Be sure you’re making a supreme effort to have your coaching and presentation of it say that you’re qualified and a part of a legitimate profession worthy of your students’ dreams.
that moment that I understood the value of what I did as a profession. It was that moment that made all the requirements and effort — training and education, putting on real pants and doing my hair and makeup for early morning lessons, dressing up for competitions and shows, writing out my private lesson policy and holding skaters, parents and myself accountable to those policies — worth it. Tese 16 kids felt my coaching was not only legitimate but also worthy of their futures and dreams.
It can be difficult in a part-time job that
is supposed to be your fun and joy — often your escape from your real world — to find the motivation to professionalize it. But that fun and joy that you know, and
10 Ways to Become a Better Coach
1. Coach as many different types of people/athletes as you can.
2. Find a mentor. 3. Invest in courses, clinics, seminars.
4. Refine your demonstrations and technique.
5. Invest in learning more about communication.
6. Listen more. 7. Shadow other coaches.
8. Find ways to teach others: present, create and put skin in the game.
9. Constantly test your own assumptions, practices and biases.
10. Practice what you preach.
Source: Brett Bartholomew, founder of Art of Coaching and author of “Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In.” A strength and conditioning coach, Bartholomew is also a keynote speaker. Free resources are available on his website at
artofcoaching.com. Additional coaching resources can be found on the Positive Coaching Alliance website at
positivecoach.org.
love, didn’t come from taking the easy road. Tere was work involved that had wonderful payoffs like landing an Axel or earning a first-place trophy or skating a performance that was genuinely your best and truly enjoyed. Tose moments were also the joy and the fun part, and they
came from hard work and commitment. Te same is true here.
Be sure you’re making a supreme effort
to have your coaching and presentation of it say that you’re qualified and a part of a legitimate profession worthy of your students’ dreams.
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