Real Coaching

Text: Real Coaching

Instructor: Kevin S. Salisbury
Office: Athletic Fieldhouse, Flanagan Campus
401.333.7313
401.333.7339

Office Hours:  By appointment (usually in office 45 minutes prior to class)

Class Time:  TBA

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Session	Content
1	Introduction to Real Coaching
2	Sport Philosophies
3	Sport Psychology
4	Sport Physiology
5	Sport Pedagogy
6	Drugs, Alcohol, Nutrition
7	Sport Management & Leadership
8	Sport Evaluation
9	Sport Law
10	Sport Sociology
11	Things they'll tell you about coaching/coach-parent relationship
12	Athletics, Coaching, and the Future RIIL Rules and Regulations

    

 

Reading:  Students are responsible for all reading assignments and homework assignemnts. 

Grading System

Grading for the course will be based upon the total points acquired from the evaluation used for each unit.  There is no Final Exam or Final paper 

PIPELINE INFORMATION

CCRI Pipeline is available to all students.  You should have received your PIN in the mail.  If you did not, you must go to enrollment services to receive your PIN.  I will be posting course information on Pipeline and e-mailing the class from this page.

ATTENDANCE

Be on time and attend class.  Exceptional attendance may earn you extra credit.  Excessive unexcused absences and lateness/early departure may result in a lower grade.  Participation is also rewarded.  Research shows that students who attend class regularly tend to do better than students who do not.  Class work cannot be made up.

In order for class sessions to be lively and productive it is essential that you come to class having done the assignments and being prepared to anticipate.  Classes will generally be lecture and discussion.  If you are not prepared it will be a very quiet and boring semester.  Obviously attendance in body, mind, and spirit is absolutely essential.  Attendance and participation will be taken into account in your final grade; in fact grades may be increased or decreased by as much as a whole grade for exceptionally good or poor attendance/participation.

 

EXAMS

There will be no final exam or final paper.. 

 

NOTE:  Real Coaching  is classified as a reading/discussion course.  There may be times where videos/movies may be shown.  Students are responsible for all assigned reading material on the dates indicated. 

 

Real Coaching is a three semester-hour course that guides participants through a series of interactive exercises and activities designed to study sport and coaching's place in sport in a contemporary society from the informal to the "corporate" level. Through these activities, exercises, and analysis of coaching topics, participants will gain information, organize it for personal and professional use, and apply it to their particular programs. In addition, Real Coaching also helps the participant to define goals, values and needs and determines where they are on the sport continuum. This course consists of 10 instructional broadcasts, using and completing the Study Guide, and completing related readings, exercises, and activity worksheets. There are no tests, only real-life applications.

Course outline
The following outline includes viewing of programs, related readings, discussion questions, worksheets and classroom and individual application of exercises and activities.

Program 1: Introduction to Real Coaching
Objectives: Participants should recognize that:

• Athletics and education influence each other
• Various people perceive Benefits of athletics differently
• Athletics has its "positive" and "negative" aspects
• Athletics and coaches have lifelong effects on participants

Program 2: "Sport Philosophies: Elements of Development"
Objectives: Participants should understand

• The importance of developing a sound coaching philosophy
• Self-awareness for developing a sound coaching philosophy
• Identify and clarify coaching objectives for a sound coaching philosophy
• A coach's philosophy impacts many other people
• Coaching philosophies need to be evaluated and modified over time

Program 3: "Sport Philosophies: Implementations & Styles"
Objectives: (See Program 2)

Program 4: "Sport Psychology: Motivation & Success" and "Sport Psychology: Pressure, Character Building, Communication & Coaching" (actual air time is 73 minutes)
Objectives: Participants will have explored the following concepts

• There is no single factor linked to motivated athletes
• There are distinctive characteristics of motivated athletes
• motivational characteristics can be nurtured
• Athletes can be taught to handle pressure
• Character development in athletics is a process
• Communication is the core of coaching
• Coaching philosophies, styles and types are interrelated

Program 5: "Sport Physiology: Recognition, Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries" (actual air time is 106 minutes)
Objectives: Participants will recognize and understand

• Athletic injury recognition, care and prevention are an essential part of coaching
• Proactive health care enhances athletic performance and success
• Drug and alcohol problems exist within athletics and must be addressed

Program 6: "Sport Pedagogy" and "Sport Physiology: Drugs, Alcohol & Nutrition"
Objectives: Participants will understand the importance of

• Coaching centers on the teaching of athletic skills
• Teaching an athletic skill involves the use of Learning Theory
• Visualization, actualization and evaluation is a proven methodology for teaching athletic skills
• Coaching should also include teaching morals, ethics and values
• Drug and alcohol problems exist within athletics and must be addressed

Program 7: "Sport Management & Leadership" and "Sport Evaluation: CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement)"
Objective: Participants should comprehend the following issues

• Sport management involves the supervision of athletics at all levels of the athletic hierarchy
• All athletic supervisors have common duties and functions
• All athletic supervision requires basic leadership skills
• Successful athletic supervisors have common leadership characteristics
• Four basic types of sport management
• Need for a systematic means of evaluation in athletic programs
• Continuous Quality Improvement can be implemented to evaluate athletic programs

Program 8: "Sport Law" (actual air time is 37 minutes)
Objectives: Participants should recognize

• The legal implications associated with athletics
• Athletic lawsuits are founded on basic legal premises
• Coaches must be aware of the legal aspects of their actions
• Coaches need to be proactive in their legal affairs

Program 9: "Sport Sociology: Internal Groups" and "Sport Sociology: External Groups" (actual air time is 94 minutes)
Objectives: Participants should be cognizant of

• The ability to communicate
• Relationships between coaches and various groups within and outside the school must be recognized and addressed
• Honesty and "being yourself" are vital to a coach's success

Program 10: "Things They'll Never Tell You About Coaching" and "Athletics, Coaching & the Future" (actual air time is 66 minutes)
Objectives for "Things They'll Never Tell You About Coaching": Participants should understand

• Athletics is seen by some as a business
• "Winning" is a high priority in athletics
• Gender equity and diversity are changing athletics
• The media and violence are playing an increasing role in athletics
• Coaching pitfalls and burnout are real possibilities

Objectives for "Athletics, Coaching & the Future": Participants should understand

• Athletics, athletes and coaching have changed over the years
• Athletics, athletes and coaching will be different in the future
• Coaching can be proactive in the development of athletics and athletes in the future

                                 

 

This page developed and maintained by Kevin S. Salisbury. Send comments and suggestions to: ksalisbury@ccri.edu. ©2006, Community College of Rhode Island.

This page last modified on: January 13, 2007