Effective Behavior

for
Coach & Player Relationships

By
Coach Skyler Miller
5. Effective Teaching/Coaching
Behaviors and Dispositions

1. Develop Positive Coach -

Player Relations.
2. Practice Effective Human
Relations Skills.
3. Become Businesslike.
4. Demonstrate and Expresses
Confidence In The Player’s
Abilities.
5. Posse and Use A Sense of
Humor.
1. Develop Positive Coach –
Player Relations

• Communicate Positive
Expectations:
– Expectations have a dramatic impact on
player performance.
– Expectations coaches have for players
tend to become self-fulfilling
prophesies. (Kerman, Kimball, &
Martin, 1980)
– Tell players they have the ability to do
well.
– Coaches have a unique opportunity to
communicate daily to players that they
believe in them.
 2. Practice Effective
Human Relations

• Model Appropriate Behavior

• Demonstrate Willingness to
Help.

• Demonstrate Caring.

• Be Truthful and Honest.

3. Become Businesslike

• Correct Players In A Positive

Way:
– The goal in correcting players should be to
have them reflect on what they did, and realize
how to fix the problem on their own. Players
need feedback to know what mistakes they
have made. Give direct feedback on the
mistake and explain how to fix it.
• Don’t be, “One of The guys”:
– You are a coach not a player. It is important
for you to be professional with players and to
show clearly by your words and actions that,
while you value and care about them, you are in
charge. They must treat you with respect and
not as a friend or peers.
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• Be An Effective Communicator:
– Do not yell at a player in front of the team. If a coach
does this in this day and age, he lost a coaching
opportunity to make that player better. (Remember,
kids are aware of the mistakes they make and need to
be treated with respect.)
– Wait for coaching opportunities. (Not every pitch
needs to be followed by a comment from a coach.
During games while the team is on defense, wait to
give instruction or criticism during the middle of the
inning.)
– Do not belittle players no matter the circumstance.
• Be Approachable By Players and
Parents:
– Remember, what is discussed with members of the
coaching staff stays with the coaching staff.
Backbiting is not professional or appropriate.
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• Be On Time To Practice and
Games:
– Punctuality is a strong quality of
leadership. If we as a coaching staff
expect players to learn to be punctual,
we should always strive to be on time.
• Use Appropriate Language:
– Use language that is good and praise
worthy. Avoid being involved in such
conversations that will jeopardize you
as a person of leadership.
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• Don’t Overstep Your
Grounds.
– Each coach is designated and
assigned to a position for a
specific purpose. You are required
to coach within that position.
There will always be room for
suggestion, but do not address a
player that plays a position you
are not coaching. It may confuse
a player into thinking one thing
when he’s told to do another.
 4. Demonstrate and Express
Confidence In Each
Player’s Ability.

• Teach Correct Fundamentals:

– Believe in the small and simple
fundamentals that lay the foundation in
the game of baseball. It is necessary
for players to understand that working
on fundamentals everyday will lead to
confidence in their ability to perform
the skills.
• Recognize The Good Things
Players Do:
– Positively reinforce players verbally.
– Be intermittent with your comments.
(Praise players for what you feel they
deserve). Don’t give praise just to give
it.
 5. Have A Sense Of
Humor.
• Baseball Is Fun!

• Help players see that education

and learning is fun and
important.

• Be sincere in your actions and

to your players.