Assistance

Last weekend I went to a tournament that my mentor was coaching his team at and I saw something that interested me. We were late to the tournament in the morning so he wasn't able to get there in time and warm up the girls the way he wanted to so he was hoping that his assistant would be able to pick up the work and warm the girls up without him having to be there. to his disappointment we arrived and saw that the girls were standing around and talking while the assistant was talking to one of the parents. During the game you could tell that the girls were not ready to play and it showed because they had not been warmed up on time and effectively.  This reminded me of two things, first from my independent component 1 I remember that my teams coach picked the right assistant because when he wasn't at practice his assistant was able to run practice just as if the coach had been there himself. The second was from my research when reading my book coaching the mental game by H.A. Dorfman, I read that having a good assistant can help your team build better chemistry and can help relieve some of the stress off of the coach.

                                                        Tournament in Rowland Heights

Blog 18

Content:
EQ: How can a U-16 Soccer Coach best help his team have a winning season?

Answer 3: A U-16 soccer coach can best help his team have a winning season by having an assistants coach whom they can rely on to run practices, make team decisions, and provide useful input on how to better the team.

Support: An important element to coaching is having an assistant who is able to run practices when you are not there. According to coaching the mental game assistant coaches are supposed to be able to keep practices productive even if it is something that you may have not taught to the team as long as it is useful then they are correctly doing the job that you brought them along to do.

Support:Coaches on certain occasions need to be able to decide who is going to play and or what needs to be done in order to help the team win. assistant coaches can provide assistance because they can have previous knowledge and or experience that can help you make a more well informed decision.

Support: assistant coaches bring knowledge, expertise and techniques that can help provide dpth, insight and even varity to a team that can use an extra boost.

Research source: Coaching the mental Game by H.A. Dorfman


Concluding Sentence: A U-16 soccer coach can best help his team have a winning season by having an assistant coach that provides expertise, consistency, diversity, and reliability.

Blog 17: Fourth Interview

Content:

1. How do you get an athlete to do more than they think they can when it comes to their skill level?
2. How do you keep the game in perspective and not focus on just one game?
3. How do you find each kids individual talent?
4. When it comes to kids losing interest how do you motivate them? 
5. How do you stop an athletes ego self worth from getting in the way?
6. In what ways is consistencey important in coaching your team?
7. When is keeping composure important?
8. How can a coach teach technique breakdown to struggling kids?
9. What can count as a reasonable goal for a coach to acheive?
10. What drills help a child learn to become a leader?
11. How does dedication bring a team together?
12. What does a coaches body language do to the way his team plays?
13. How does a coach handle pressure under stressful situations?
14. After losing a big game how do you handle the teams emotions?
15. What advantages does a coach have when the season starts?
16. How qualities should a coach make his team represent?
17. Why should coaches demand respect?
18. What life lessons help your kids learn?
19. How does positivism affect a team?
20. How tolerant should a coach be?