Coaching Competitive Sports: How to Develop and Assess Player Knowledge, Skills, and Intangibles (the Resource Guide for Coaches to Effectively Ass - Paperback

by Tammy Heflebower (Author), Logan Heflebower (Author)

Writing from experience as both athletes and school athletics coaches, authors Tammy Heflebower and Logan Heflebower detail specific attributes and behaviors of effective youth sports coaches and the knowledge, skills, and intangible assets they must help student athletes develop. This resource guides new and veteran coaches in meeting the needs of the athletes they serve through practical ideas and clear expectations.

• Put game-winning strategies into play
• Reflect on your coaching strengths and challenges
• Learn which coaching behaviors help build necessary skills in students
• Help players (and parents) better understand your expectations to monitor their own performance
• Recognize, reference, and assess priority knowledge, skills, and intangible assets of various sports
• Study developmental sports scales, which enable players to reflect and set criteria-based goals
• Contemplate existing practices and ponder ideas for implementation