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Pre-Season Coaches Meetings: Set the tone for success

Pre-Season Coaches Meetings: Set the tone for success. Don Dalziel – Shoreline School District Robert Polk – Everett School District. Why hold the meeting?. To educate coaches so they can effectively teach their sport, manage risk, decrease drama

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Pre-Season Coaches Meetings: Set the tone for success

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  1. Pre-Season Coaches Meetings: Set the tone for success Don Dalziel – Shoreline School District Robert Polk – Everett School District

  2. Why hold the meeting? • To educate coaches so they can effectively teach their sport, manage risk, decrease drama • To reduce district liability if a coach is negligent • To attempt to teach common sense to adults

  3. Making Presentations Effective • Brain Rules, Chapter 4 – Attention • Brains can focus for 10 minutes at a time • Change it up with videos, group discussions • Brains need breaks to digest information • Emotions get our attention • Link an emotional story to important information • Make information relevant to coaches survival • Brains cannot multi-task • Cell phones put away

  4. What to cover • Mission/Vision of educational athletics • Road map to help decision making • Practice expectation • Yearly/Season plan • Daily practice plans with coaches • Athletes properly equipped and engaged • Effective teaching/coaching • No secrets - Tell them, show them, remind them constantly what you want – practice, study table, film review, etc • Effective feedback builds confidence, understanding

  5. What to cover • WIAA/League Policies • Out of season, recruiting, coaches education standards, admission prices • District Policies • Overnight trips, drugs/alcohol/tobacco, ASB, blood borne pathogens, Duty to Report Child Abuse

  6. What to cover • Legal Duties – LTC 504 • Grooming Behavior • Facebook, texting, special treatment • Hazing/Harassment • Health and Safety • Facility repairs, concussions, return to play, communicable diseases, weather • Drugs/Alcohol, steroids

  7. Suggested Information to Include • Successes of Student-Athletes • Athlete v. Non-Athlete GPA, test scores, attendance, competition • College Eligibility: D1, D2, NAIA • Effective teaching/coaching strategies

  8. Turn it over to Don Dalziel Shoreline School District

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