev...

... players and how to interact with them. Also, coaches need to be able to touch a base with their players. Coaching can be a very stressful job, but good things come to those who wait. Coaching can have positives and negatives. When a coach is successful, the players will always hold on to those memories, and also cherish those memories. Not only is a coach winning but he or she is also changing the athlete’s life forever. Although bad coaching can alter the opinion of the athlete, different types of coaching can affect different players. Coaches can coach different types of coaching but in general the coach needs to have success; to achieve success a coach needs to be able to have the players respond in a positive way, create

In addition, a sports coach needs to be patient when dealing with others because it is often that many athletes do not reach the certain requirement on the spot and that can be very stressful if the sports coach gets frustrated easily. If an athlete fails to reach the expected performance, sports coaches would have to exhibit the Investigative personality by analysing the strength and weakness of the athlete, the tenacity of the training alongside with other factors that could hinder the athlete’s performance in order to bring coaching to a next level. Most importantly, sports coaches have to be Enterprising, visioning the potential of athletes that may not be discovered by the athletes themselves. Often good sport coaches motivates athletes to reach their potential and cheer them up with optimism, persuading that they are able to reach beyond their current limits (Prospects.ac.uk,

Masteralexis, L. B., Barr, C.A. & Hums, M. A. (2012). Principles and Practice of Sport Management. Sudburry, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning, LLC.

For many years the wining averages were used to dictate the achievements on how the two interacted. It was believed that if a team has more wins than loses that the coach and athlete combination was superb. The win – loss record has been established as a longstanding instrument measuring the success of athletic players and coaches. However, this is not really a direct correlation to the coach’s effectiveness in a particular sport, being that there are many other factors in coaching a team other than game records. The coach’s job is to enhance to the athlete physically, socially, and psychologically, winning is only considered a by-product of that job (Gillham, Burton, & Gillham, 2013). Gillham, Burton, and Gillham (2013) focused on developing a Coaching Success Questionnaire-2 to allow a means of evaluating other aspects of a coach’s interaction with their athletes as both a research and coach devel...

My coaching observations Questions Drawing explicitly on YOUR field work you are to produce a paper that captures critical episodes relating to learning and teaching you observed when conducting your research. This should allow for an insightful and critical illustration of pedagogical engagement which reviews applied pedagogy through clearly aligning theory and practice. The following format is advised [word count suggested for section]: 1.

My Personal Coaching Philosophy will be effective because I will take a child centered approach to sports development. This means I will place a heavy emphasis on child development theory and incorporate it into every aspect of the program. Knowing what kids are trying to accomplish at each stage of childhood gives me a unique perspective. It gives me insight into behavior and in many cases allows me to understand how children think, learn and react to certain situations. This insight also allows me to understand the children’s needs and put those needs first. Not in a kids will do whatever they want sort of way, but in a way that has purpose and considers what is going on in terms of their development.