Comments on: The Five Stages of Coaching: Going from Beginner to the Best Coach You can Be.

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:59:19 +0000

Thanks Dave,

Coaching is one of those professions where change is critical, learning is vital, continuous improvement is essential and passion is everything.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:29:44 +0000

Good point on the stages of coaching. Indeed it is a process of evolution sparked by a deep passion for the game and a desire to get better.

Cheers..

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:43:24 +0000

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the comment. I have no problems with energy systems but the typical level one / beginning coach course is so full of complex sports science (ie complex for a new coach with no sports science training) that I believe we scare them off further study and give them the wrong impression that it is all about sports science. The challenge for educators then is to come up with more innovative, creative, effective and engaging ways of teaching relatively complex sports science concepts to beginners and more importantly how to apply sports science to enhancing the training and competition experiences of all athletes.

Thanks again,

By: JAson Washington-King

JAson Washington-King — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:18:55 +0000

Interesting, coaching is a multifaceted skill set with a myriad of varied skills and knowledge. Interesting comment about the energy systems, it is vital to understand these and how to stress them in order to prepare your athlete for your sport. Same goes for practice scheduling and skill acquisition. No use in having skills or physical conditioning and not being able to apply them to your sport.

By: Marcos Apene do Amaral

Marcos Apene do Amaral — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:15:04 +0000

Richard, may I make mine all the words you worte?
Wayne, I agree but would love to debate a lot more with you!
Hope I can overcome the 20 year process asap to help people down here and evolve my own tools, thanks, cheers, from and “anxious coach” (know that I must avoid that kind of behavior), MAA

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:32:10 +0000

Hi Richard.

As a hint for the next post……if you know what the end point will be, then why not start with it?

So if most of us agree that coaching, teaching, learning and education is shifting towards collaborative, sharing, blended learning techniques, why not teach coaches how to do it at Stage 1 and stop all this coaching by trial and error and over complicating it all with too much sports science stuff?

I am still going to Sports Coach Basic Education courses where they spend two hours trying to teach new coaches (Stage 1) that the secret to sporting success lies in understanding the ATP molecule, fatty acid oxidation and gluconeogenesis! All great stuff if you want the Nobel Prize for Physiology but its got nothing to do with coaching kids to accelerate their rate of learning and realise their potential.

Let me know what you think about the next post.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:12:54 +0000

As you know Wayne, you cant buy experience on the shelf, so i am looking forward to the content of the next article. Intriguing! Cheers