10 Commandments of Great Coaching: Wayne Goldsmith

1. Creativity and innovation are the core skills of great coaches in this century.
2. Continuous improvement is everything – success is a moving target.
3. Engagement is the driving force of success: athletes, coaches, management, staff, families, supporters…everyone engaged completely and comprehensively in your program.
4.  Never compromise on your values, virtues or beliefs for the sake avoiding conflict or to gain political advantage…it will come back to bit you sometime in the future.
5. 

   Coach with passion

    Coach with passion, energy and enthusiasm – your athletes deserve it.

6.  Never, ever give up: persevere no matter what the obstacles are in your way – no matter how difficult it seems – never give up.
7. Be an agent of change and ignore people who use the worst eight words in sport “that’s not the way we do it here“ – people who win are unique, are different, make changes, take risks and then the rest of the world has to finds ways of catching up with them.
8. Be yourself – believe in yourself: you have to do this. No one wins by copying or by trying to be someone else or by trying to be something they are not. Be yourself.
9. Avoid anyone who talks in absolutes: there are no “nevers”, no “always”, no “musts” – there is only learning, growth, creativity, innovation, change and passion. There is no one way of doing anything.
10. Regularly take an honest look at yourself and your program and identify ways of enhancing the performance of both.

In the end, coaching is a personal decision to be the best you can be – now and in the future and to pass on what you learn on to others so they might in turn realise their potential as athletes and as human beings. 

WAYNE GOLDSMITH FEBRUARY 2010

Review of Wayne Goldsmith’s “Making Sport Better Workshop” held as part of our ongoing Coach CPD Programme

Comments

1. Excelsior | Coach Development: Some thoughts says:

   27th August 2015 at 11:24 pm

   […] to grow and develop in their sport. Wayne Goldsmith also makes some very good points in his ‘Ten Commandments of Great Coaching’. His second commandment, ‘Continuous improvement is everything. Success is a moving target’ […]

   Reply
2. Excelsior | 3 pillars of athletic development: Kelvin Giles says:

   27th August 2015 at 11:24 pm

   […] “Kids aren’t afraid of hard work, the’re afraid of boredom”. Wayne Goldsmith  […]

   Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.