The role of a coach has become a big topic. My best guess as to why is 1) we live in a sports-crazed day and age and 2) successful coaches get put out on top of the heap of our sports-crazed day and age allowing us to study, analyze, and even idolize them. Personally, coaches had a huge role in shaping my perspectives on many things and as an athletic administrator I've spent 14 years leading and supporting coaches. If a sport coach has never had that type of influence on your life don't stop reading because I think you probably hold or will hold the 'coach' influence on someone in your life and for that reason I want you to consider being a better coach.
[still not convinced? David Duchovny, the star of the 90's pop culture classic tv show 'The X-Files', authored an insanely well-written article for the Wall Street Journal on 'What a Good Coach Does' here. It made me cry. I don't wanna talk about it.]
Now I want you to erase your mind of whatever stereotypical image you have of a coach and read the next paragraph.
KOCH is a small Hungarian village that will convince you, you are a coach. The people of Koch in the 1500s invented carts with wheels drawn by horses. These carts would transport items of value from one destination to another. As the carts evolved, they began to transport important people from one location to another. The carts were nicknamed Koches and they were known for...wait for it...'moving people of value from where they were to where they wanted to be' And there it is, the historically accurate, core concept of coaching!
So the question is not if you are a coach, it is who in your life are you coaching? You can begin to frame that with the following questions...
Who are the people in your life that a) you value? and b) the have allowed you to have influence over them?
Where do they want to go?
Stay tuned for more insight on how to help the people you value get to where they want to go....
[still not convinced? David Duchovny, the star of the 90's pop culture classic tv show 'The X-Files', authored an insanely well-written article for the Wall Street Journal on 'What a Good Coach Does' here. It made me cry. I don't wanna talk about it.]
Now I want you to erase your mind of whatever stereotypical image you have of a coach and read the next paragraph.
KOCH is a small Hungarian village that will convince you, you are a coach. The people of Koch in the 1500s invented carts with wheels drawn by horses. These carts would transport items of value from one destination to another. As the carts evolved, they began to transport important people from one location to another. The carts were nicknamed Koches and they were known for...wait for it...'moving people of value from where they were to where they wanted to be' And there it is, the historically accurate, core concept of coaching!
So the question is not if you are a coach, it is who in your life are you coaching? You can begin to frame that with the following questions...
Who are the people in your life that a) you value? and b) the have allowed you to have influence over them?
Where do they want to go?
Stay tuned for more insight on how to help the people you value get to where they want to go....
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‘Bite Down and Don’t Let Go’ is a collection of writings on
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Dr. Chris Hobbs is an educational leader and Director
of Athletics at The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida. He’s earned a few degrees
and won some awards. He’s happily married to his high school sweetheart and
they have three teen age children. Life is messy and complicated most of the
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