The document discusses coaching and what makes a good coach. It defines a coach as someone who trains a sports team or individual to help them improve. Coaching involves directing, instructing and training people to achieve goals and develop skills. Some qualities of a good coach include having knowledge of the sport, effective communication and teaching skills, the ability to motivate and inspire players, and adopting a player-centered philosophy focused on long-term development over short-term wins. The document also outlines different types of coaching styles such as authoritarian, personable, casual, intense and business-like.

1. A COACH
1- What is Coach?
2- What is coaching?
3- What makes a good coach?
4- What are the Types of Coach/Styles of coaching?
5- How the qualities of an Ideal (or good) coach?
Dr. Akhil Mehrotra

2. The Coach
• When we talk about general meaning of coach, it
deals with so many things. The dictionary meaning of
coach is –
• A coach is a large comfortable bus that passengers on
long journey.
• A coach is one of the separate sections of a train that
carries passenger’s e.g. that this train consists of 16
coaches.
• A coach is an enclosed vehicle with four wheels,
which is pulled by horses, and in which people used
to travel, these coaches are still used for ceremonial
events in some countries such as Britain.

3. BUT IN SPORTS
• What is Coach?
• A coach is someone who trains a person or team of
players in particular sports/game. When someone
• Coaches a person or a team, they help them to
become better at a particular sports/game —
• A coach is a person who is Incharge of sports/team
• A coach is someone who gives the players special
teaching in particular sports specially in order to
prepare the players for sports competition.
• “The person who gives training and tips to a team
or individual in any sports is called a coach.”

4. What is coaching?
• “Coaching is as much an Art as it is a
science”
• Field hockey coaching is continues twelve
month profession that dements constant study,
research planning and experimenting.
• Coaching is a method of directing instructing
and training a person or a group of people,
with the aim to achieve some goal or develop
specific skills.

5. What makes a good coach?
• In sports, coaching is an art as well as science.
An effective coach understands how to
communicate with players in a way that gets
results the goal of coaching in sports or game
is to guide, inspire, empower (to do something,
they have the authority or power to do it) to
empower someone means to give them to
achieve something) the athletes or players to
realize and develop his or her potential.

6. The following points for good coach-
1- A Reasonable level of play.
 A)- ability to rally with players.
B)- ability to demonstrate the skills.
C)- ability to feed the drill to enable,
the players to practices new skills.

7. 2- An understanding of the game of
field hockey.
 A)- Rule of hockey and dimensions of the
field hockey.
B)- Knowledge of synthetic turf field.
C)- History of field hockey.
 D)- Techniques of hockey skills.
 E)- Tactical knowledge.
 F)- Psychological knowledge.
G)- Knowledge of Physical Fitness.

8. 3- An understanding of basic teaching
methodology.
• A)- How the children learn?
• B)- How the adults learn?
• C)- How teach the female students?
• D)- Understanding the learner (Growth &
development)

9. 4- A good image or appearance.
 1)- Punctuality
 2)- Good posture
 3)- Proper dress
 4)- Visual contact with players
 5)- Positive facial expression and body language
are excellent
 6)- look confident
5- A basic knowledge of the sports sciences i.e.
Physiology, Anatomy, Biomechanics, Psychology,
Anthropromenty, Motor learning, Sports medicine,
Nutrition and Diet.

10. 6- A good use of Voice.
 1)- Gather players close when giving instruction.
 2)- Speak in a assertive manner.
 3)- Vary the field of your voice.
 4)- Avoid monologues.
 5)- Make sure you can be heard better to loved than too quiet.
 6)- Group voice should be different to the moderated voice for
the individual.
 7)- Good organizational and leadership skills.
 8)- Having empathy with the students.
 9)- Good communication skills
 10)- An overall philosophy which places the player first and
wining second, long term development a head of short term
success and which believes that trying to win is the most
important thing.

11. What are the Aims of Coaching in
Hockey?
1. To produce better players.
2. To produce and make better sportsmen.
3. To make better team mate.
4. To make better citizens.
5. The task of the coach is to help the player
achieve excellence.
6. Relationship of mutual interdependence.

12. What are the Types of Coach/Styles of
coaching?
• According to Mr. Tutko & Richards
classification five types of coach;-
1. Authoritarian coach
2. Nice guy coach (Personable)
3. Casual coach
4. Intense coach
5. Business coach

13. 1)- Authoritarian coach (Dominating)
Strong disciplinarian
Well organized
Fanatic devotion to sports, therefore earns
respect.
Moralistic, rigid, severe on mistakes.
Lacks composure may be feared or disliked.
Dissension when losing.

14. 2)- Nice guy coach (Personable)
a. Flexible, creative, empathetic.
b. Generous, compliments, tactful criticism.
c. Enjoyment and team cohesions.
d. Openness may be mistaken for meekness.

15. 3)- Casual coach-
a. Easy going, relaxed detached.
b. Impression of no real commitment.
c. Viewed as a consultant.
d. Encourages independence.
e. Coaching & planning are inadequate.

16. 4)- Intense coach
a. Over-emphasizes winning.
b. Good knowledge.
c. Never satisfied.
d. High anxiety may be transmitted to players.

17. 5)- Business like coach
a. Intelligent and logical
b. Professional approach
c. Well planned and organized
d. Up to date with new techniques
e. May crate very high expectation.

18. How the qualities of an Ideal or good coach?
Transparent realism
Respect
Ability to motivate
Dedication
Ability to discipline
Identification of goals
Ability to recognize talent
Ability to utilize available talent
Enthusiasm

19. Cont….
Intense desire to win
Willingness to work
Knowledge of the sport
Ability to develop pride
Ability to organize
Language
Moral standards
Honesty
Patience

20. Cont……
Courage of convocation
Good judgment
Fairness
Good observation power
Sense of humor
Good planner
Good analyzer
Ability to inspire
Personal fitness
Punctual

21. Cont……
Popularity among people
Public relation
Rapport with parent
A good commander
Leader-ship
Personality