News for Coaches
"The most rewarding aspect of being a coach is the opportunity to have a positive influence on a young athlete's life. We certainly teach ethics and Positive Values along with athletic skills."
George Gwozdecky
University of Denver Men's Hockey Coach
2004 & 2005 NCAA National
Champs
View Coaching Code of Ethics
10 POSITIVE Things That Coaches Do:
1. Have realistic expectations
2. Always including fun in the sport
3. Obtain appropriate training for the sport
4. Allowing injured players ample time to recuperate
5. Having the desire to win, but enjoying the improvement of players/team
6. Maintaining communication with parent
7. Knowing what is abuse and how to prevent it
8. Accepting the performance of referees and officials
9. Having respect for the game
10. Knowing the difference between outcome goals versus performance goals
1. Have realistic expectations
2. Always including fun in the sport
3. Obtain appropriate training for the sport
4. Allowing injured players ample time to recuperate
5. Having the desire to win, but enjoying the improvement of players/team
6. Maintaining communication with parent
7. Knowing what is abuse and how to prevent it
8. Accepting the performance of referees and officials
9. Having respect for the game
10. Knowing the difference between outcome goals versus performance goals
Coaching Myths
- Because sport is frivolous, those who coach require little, if any, training.
- If a person has played the sport, he or she is qualified to coach it.
- The better the person has played the sport, the more qualified he or she is to coach.
- A person who has been trained as a teacher is qualified to coach.
- Trained coaches are needed more at advanced levels of sport than at the introductory level.
