Low Five
Basketball teams need a coach that believes in them. The team needs a coach that will work hard to help them achieve the goal of winning. They need a coach that communicates and shows interest in each of the players. On the other hand, they need a coach that can be directive, but also supportive. In the case study this week, Shirley was quite the opposite. Conflicting enough, by all appearances she did not have a total grasp of the concept of leadership in coaching basketball. Factors that could cause the lack of leadership could be confidence or even lack of knowledge (Cohen, 2000). In this paper, Shirley’s leadership style and behavior will be discussed, along with looking at situational factors and other leadership styles that
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Apparently, Shirley did not care to communicate with her team; she gave instruction and sat on the bleachers writing in her notebook, while also making derogatory comments to her team (Cohen, 2000). Furthermore, Shirley was also negative and held the power in her hands to make changes to the team practice without any consideration of what the team had accomplished in the past. Shirley applied negative leadership to her team by her emphasis being on harshness, intimidation, and penalties (Bethel University, 2011). When Shirley did communicate with Paula, her penalty was to bench her on the final day of the tournament. Paula, who was the co-captain tried to discuss the lack of communication between Shirley and the team, however; Shirley was hostile, rude, and punished Paula for being the voice of the team (Cohen, 2000).
Shirley also showed signs of a task-orientated leader. Apparently, Shirley believed that she would get results by keeping the team busy running drills and closely monitoring them from the bleachers (Cohen, 2000). “Structured, task-oriented leaders, believe that they get results by keeping people constantly busy, closely monitoring employee actions, ignoring their personal issues and emotions, and urging them to produce at ever-higher levels” (Bethel University, 2011). Task-oriented leaders keep their people busy and they do not take the time to get involved with any individual issues. Evidently, consideration was not in Shirley’s vocabulary, she gave the
Sports management is a really broad field, therefore I decided to focus on my minor and one of my major interests of this field: coaching. In this paper I will be explaining my personal five building blocks that make up a well-rounded coaching philosophy and coach. Those blocks are; leadership, organization, attitude, respect, and resiliency. Each of these five aspects are equally important and balance each other out. Leadership, the action of leading a group of athletes towards a goal. Organization, being able to organize a team and have a plan in order to help the team achieve goals. Attitude, it is very important for a coach to have a winning and positive attitude that is contagious to the players. Respect, there has to be a good
The is a painting of Shirley that Chuck Close did in 2007 and seven. Is an oil on canvas painting and is 96 by 84 inches big. I like the way how Chuck Close uses lines in his paintings. He uses lines in little boxes to show details. I also like the way how he used the color to show things like details and shadowing. I like the way how Chuck close uses boxes in his painting because at close the painting blends together.
Coaching basketball is about strategizing and directing the movements and actions of a basketball team or individual player. Coaches strategize and scout opposing teams and find ways to defeat them as easily as possible. A successful basketball coach needs to now the understanding of how to play the game. A basketball coach must be able to manage the duties of the job by recruiting the top players, get them in shape, make a team, motivate players and teach them how to play the game of basketball. Coaching is usually done by a single person, with the help of one or more assistants. A coach is the face of the team, helping it achieve the public relations goals of the organization and build a positive image that will improve recruiting. (Edmunds). A coach is responsibiable for setting up and an environment so that the team can use its skills and abilities to their full potential. Therefor a coach has to make a game plan for each game, so that his team will be ready for the next opponent. A coach has to know his team and the opponent abilities to be able to match his team up with the opponent. A coach must know to mix the players who can start right away and players he can develop into starters. A coach may want to put 12-15 players on the roster just in case of injuries. To get ready for the season the coach starts putting in offensive and defensive plays the will run and teach the players situational plays to fit the team style and running practices. During a game a coach has
At their finest, coaches perfect their player’s flaws to push them to their potential ability, improve their skills, and create determination within the team. They can expand the importance of such a sport to intensify motivation and the value of good sportsmanship for the sake of not only their reputation, but the outcome that comes from it. Coaches must not lag when it comes to hardships that comes about; they must stay connected. The closer the connection between a player and a coach the better they are moving forward and continuing on the love of the sport and job.
Boyce, L. A., Jackson, R. J., & Neal, L. J. (2010). Building successful leadership coaching relationships. The
Based on our learning from week one of our class, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the leadership perspectives manifested in both Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski, coaches who have made significant marks in their field in college basketball. I hope to be able to identify the power bases both coaches rely upon, as well as whether their actions are more aligned with either a managerial role or leadership role. In addition, I hope to identify how significant the leadership traits have influenced their leadership, based on the five-factor
Mr. Patterson was also unable to lead his team because he was capable of communication with them in a manner that could obtain desired responses. According to Williams (2007), “The more aware and sensitive you can become to how other people react, the more you will be able to steer this response you get from others” (p.8).
The study “The Relationship Between Ethical and Abusive Coaching Behaviors and Student-Athlete Well-Being” was conducted by Mariya A. Yukhymenko-Lescroart, Michael E. Brown, and Thomas S. Paskus, and was published in the journal Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. The researchers sought to understand the effects that a coach’s behavior had on a student’s morals, satisfaction, and impressions of team unity. Social-cognitive theory has long thought that we learn by imitating those around us, particularly those in leadership positions. The coaches of sports teams are especially prominent models in a student athlete’s life, given that they have actual authority over the student’s life. The idea of self-efficacy, which suggests that an
I enjoyed playing high school and college basketball, however after suffering from a life changing permanent injury I couldn’t continue being an active player on my team. Nonetheless, I did not want to allow this injury to ruin my passion for the sport. Consequently, I chose to invest lots of hours into learning the coaching and recruiting characteristics of the sport. Reading Bruce Tuckman’s iconic description of the stages of group development has really made it easy for me to understand my experience during the time I attended a coaching basketball camp with nine other prospective upcoming basketball coaches like myself.
McNeil was not able to perform to expectations due to her family obligations and had to face constant pressure from Walter who together with the rest of the team were proven to be working longer and with better results than McNeil. But due to a lack of awareness, flexibility and certain tolerance measures within the company she was subjected to discrimination and the threat of termination.
Plan Two: Mr. Robertson should put Shirley on a 30-90 day performance improvement plan with defined expectations and if her scores do not improve then they need to inform her that they are going to have to let her go. The goals and objectives for her would be to improve on how she interacts with co-workers and clients, since her reviews have been poor over the past three years. If they are not met to a satisfactory employee performance level than management needs to inform her at that time that these consequences of not meeting this level will be grounds of being fired.
Charles Barkley once said, “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I can dunk a basketball does not mean I should raise your kids.” No adult has a choice as to whether a child looks up to him or her, but parents are responsible for raising their children as best they can. The first role models or leaders in most children’s lives are in fact their parents; although they may not be the best role models, they are often the figures that children first learn from. Even if there was a perfect parent, that should not limit a child from observing other leaders. John Wooden, considerably the most successful basketball coach in NCAA history, led the UCLA Bruins to 10 NCAA championships with an all-time win-loss coaching record 885-203 (UCLA site). A Game Plane for Life: The Power of Mentoring, is a collection Wooden’s anecdotes related to leadership and the applications of those methods to his coaching practices. Observing leaders from the past allowed Wooden to envision clarity in the future; a clarified vision of the future gave Wooden more power in the present. John Wooden was a consistent and prepared leader who fostered a community of trust and knew his values.
While reading this story it was evident that Shirley had no idea what leadership is or the concept of a leader. Shirley portrayed an autocratic leadership style. She had to have complete control over the team. The team was not allowed to express their idea or interest. They could not question any of Shirley’s ways for doing things. Shirley was always negative, and every decision was decided without considering
After undergoing a dramatic and angst-ridden season, the Victorian Korfball Senior Team is in need of significant transformation if there is any hope of fostering a high performance culture in the new season. Due to their history of conflict, the players in their present state lack any indications of cohesion. Selecting the right athletes for the new team will play a significant role in the baseline level of cohesion. Each of these areas can be addressed through a method of careful analysis via the Multidimensional Model of Leadership (Chelladurai & Saleh 1978), implementation of an appropriate intervention and the structuring of a consultative leadership environment.
Although Mary Ann did not want to waste time with this open communication process, she would have realized that Mike and Jeanine work better together when each subordinate individually feels useful and important. Mary Ann got the results out of Jeanine that she expected because she made her feel useful and important. If Mike was properly motivated and given