Coaching philosophy
A coaching philosophy where the coach, team captains, and players work as a team is vital for the success of the team. Team captains play a crucial role in uniting and ensuring the team remains focused and determined towards achieving the set goals and objectives of winning during the season. Team captains should, therefore, be selected by the team in a transparent, fair, systematic, and open manner to get the best. By letting the team vote freely will ensure the process is inclusive and involving all players. Besides, this method of allowing team players to select the campaign is popular because they can create a rapport and bond quickly; they know and understand him rather than imposing one on the team.
Team captains have duties and responsibilities of leading and coordinating the teammates as a leader providing direction. Moreover, he ensures the teamwork for the betterment of everyone by acting as a role model and guiding everyone within the team. Additionally, the team captain encourages and motivates players by treating all players with respect, care, fairness, and caring for them by being approachable and listening to them. Furthermore, the team captain articulates and present their complaints, grievances, and what they want and expect to the coach and managers by ensuring solutions are found and addressing any issue affecting them. For example, a team captain can be representing the team in meetings where issues affecting them are discussed and deliberated (Newman, Lower & Brgoch 2019).
Player awards are vital because it motivates and encourages them to remain focused, determined, and disciplined towards achieving the team and individual goals at the end of the season. As a coach, awards are presented to a particular player or a team. It will depend on the category and performance exhibited. It is a coach who will recognize each player in a group, especially the most improved and disciplined player for his achievement as an individual and as a team. Also, other awards can be given to players based on leadership, attendance, role model, best listener, and character awards (Newman, Lower & Brgoch 2019). The awards will depend on the coach and team management on what should be recognized and rewarded. At the end of the season, a coach can award individual players and a team with trophies, money, trading cards, and pennants.
For trophies, they can be engraved with the names of an individual player or team’s logo, which is appealing and catchy to make it attractive. Furthermore, trophies can be of different materials, for example, gold, silver, marble, plastic, or crystal, depending on the category of recognition and award. Trading cards and pennants promote self-esteem, pride, and identity, making them feel rewarded and recognition of achievement either as a team or individual. Additionally, certificates and badges engraved with their names will also motivate players and feel appreciated in addition to monetary rewards (Newman, Lower & Brgoch 2019).
The coach and the team captain will select the winners to be awarded because the team players selected their captain; hence, there will be no favoritism, biasness, and unfairness during the identification and selection process. The process should bring cohesion and unity in the team if the set guidelines and procedure adheres to recognized and award deserving players and teams. For example, players should be made to understand what is required of them to be awarded and acknowledged before the season starts. Team captains and coaches should work together as a team for the unity of purpose to ensure the teams succeed in their endeavors. For example, coaches and team captains should be consulting and engaging one another before decisions are made to avoid friction and conflicts that can arise between them and the team. Furthermore, players can be allowed to propose the rewards they want at the of the season, practice time, and setting of rules and regulations to be adhered to by everyone for them to own and feel part of the decision-making process (Newman, Lower & Brgoch 2019).