Excerpted from the Coaching Association of Canada Coaching Resources
6 Ways to Deal with Concerns about Your Coaching Conduct
A concern about coaching conduct should not be interpreted as a criticism of you as a person. Rather, it is an opportunity to learn, reflect, and improve as a coach! What matters is how you receive the feedback and incorporate any lessons learned into your coaching practices. With that in mind, what do you do if another person expresses concerns about your coaching conduct?
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Martin Cavanagh ChPc – Curling – Montreal – 20+ years
“…in addition to these 6 great tips on dealing with coaching conduct, and perhaps a subsection of all of them is “Coaching Style”. Your coaching style is the manner, method or pathway that a coach uses to empower their intended recipient(s). This is not a “one style fits all” philosophy, as not everyone shares the same learning or skill acquisition system. A coach requires intuition, diverse communications and critical thinking to know if they have chosen the proper style for their audience. Conflicts, concerns or criticism may be mitigated if you appropriately use these 3 coaching styles towards your coaching success.
A successful Coach will know what, when, where, why, how and with whom use these styles, or a “Blended Approach” selecting the best style at any given opportunity to reach out and empower!”
Pam Coburn – Equestrian – Richmond Hill – 10 years
“…Understand that people learn in different ways. From adults to children, and across cultures your goal as a coach is to help your athlete learn and progress – whatever their goals are. If it’s not working for the athlete, you have an opportunity to learn and grow as a coach.
I heard a while ago a quote about successful Olympic Athletes – that one of the strongest common attributes was optimism. For me, this translates into turning challenges into opportunities to learn and grow.”
Darren Thompson – Ringette – Waterloo – 1 year
“…I try to listen to the person (player/parent) and provide them feedback on why I acted how I did or why we were instructed as we were.”
Lynne Jobe – Multi-Sport – Calgary
“…One tip that works in coaching and in many settings is to think of the criticism as “purposeful” rather than “personal”. With this approach, the emotion subsides and it’s easier to use the opportunity as a teachable moment.
Many parents that comment is seeking understanding so provide the background LTAD related info (or other) to help them to support your coaching philosophy.”
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