Pinnacle Sports is proud to partner with Coaching 4 Life to provide character training to all athletes. Intentional and integrated character training will be a part of all Pinnacle Sports programs beginning in November, 2007. Wade Salem, Executive Director of Coaching 4 Life, has worked closely with the Pinnacle Sports staff to develop a process to integrate character qualities in athletics. During our Spring Training session our coaches will be concentrating on the character quality GOODNESS.

WHY COACH TO DEVELOP CHARACTER?

·        It will add an even more positive dimension to your coaching; Whole life focused ... Big Picture - Enhances athletes lives, lifestyles and values in and beyond sport and Increases your legacy

·        You will become more aware of “teachable moments”

·        It provides more ways to communicate to your players:

·        Assist you in valuing your players as individuals rather than products

·        Teaches intrinsic (Internal) motivation rather than reliance on (external)

·        It Creates “Life Long Learners”

·        Assists in developing your players into thinking leaders rather than passive followers

·        Assists in developing positive self esteem in your players and yourself

·        It will impact your life, perspective, your heart, your attitude and your program

            (Adapted from Jim Thompson, Positive Coaching, Warde Publishers, Porta Valley, 1995, p. 33-85.)

 

Quality of a Complete Player …GOODNESS

 

DEFINE IT:

Good, well done, devoted, true reverence.

Depth and thoroughness that governs one’s

attitude and conduct toward every aspect of life.

Outcome:  Consistency = “Executing”
 
 DESCRIBE IT:  (how and why to use it?)

·        Value – Doing things the right way is the Best way

·        Good will always overcome wrong long term

·        Good Decision = Good Results


Positive:

·        Completing

·        Dependable

·        Skillful

·        Godliness

·        Quality

 
Opposite:

·        Failure

·        Inconsistent

·        Flawed

·        Short Cuts

·         Average


DEMAND IT:  (where does the Game demand it?)

 
·        Execution- the discipline of getting things done

·        Practice makes permanent

·        You will become reliable and able to perform your skills more efficiently

 
DEMONSTRATE IT: (show it in drills, practice, game and Life) 

·        It’s Taught (know it) – Caught (understand it) – Carried (apply it)


·        How will you Demonstrate this CQ in every aspect of your life?


Quotes:

·        Consistency is what counts, you have to be able to do things over and over again.   Hank Aaron

·         For every pass I ever caught in the NFL, I caught a thousand in practice.  Don Hutson

·        It is never too late to do what is right – Martin Luther King

·        It is an outcome of a Virtuous Life