NATIONAL REFRESHER COURSE

for

DEPED COACHES
ON THE RETURN OF SPORTS
18-22 December 2022, Baguio City
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
By:
Coach Sean Guevarra
Coach Arniel Ferrera
Coach Antonio Chee Jr.
 What is
Philosophy?
• The most basic belief, concepts, and attitudes of an
individual or group. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

• The way we view situations and experiences in our life.

(IAAF Book )
Your Philosophy of Life
• Each of you has choices in life……..

Everyday decisions and

actions
Your Coaching Philosophy
• ……guides your choices in Athletics……..
 Coaching Decision and Action
Derivatives
ACTION
Biomechanics
ACTION
Talent ID Physiology

Sports
medicine
Athlet
e &
Coach
+
Anthropology
EXPERIENCE
= COACHING
PHILOSOPHY

Nutrition Strength &

Conditioning

Psychology
DECISION
World Athletics Coaching
Philosophy
⮚ Athlete centered
⮚ Science based
⮚ Coach driven
Because their Have fun
friends do it
Meet other
people, make
friends

Why did your athletes get involved in

athletics?
Achieve success

Develop their
sport skills
Get fit
 Athlete-centered approach

• Placing the needs of the athlete before everything

else
• the activity,
• competition,
• your personal goals/ambitions
• the parents’ goals/ambition
• Ensuring all athletes are
• welcomed to participate,
• valued and encouraged to explore and improve
their own potential
 Athlete-centered approach
• Coaches treat each athlete as an individual with unique
▪ Needs
▪ Interests
▪ Goals

• Recognizing the importance of providing a fun and safe

environment
• Athletes are encouraged to be involved in their own
development
• Athletes are empowered to take greater responsibility.
What is Coaching?
• To help someone prepare for something
• To bring someone from point A to point B
• Organized provision of assistance for development and
improvement
• It is not only about helping people to learn sports
skills, improve performance and reach their potential
• It is also about recognizing, understanding, respecting
and providing for the other needs of athletes; Ex:
social and emotional needs
 The Roles of a Coach
• teacher - imparting new knowledge, skills, and ideas
• trainer - improving fitness
• instructor - directing activities and practices
• motivator - generating a positive and decisive approach
• disciplinarian - creating an environment for each athlete’s self-control
• manager - organizing and planning
• administrator - dealing with the paperwork
• publicity agent - promoting athletics within society and possibly with the
media
• social worker - counseling and advising
• friend – supporting
• scientist - analyzing, evaluating, and problem-solving
• student - always willing to listen, learn and look for new
Drugs in Sport
Drugs are banned because they:
• are a form of cheating
• can cause
• irreversible long-term medical problems
• Kill the athletes who use them

How do we remove drugs from Athletics?

• Prevention • Coercion
• Education of
▪ Testing
Coaches ▪ Punishment
Athletes ▪ Criminalisation
Coaching implies
• strong involvement
• humanistic values.

The IAAF/WA has produced a“Code of Ethics”

for coaches.
Code of Ethics
• What are the main points of the Code of
Ethics for Coaches?

• Respect of
▪ Athletes
▪ Coaches
▪ Officials
▪ Rules.
Code of Ethics

• Help athletes to develop

independence
Code of Ethics
• Have the required
competence

• Education
▪ Initial
▪ Continuing (LLC)
Code of Ethics
• Have a respectful behaviour,
▪ worthy of the coaching
community.
 Coaches Code of Ethics ( World Athletics)
• Coaches must respect the basic human rights, the equal rights, of each athlete with no discrimination on the
grounds of gender, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin,
association with a national minority, birth or another status.
• Coaches must respect the dignity and recognize the contribution of each individual. This includes respecting the
right to freedom from
physical or sexual harassment and advances.
• Coaches must ensure that practical environments are safe and appropriate. This appropriateness must take
into consideration the age, maturity and skill level of the athlete. This is particularly important in the case of
younger or less developed athletes.
• Coaches must acknowledge and respect the Rules of Competition. This respect must extend to the spirit and
the letter of the rules, in
both training and competition, to ensure fairness of competitive opportunity between all athletes.
• Coaches must exhibit active respect for officials, by accepting the role of the officials in providing Elements to
ensure that competitions are conducted fairly and according to the established rules.
• Coaches have a responsibility to influence the performance and conduct of the athletes they coach, while at the
same time encouraging the independence and self-determination of each athlete by their acceptance of
responsibility for their own decisions, conduct and performance.
• Coaches must assert a positive and active leadership role to prevent any use of prohibited drugs or other
disallowed performance- enhancing substances or practices. This leadership by coaches includes education of
the athletes of the harmful effects of prohibited substances and practices.
 Coaches Code of Ethics ( World Athletics)
• The coach must acknowledge that all coaches have an equal right to desire the success of the athletes they coach - competing
within the rules. Observations, recommendations and criticism must be directed to the appropriate person outside the view or
hearing of the public domain.
• Coaches must never solicit, either overtly or covertly, athletes who are receiving coaching to join their squad or change their
coaching
situation without first involving, and then continuing to involve, the current personal coach or coaches.
• The coach must acknowledge and recognize that all athletes have a right to pursue their athletic potential, including when an
athlete's development would benefit from a change of coaching situation. The coach must ensure that, in these cases, any
formation of a coaching partnership or transfer to another coach is actively explored with the athlete, whose decision is
supported.
• Coaches must hold recognized coaching qualifications. Coaches must respect that the gaining of coaching qualifications is an
ongoing commitment, achieved by upgrading their knowledge through accredited courses and practical coaching experience.
Coaches also have a responsibility to share the knowledge and practical experience they gain.
• Coaches must respect the coach's image and continuously maintain the highest standards of personal conduct, reflected in both
the manner of appearance and behavior. Coaches must never smoke while coaching or in the presence of athletes, nor
consume alcoholic beverages so soon before coaching that it affects their competence or that the smell of alcohol is on their
breath.
• Coaches must enter into full co-operation with all individuals and agencies that could play a role in the development of the
athletes they coach. This includes working openly with other coaches, using sports scientists and sports physicians' expertise,
and displaying active support of their National Federation and the IAAF.
 Athlete Development
– the Long Term Approach
• The essential role of the coach
• help the development of athletes to reach their full
athletic potential

• A long-term approach should be considered for all

athletes before short-term dates are set for athletics
competitions.
Philosophy
• This idea has been expressed as:

“Athletes First, Winning Second”

“Athletes First, Winning Second”
• Athletics is seen as one aspect of a person’s life – not his
whole life
• There is respect and appreciation for the coach and his
work
• Athletes decide with the coach the importance of
competitions
• and strive to meet their joint expectations
• There is respect for the laws and spirit of fair competition
▪ expressed as “Fair Play for all”
• Athletes reaching their potential is seen as a success
• There is respect for
• Opponents
• Officials.
Statement of Children’s Rights
• Right to do sport
✔ Right to have fun and play like a child
✔ Right to enjoy good conditions
✔ Right to human dignity
✔ Right to be trained by competent people
✔ Right to compete with children with the same chances of success
✔ Right to take part in appropriate competitions
✔ Right to do sport in complete safety
✔ Right to get some rest
✔ Right not to be a champion
Philosophy
• To become a better coach it is
necessary to:

▪ question yourself about your coaching

▪ continuously learn (Life Long Learning)
▪ be impartial
▪ respect your athletes
▪ communicate with your athletes.
Philosophy and Coaching Styles
- becoming a better Leader
Coaching and Leadership style comes from:

• Your Coaching Philosophy

• Your Personality
• Your Skill as a Coach.

TELLING
heavy on command and
instruction
Coach led
Coach centered Coach
makes all decisions
Useful with large group where
safety is paramount or time is
short
Now relate this to your own coaching practice and the effect on the athletes.
Coaching Styles
SHOWING
emphasis on demonstration,
this is how to do it
Coach led
Coach and athlete centered
Coach invites questions and
ideas but then makes the
decisions
Useful with practical skills, with
novices and younger athletes
INVOLVING
uses self-discovery and
questioning to raise
awareness
Athlete - led
Athlete - centered Coach
uses questions to raise
awareness, athlete
makes decisions
Use whenever possible,
maximizes learning and
retention of what is learned
Philosophy and Coaching Styles
The Coach-Athlete Relationship
• There are three basic models for the coach-athlete relationship:

• The Escort System

• the coach escorts the athlete from the moment the athlete
commences in athletics to the athlete’s retirement from the
sport
• The Partnership System
• the coach recognizes that they cannot meet all the needs of the
athlete and works together with a more experienced coach to
meet the athlete’s needs
• The Transfer System
• the coach transfers the athlete to another coach as the athlete
moves through the educational, institute or club system or when
Philosophy in Action

So now ???
THANKS!