EDU 713 - Coaching Theory: Leadership and the Pursuit of Excellence (3)

This course is designed to give insights, strategies, and guidance to become a more effective coach, teacher, and leader. The course will focus on magnifying the educator’s talents, enhancing his or her skills, and assisting them in developing philosophies to gain positive results on the athletic field and in the classroom. This course will focus on how to motivate people, develop teams, plan for success, get better involvement and commitment from students and student athletes, enhance communication, develop sport specific skills, and build better relationships. In addition, emphasis will be placed on how individuals taking this course can develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle and positive attitude and assist their student athletes in developing skills that will help them throughout their lifetime. Students will participate in daily group discussion, read and debate current educational and athletic issues, and design and prepare general and specific action plans. Students taking this course will study successful coaches and draw from these models in developing individual coaching philosophies. Additional class enhancements will include guest speakers and interviews with master teachers and coaches.