Understanding Your Coach Leadership – Philosophy
- Some of Rugby’s top coaches will help you explore:
- Understanding leadership and the key tools of leadership, especially understanding your coach leadership philosophy.
- The coach understanding – who you are as a leader.
- Through this module you will hear from the likes of Wayne Smith, Brian Ashton, Joe Schmidt and Ben Herring.
- Plus, most importantly the opportunity to interact with your fellow coaches.
- At the end, you will have tools and understanding to develop your coach philosophy that you can adopt and grow with your profession and team.
A Coaching Philosophy is…
- The most important tool for guiding you how to coach.
- It provides you with clear guidance on the objectives to pursue and the approach you will take to achieve them.
- It helps you to make effective, consistent decisions, and to coach in a way that adheres to your values.
- In the day to day variability of your coaching practices, your philosophy remains a constant.
- The philosophy you present to the players will influence their future beliefs and experience in the sport.
- Coaches need to have an openness to learning to be successful in Rugby. There are some consistent principles that go into creating your own coaching philosophy:
- Be yourself.
- Define your coaching objectives.
- Establish rules.
- Build and nurture relationships with players.
- Be organized.
- Involve your assistant coaches.
- You need to grow your knowledge and expertise to evolve and progress the player’s you lead. This program will help you.
Module 1 – Openness to Learning
- Step 1: Review
- Watch the video of World Cup Winning All Black & Black Ferns Coach Wayne Smith sharing one of his key coach leadership philosophies.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – Integrity
Module 1 – Openness to Learning Quiz
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Module 2 – Love of the Game
- Step 1: Review
- Watch the video from World Cup Winning All Black & Black Ferns Coach Wayne Smith, sharing one of his key coach leadership philosophies.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – Developing life skills through sport
Module 2 – Love of the Game Quiz
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Module 3 – Intangibles
- Step 1: Review
- Watch the video from World Cup Winning All Black & Black Ferns Coach Wayne Smith sharing one of his key coach leadership philosophies.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – Leadership Development Plan
Module 3 – Intangibles Quiz
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Module 4 – Coaching People First
- Step 1: Review
- Watch the video from high performance coach mentor and former England Rugby coach Brian Ashton, as he talks about coaching people first, a coach leadership philosophy.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – Emotional Intelligence
Module 4 – Coaching People First Quiz
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Module 5 – The Art of Coaching
- Step 1: Review
- atch the video from highly experienced head coach Ben Herring, as he talks about coaching, ‘is it an Art or Science’? a new way to your coach leadership philosophy.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – The Art and Skill of Elite Practitioners
Module 5 – The Art of Coaching Quiz
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Module 6 – Developing a Great Team
- Step 1: Review
- Watch the video from current Wallabies and former All Blacks and Ireland coach Joe Schmidt talking about how to develop a great team.
- Step 2: Think
- Consider the information and reflect on your thinking for 60-seconds.
- Step 3: Talk
- You have 3-minutes to answer the three questions on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Offline discuss your reflective insights with a peer coach.
- Step 4: Execute
- Which of the CALM Leadership Values, Outcomes or Themes do you see aligning with this Module?
- How can you bring this into your coaching? Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad for this Module.
- Step 5: Engage
- Ongoing Learning & Development related to this Module. When & how will you commence this journey?
- Answer this on your CALM Coach Notepad.
Here are links to further learning information: – Teamwork Youth Sport – Role
Module 5 – Developing a Great Team Quiz
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