Everybody gets better with a coach. But exactly what is it good coaches do?
The following are thirteen things highly successful coaches do to make others better:
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
In this article from The Athletic, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said of team captain, Martin Odegaard, “We don’t know the level he can reach. What we try to do in my job is give players the foundations to grow and then create an environment that inspires and supports them.”
Arteta teaches us that highly successful coaches:
- Determine the capacity and potential of those on their teams.
- Build solid foundations for growth.
- Create inspirational environments.
- Offer support.
For more on the leadership of Mikel Arteta, read 12 Lessons on High Performance Teams & Winning Cultures from the Best Locker Room Speech I Have Ever Heard.
Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Sean Sweeney
Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Sean Sweeney said in this CoachTube.com Masterclass video, “Some general core principles for your program that make sense to me are: we want to be the hardest working, most together, most competitive, smartest, toughest team.”
Coach Sweeney teaches us that highly successful coaches establish organizational core principles and create:
- Hard-working teams.
- Competitive teams.
- Smart teams.
- Tough teams.
England manager Gareth Southgate
Today, England manager Gareth Southgate released the names of 33 players eligible for the national team which will compete in next month’s European Championship. What is notable are the long-term and established players he left out.
This list includes stalwarts Jordan Henderson, Marcus Rashford, Ben Chilwell, and Eric Dier.
Of Dier, Southgate said, “He’s played very well for Bayern and I know that they’re very very happy with him. We think he’s just behind the other guys we’ve selected.”
Southgate added, “There’s no reason why young players can’t lead and the dynamic will be slightly different. But also you’re giving space to other people to mature and develop.”
England’s Southgate teaches us that that highly successful coaches:
- Make hard decisions.
- Make unpopular decisions.
- Make decisions with an eye towards the future.
- Give young leaders time to mature.
- Give young leaders space to develop.
For more on the leadership of Gareth Southgate, read 6 Life-Changing Lessons On Properly Processing And Handling Failure.
Conclusion
What is one thing you learned from the list above which would make you a better coach?
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