- See also: Coach (baseball), Coach (basketball), and Coach (ice hockey)
In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople. In Baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a Basketball team or individual basketball player Coach in Ice hockey refers to a Head coach or an assistant coach given the responsibility of organizing player offense and defense. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively A sportsperson ( British and American English) or athlete (principally American English is any person who participates regularly in a Sport.
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Term
The term coach is sometimes equivalent in U. S. usage to the term manager in other English-speaking countries in reference to the director of a sporting team, particularly with regard to Association Football. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Additionally, the director of the operation of a team in baseball, a sport far more popular in the U. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each S. than in any other English-speaking country, is also properly referred to as a "manager", particularly in the context of a team of adults, as opposed to youths. In Baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally the field manager) this individual controls matters For the 2008 British film by Noel Clarke see Adulthood (film.
The title "Coach" is also one of respect or affection, often replacing the first name much like "Doctor" to become "Coach Smith". Some former players will still address their instructor as "Coach", even if both the player and coach him/herself have long retired or graduated on.
The term "coach" has been expanded greatly in American English usage, especially in recent years, to include such non-sports-related concepts; see the article on coaching for more information. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. This article refers to the act of coaching people For other uses of the word see Coach (disambiguation Coaching -a definitionProminent
In Game
Coaching entails the application of sport tactics and strategies during the game or contest itself, and usually entails substitution of players and other such actions as needed. A tactic is a conceptual action used by a military unit of no larger than a division to implement a specific mission and achieve a specific objective or to advance toward a A Strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, most often "winning A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool A player of a Game is a participant therein The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in Game theory and in ordinary recreational Games Most coaches are former participants in the sports in which they are involved, and those who are not have usually had extensive training in the sport in question. The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge skills and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge
Managing
In some professional sports operations the head coach also serves as general manager, the team executive responsible for acquiring the rights to players and negotiating their contracts, generally in recent years with their agents, and for trading or dismissing players, but these roles have been increasingly likely to be seen as separate functions fulfilled by separate persons in more recent years, although many coach/general managers still exist. General Manager or GM for short is a descriptive term for certain executives in a Business operation A sports agent is a person who procures and negotiates employment and Endorsement deals for an athlete.
Training
Many coaches, usually those of school-sponsored sports teams, also bear the responsibility of teaching the skills, rules and tactics involved in a particular sport to its players. A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" Team sport refers to Sports that are practiced between opposing teams where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve an objective A skill is the learned capacity or talent to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time energy or both. This can be accomplished individually, by team, by division (ex. Defensive Coaching, Offensive Coaching, etc. In many team Sports defense or defence (see spelling differences) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring ) or by position (ex. receiver coach, quarterback coach, etc. A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. ) where applicable.
Under this system in which duties are divided, there is necessarily a head coach who oversees all other coaches as a supervisor. A supervisor, foreman foreperson team leader overseer cell coach facilitator or area coordinator is a manager in business
Coaching Staff
A coach, particularly in a major operation, is traditionally aided in his efforts by one or more assistant coaches known as the coaching staff.
Many times, in major team sports the principal coach (usually referred to as the head coach) has little to do with the development of details such as techniques of play or placement of players on the playing surface, leaving this to assistants while concentrating on larger issues. For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of
Training
Coaching techniques and philosophies are often taught by prominent coaches to youth and high school coaches at events referred to as "coaching programs" where literature supports the increase of specific, positive feed back in order to achieve optimal effects of coaching. The classic practice consists of the on-court demonstrations and walkthroughs to learn the plays and strategies. Other applications are used to create a more effective learning environment that will reach all the players.
Coaching philosophies are passed along from one generation of coaches to another through these events, and of course the tendency of assistant coaches serving under a successful head coach being the most likely to be given an opportunity to become head coaches in their own right.
Compensation
All major US collegiate sports have associations for their coaches to engage in professional development activities, but professional coaches tend to have less formal associations, and have never developed into a group resembling a union in the way that athletic players in many leagues have. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Most coaching contracts allow the termination of the coach with little notice and without specific cause, usually in the case of high-profile coaches with the payment of a financial settlement. U. S. collegiate coaching contracts require termination without the payment of a settlement if the coach is found to be in serious violation of named rules, usually with regard to the recruiting or retention of players in violation of amateur status. An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit study or science without formal training or pay
Coaching is a very fickle profession, and a reversal of the team's fortune often finds last year's "Coach of the Year" to be seeking employment in the next.
Many coaches are former players of the sport themselves, and coaches of professional sports teams are sometimes retired players.
Successful coaches often become as well or even better-known than the athletes they coach, and in recent years have come to command high salaries and have agents of their own to negotiate their contracts with the teams. Often the head coach of a well-known team has his or her own radio and television programs and becomes the primary "face" associated with the team. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
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An athletic trainer is a certified health care professional who practices in the field of athletic training In Baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team Coach in Ice hockey refers to a Head coach or an assistant coach given the responsibility of organizing player offense and defense. Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a Basketball team or individual basketball playerDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic