Obervation

Another day of observation a day where I felt that I did not benefit as much as I anticipated.  My teacher was absent today and I was trying to find a class that would benefit me the best.  Therefore I went to athletics to see what his methods of teaching were. 

When I first arrived to class, the first thing I noticed was the good rapport he had with his student athletes.   I observed how he conducted his workout and there was no class structure at all that I noticed.  He told the athletes to warm up and they did but he did not model or demonstrate exactly what he wanted.  Because he did not do that the students asked questions and were hesitant to continue.  As they continued the warm up, full effort was not displayed to me.  I expected more effort and they were not giving the effort that was needed.  As a young coach watching an experience coach I expected to learn from the teacher.  I didn’t expecetd to learn the game of basketball in that short amount of time, my expectaions were to learn a different approach to coaching to model for my athletes and future athletes.

I approach coaching very seriously and my expectations are very high for what I expect from myself and others.  The structure was the biggest thing that I had a problem with.  I say that because I’m trying to become a strength and conditioning coach and the individual that I’m learning from is very structured and maitculus about the little things.  I had hoped to lean new ideas and concepts to strengthen my abilities as a future coach instead I learned what not to do.