With the arrival of each new season comes new players, tests, challenges, triumph, and defeat. It’s part of what makes our job as coaches so exciting. Each season is a new challenge and opportunity. As coaches, a lot is thrown our way and it can be overwhelming at times. Head coaches have a lot of responsibility and many people looking to them for guidance and leadership.
As the new season approaches it’s important for coaches to exemplify the following three traits in order to effectively lead their programs.
1 – Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.
Coaches must be optimistic. What do you expect from the players and coaches in your program? What you demand, you’ll get. Great coaches radiate optimism because they believe in themselves and the ones they’re surrounded with. What you put out, you will receive in return. Optimistic leaders dream big, have unwavering belief, act intentionally, and gratefully receive the rewards along the journey.
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Kyle Elmendorf
Kyle Elmendorf is an educator, coach, speaker, and writer. He currently resides near St. Louis and is the proud father to two young sons, and the loving husband to his beautiful wife, Angela. Coach Elmendorf also serves as the director of business development for Lead 'Em Up (www.leademup.com), a company who's drills and excersises help build the leaders needed to win. He writes a regular blog which can be found at www.coachkyleelmendorf.com.
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