Coach Essay Examples

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A Look at the Firing Issue of Indiana University Men’s Basketball Coach, Bob Knight (937 words, 2 pages)

Not even the most knowledgeable political analysts and experts could have predicted that one of the years most debated issues would be the firing of Indiana University mens basketball coach Bob Knight. Like all issues in a presidential election year, the firing of Knight seems to have the country divided ... Read More

A Biography of Tyrone Willingham, a Football Coach (552 words, 1 pages)

Tyrone Willingham Tyrone Willingham, who last year accepted the job of head football coach at Notre Dame University, broke a sort of color barrier at the school. He became the first African-American to coach the Irish in any sport. Tyrone Willingham has been in the coaching business for 28 years. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Risks and Responsibilities of Coaching (4853 words, 7 pages)

Risks and Responsibilities of Coaching Introduction The purpose of this paper is to look at the area of risk management with reference to the sport of swimming. There is no doubt that the ability to prevent any types of injury to athletes is of the utmost importance. The safety of ... Read More

Coaching and Mentoring in Homer’s Odyssey (8116 words, 14 pages)

Coaching and Mentoring Behind every successful person, there is one elementary truth. Somewhere, some way, someone cared about their growth and development. Both coaching and mentoring are proving to be powerful aids to personal and organizational change and development. If you were the King of Ithaca and had to leave ... Read More

An Essay on Motivation and Coaching Techniques (529 words, 1 pages)

As a coach you want your athletes to be motivated to play, but more importantly motivated to win. A player may have the best ability and skill that you look for in an athlete, but if they are not motivated to play than they are worthless to you as a ... Read More

How to Become a Successful Track Coach (1615 words, 3 pages)

Coaching Track Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a successful track coach and coach your protgs to a successful season? Through job shadowing, personal experience, and research, I have found out just how much hard work goes into coaching. Of the more than twenty million ... Read More

Roderick Jackson a Physical Education Teacher and a Girls’ Basketball Coach at Ensley High School and an Advocat for Equal Gender Rights (316 words, 1 pages)

Roderick Jackson was hired as a physical education teacher and a girls' basketball coach at Ensley High School. While coaching at Ensley, Jackson came to discover the disparities between the boys' and girls' programs'. He believed that the girls' team was denied equal funding and equal access to sports facilities ... Read More

Tips on Coaching Baseball (1652 words, 2 pages)

As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying Southern Bank of Commerce Mets. I stood in front of those young ballplayers ... Read More

The Importance of Coaches Inspiration for a Sports Team (871 words, 2 pages)

Coaches In athletics, most people think that the team or the player with the most talent always wins the game. This is not always true. There are a lot of factors that affect who will win a game, such as the weather, the location of the game, injuries, or many ... Read More

The Benefits of Life Coaching and Its Philosophy (1103 words, 2 pages)

Life Coach A wise man once said, If you were going to die tomorrow and had only one phone call to make, who would you call and what would you say? Why are you waiting? At the time, family and friends told me this happened for a reason. They told ... Read More

An Analysis of a Methodology for Coaching Fifth Graders in School (970 words, 2 pages)

There was an old women who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didnt know what to do Sympathy for this, fictional, women is easily given. The reason is because I sometimes feel the same way as she did when I am coaching the rambunctious fifth grade ... Read More

A Comparison Between Teaching and Coaching As Jobs (990 words, 2 pages)

Compare Contrast In the real world, people search for jobs that will give them personal satisfaction, along with a good paycheck. Unfortunately, we all are not lucky enough to get the jobs that we want, so we have to settle for what is available at the time. I mean, how ... Read More

The Passion and Fulfilment I Get From Coaching (830 words, 2 pages)

Coaching girl's softball and boy's baseball teams has both many differences and similarities. They are obviously two different sports, but they have a lot in common. In the same way, the coaching position is known to be the hardest job on a team. He or she is responsible for choosing ... Read More

What It Takes to Be a Successful Coach and Motivator in the 21st Century (3006 words, 6 pages)

Ive learned to, keep my words positive, for words become my behaviors Keep my behaviors positive, for behaviors become my habits Keep my habits positive, because habits become my values Keep my values positive, because values values become my destiny Mahatma Gandhi INTRODUCTION This paper will focus on what it ... Read More

An Introduction and the Guidlines to the Important Skills Required to Be a Successful Coach (906 words, 2 pages)

There are many important skills required to be a successful coach. These skills touch and impact a team's ability to contribute and deliver. Coaches should have a set of basic skills and or techniques that they depend on to deliver positive results. This paper will touch on some of these ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Stage Coach in the Western Genre (340 words, 1 pages)

Stage Coach is a film from 1939, in the western genre. John Ford was the director, and I noticed in the beginning credits his name was in huge bold letters, bigger than anyone else's. I enjoyed the film because it was fast, and had a lot of action throughout the ... Read More

Comparing and Contrast of the Teaching Profession and Coaching Profession (990 words, 2 pages)

Compare Contrast In the real world, people search for jobs that will give them personal satisfaction, along with a good paycheck. Unfortunately, we all are not lucky enough to get the jobs that we want, so we have to settle for what is available at the time. I mean, how ... Read More

Pat Summit Placed 10th of All Collegiate Basketball Coaches in Tennessee (1461 words, 3 pages)

Pat Summit is the Head Womens Basketball Coach at the University of Tennessee. In her 27 years of coaching, she has compiled a record of 759-153 all at Tennessee, placing her 10th all time of all collegiate basketball coaches in both mens and womens basketball. Due to this record and ... Read More

Vince Lombardi’s Legacy Passed down to Future Coaches of Football (992 words, 3 pages)

Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi was a father, and a husband, and he had a great impact on todays view on professional football as well as other sports. On Jun 11, 1913 born (and grew up) in Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, NY first of five children (2 sisters, 2 brothers) ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Describing the Experience of Coaching Recreational Soccer Team of 7 Year-Olds (300 words, 1 pages)

Soccer Playing Power Rangers Leadership Experience Essay Many times in life you learn valuable lessons when you least expect them. During the fall of my sophomore year I decided to coach my little brothers recreational soccer team. I had already been playing for almost ten years, and I thought, coaching, ... Read More

How My Football Coach Got Me Suspended and Ruined My Life (962 words, 2 pages)

Despising a Coach Why do people argue and fight? Arguments and fights start for various reasons such as anger, tempers, and disagreements. When a disagreement occurs, there can be negative outcomes over something so minor. The situation that I was involved in caused a great deal of hatred and tension ... Read More

A Critical Review of the Chapter Coaching from Fisher (1995) Teaching Children to Learn (1914 words, 4 pages)

Critically review a chapter of your choice from Fisher (1995) Teaching Children to Learn in relation to school experience Chapter 8 - Coaching. I have chosen to critically analyse Fisher chapter 8 on cognitive coaching. When reading through the book this chapter instantly interested me, I wanted to learn more ... Read More

Ten Philosophies about Happy Coaching in Sports (910 words, 2 pages)

From my own experiences of being an athlete I believe there are three key words that every person should follow by everyday heart, passion, and desire. If an individual possesses these three words in their actions, life will be more enriching. In this paper I have written and elaborated on ... Read More

The Vital Qualities of a Good Basketball Coach: Commitment, Portrayal of Desire, Personability (494 words, 2 pages)

Throughout our lives the people whom we have encountered have influenced us, or had a certain impact on our lives. For as long as I can remember I have been involved in numerous sports. I can recall various coaches, as well as teammates, but I know there is one I ... Read More

A Report About Chicago Man and His Teenage Son Attack on Kansas City Royals First Base Coach Tim Gamboa (905 words, 1 pages)

I turned on the TV the other day to the voice of a familiar "friend". The voice belonged to Dan Patrick, a regular anchor on ESPN's "Sportscenter". He was reporting the story of a Chicago man and his teenage son, who attacked Kansas City Royals first base coach Tim Gamboa ... Read More

A Recount of Myles Brandt, Indiana University School President Firing Bob Knight, a Basketball Coach (1356 words, 2 pages)

On September 10, 2000 Myles Brand, the Indiana University school president, made a major decision which would change Indiana University forever. Bob Knight, the Indiana University basketball coach for over 29 years, was fired due to what Brand called "a persistent and troubling pattern of behavior" even after Brand instituted ... Read More

Student Athletes Should Respect Their Coaches: A Thesis based on the Article Principal Makes the Right Call (406 words, 1 pages)

The article "Principal makes the right call" talks about the Woodside high school football team .After a Friday night's loss to Terra Nova high of Pacifica, the team was frustrated with each other and started to shout out profanity at their coach. The coach felt disrespected and went to the ... Read More