http://smallchou.com/blog/2006/06/being-a-good-coach/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://smallchou.com/blog/2006/06/being-a-good-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:05:00 +0000 http://smallchou.com/blog/?p=240#comment-377 JC - that is a very lucid breakdown of it - also having coached a few times myself, You have to be the bigger person in all situations. The effort of the other team (especially in a very respectful tournament as the WC is) is always to be commended.However, my one question is - is there not some benefit (when dealing with professionals like our world cuppers), to spark some "energy" in the players by basically giving them a kick in the ass (hence Arena's comments to the media)?I think this becomes valuable when your players think they are bigger than you as a coach (which leads to many other inherent problems to deal with) - but something you see with Professional players constantly.Just a thought...AVG JC – that is a very lucid breakdown of it – also having coached a few times myself, You have to be the bigger person in all situations. The effort of the other team (especially in a very respectful tournament as the WC is) is always to be commended.However, my one question is – is there not some benefit (when dealing with professionals like our world cuppers), to spark some “energy” in the players by basically giving them a kick in the ass (hence Arena’s comments to the media)?I think this becomes valuable when your players think they are bigger than you as a coach (which leads to many other inherent problems to deal with) – but something you see with Professional players constantly.Just a thought…AVG

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