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Fundamentals of Coaching

February 16, 2008 at 6:56 am | In High, Middle | No Comments

On Monday Feb 18, fifty area coaches will convene at the Civic Center for a top-shelf workshop geared toward high school and middle school coaches.  It is the National Federation of High Schools’ “Fundamentals of Coaching” course.  The presenter is Mark Dreiblebis of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.

This is not an X’s and O’s strategy session.  Rather, this course is about quality leadership . . . plain and simple.   The course components are as follows:

• Unit 1:   Educational Athletics and the Role of the Coach
• Unit 2:   The Coach as Manager
• Unit 3:   The Coach and Interpersonal Skills
• Unit 4:   The Coach and Physical Conditioning
• Unit 5:   The Coach as Teacher

This workshop is the second of three professional development opportunities this year designed to enhance the delivery of our school system’s interscholastic athletic mission.  The first event was held for 53 coaches on August 16-17.  It is chronicled on this blog under the heading “Physicality.”

The third event is for high school athletic directors.  It is the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association annual conference.  This year it will be held in Asheville on March16-19.  Attending the conference this year will be ECHS athletic directors Clinton Montford and George Burbella, Croatan Athletic Director David Perry, West Carteret Athletic Director Craig McClanahan and Robert Lancaster, and Carteret County Athletic Director Joe Poletti.

While there, the Athletic Directors will take foundation and leadership courses in the Athletic Leadership Training program.