Joe Ehrmann Coaching Philosophy

Sports management is a really broad field, therefore I decided to focus on my minor and one of my major interests of this field: coaching. In this paper I will be explaining my personal five building blocks that make up a well-rounded coaching philosophy and coach. Those blocks are; leadership, organization, attitude, respect, and resiliency. Each of these five aspects are equally important and balance each other out. Leadership, the action of leading a group of athletes towards a goal. Organization, being able to organize a team and have a plan in order to help the team achieve goals. Attitude, it is very important for a coach to have a winning and positive attitude that is contagious to the players. Respect, there has to be a good

At their finest, coaches perfect their player’s flaws to push them to their potential ability, improve their skills, and create determination within the team. They can expand the importance of such a sport to intensify motivation and the value of good sportsmanship for the sake of not only their reputation, but the outcome that comes from it. Coaches must not lag when it comes to hardships that comes about; they must stay connected. The closer the connection between a player and a coach the better they are moving forward and continuing on the love of the sport and job.

Let me start off by saying that the coach had great intentions for the way he coached. Hardnosed, no nonsense guy, who taught discipline. Learning the art of discipline helps you on the field, but the results are even more notable off the field in everyday life. You cannot go wrong with being a disciplined individual. Real big on fundamentals, a perfectionist at teaching them. The speaker states, " And had perfect unquestioning faith in the fundamentals of blocking and talking, the idea of warfare without suffering or death, the concept of teammates moving in harmony like planets. An architect at work piecing together a formula to prepare his team the best way he can.

“At practice, Coach was always shouting the word Dig!” (Ehrmann 2011, pg. 53)What coach doesn’t ask for their players to work harder, dig deeper, or strive? We all do. “But to Coach it always meant: Dignity, Integrity, and Grace.” (Ehrmann 2011, pg. 53). Joe Ehrmann’s book InSideOut Coaching is an amazing look into why coaches coach. My mind was blown. My book looks like a firework display of highlights, underlines, and notes. There are so many ideas in this short book my head swam. The book really made me question the what, why, and how I am coaching. His ideas and opinions are a game changer for me. I can relate to Parade Magazine’s assessment; Joe Ehrmann is “The most important coach in America.” upon completing the book. For me the D.I.G.

This book is extremely resourceful and provides great insight of the history of coaching as a profession. This book simplifies the principles and practices of becoming a successful Christian coach. The author emphasizes on an eternal purpose and how Christian coaches integrate a biblical worldview and how important it is to

Parents often have concerns for how coaches treat their young athletes, but most coaches are the best character role models that a child will have. As David Brooks, author of the article “Organized Sports Can Benefit Children”, says “Coaches have become the leading moral instructors in America today.” (Brooks). Groups like The Positive Coaching Alliance exist solely to keep coaches doing their job of creating mature and respectful athletes (Positive). Children need these positive role models in their lives. Even if a child has great role models as parents, it is even better to have one outside of the family. A coach can serve as someone that kids should admire, love, and respect even though they are outside of their family; this will prepare children for their future of dealing with

Surprisingly, the coach was a fourth grade teacher, and did a great job connecting with his students. However, once he got in his football coach mode, all bets were off with him. He had a strong desire to be right, and to be the only voice in the room. He would go as far to withhold film from other assistant coaches until after he developed a complete game plan by himself. He was also very hard on athletes, and showed no interest for connecting

A coaching philosophy is a statement of what you value and how you approach your coaching role (Mitchell, 2013). Your philosophy should guide how you behave as a coach and how you interact with your athletes (Mitchell, 2013). As you mature and develop as a coach, your coaching philosophy will likely change as they are shaped by your experiences and life situations (Martens, 1996). As a coach, you should never care about what your players think about you while they are playing, but what they think about you 10 years after they graduate (Winkles, 1999). If you are trying to be their friend while you are coaching, they will not respect you. It is more important that you be tough on them and to help them to become better people with character.

There is two types of coaches that I have played for. The first group of coaches had a very negative impact on me. They were the types of coaches that were very threatening, and because of that a lot of the teams they had would underachieve. There way of trying to get the most out of a team during games would be mentioning killers if for practice the next day if we didn 't pick it up. This had some guys playing scared and it didn’t work out too well. The other thing that they would do is play teammates against each other. They would tell players there spot on the depth chart, and in a high school locker room this didn 't go over too well. It sound ridiculous saying this now, but to me it seemed like these coaches just didn 't adapt to there players enough to get the most out of them.

Have you ever wondered why an athlete doesn't perform well? The coaching job could be the answer. Across the world, athletes are performing daily with success and with failure. The coach is potentially the one to blame when things don’t go well. The way a coach teaches can affect the athletes in many ways. They can be detrimental or they can be positive; either way they have lifelong impact on the athlete.

Taking the time to reflect on why it is someone coaches is beneficial for personal growth, and for creating an awareness of one’s changes in motivation, which affects behavior. Therefore, changes in motivation can be reflected in someone’s behavior and his or her well-being. Those who feel that they are coaching because they want to, will be successful, and feel that coaching allows them to acquire relationships with their players, and display more motivation for coaching. Being aware of why someone coaches their sport is an important part of reflective practice. One person’s

His idea of planning does not differ from what I learned in class; however, if I had to teach this topic to kids looking to go into coaching, I would make it specific to this field. Also, his outlook on division three athletics resembles what the book says. They do not have a lot of money to bring in students; therefore, they must focus on providing a fun environment for the players that do decide to play for them. I really enjoyed this experience because it made me want to branch out and gain as much experience as I can. Coach Smith started right where I am at and is currently in the process of working his way up through the ranks, hoping to reach the division one level eventually. As he pushed his way from quality control coach here at Indiana, to coach at Marian University, and then through multiple division three schools, Coach Smith took a small amount of knowledge from every position he held. Now, he finally got himself to an opportunity to learn how to coach and effectively recruit players to come to his school. Overall, I believe this interview was an important step for me to reach my career goals and I will use this experience to grow as a coach. I feel that this assignment is one that students should take seriously because it forces you to reach out to individuals that you may not have otherwise contacted. Being one step closer to my career goals, I can thank Coach Smith for teaching me to branch out and connect with as many people as possible just as he

I would definitely define myself as an athlete centered coach. I think it’s important to involve your athletes with decisions, and it could be as small as what drill would you like to do today, or what would you like to work on the most. Giving athletes opportunities to make decisions helps boost their confidence and be verbal with their teammates in making decisions. However, I do think that the style of coaching can depend on the athletes themselves. Some athletes like to have that command style so they don’t have to make decisions, they can just compete, while others respond negatively to that style of coaching and could ignore the coach completely and end up quitting. According to Develop Your Sport Coaching Philosophy by Hanson, he believes

The coaching model I selected is the GROW model. The GROW model stands for (Goals, Reality, Options, and Will), The G(Goal) is to determine what you want, sometimes the true goal is hidden behind emotions and needs to be discovered. The R(Reality) is this obtainable based off your current state and place, meaning can you realistically achieve this goal at this point in your life. The O(Options) what choices do you have, what options are available to go about achieve the goal. The W(Will) how hard are you willing to work, what will you do (Watts, M., & Corrie, S.2013).

Some traditional skills and qualities that exist in some managers don’t fit with the profile of the coaching manager such as being highly competitive, who faces a problem in listening to others, likes to be in control, finds pleasure in solving problems by himself. The manager may need to go beyond the call of duty, which may require personal change from the manager’s side and in some cases adopting a totally different management style that may be against the manager’s nature (Phillips, 1994); (McComb, 2012).