Philosophies of coaching – Coach Woden’s Pyramid of Success.

11665I attached last weeks essay for reference if needed:

Exercise #1: Week 2

1.) What specific elements of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success do you think you need to work on in your own development and improvement as a coach?

2.) How would you integrate elements of Wooden’s Pyramid into your own teaching and coaching?

This exercise is another step at assisting students in thinking about and developing their own philosophies for how to teach and coach. Self-awareness will allow for self-growth and Coach Wooden applies this same concept to the athletes he taught. Coach Wooden also argues that coaches have a responsibility for self growth and improvement, as well.

A coach should examine critically Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success to determine how they can use this information to assist in their development as a coach. That is the essence of this exercise. To continue the process from Week One, where students are encouraged to critically think about how they can improve through working on dimensions of the Pyramid.

Exercise #2: Week 2 Personal Development Plan Stage Two: Teacher Research

3.) Identify one area in each of the physical, fundamental and mental categories that you would like to research, so you can become a better coach & teacher.

4.) Explain why you chose each of these specific topics and provide an example of how you can integrate each into your teaching and coaching.

5.) Discuss the various resources you can utilize to gather more information about each topic.

The goal of this exercise is for students to apply Coach Wooden’s “Method of Continuous Improvement” onto themselves. Utilizing the physical, fundamental and mental categories, students are asked to pick one topic in each area they would like to learn more about. Students are not to conduct the actual examination of each topic, rather they are simply to develop questions, explain why they chose these specific topics and illustrate resources they can utilize to learn more. Finally, it is important for students to explain how they can integrate and apply the information they obtain in their teaching and coaching.