Liberty University SMGT 200 Career Profile Project: Coaching

This Career Profile Project provides a detailed analysis of the sports coaching profession. It begins with a job description outlining the primary duties of a coach, including athlete development, performance analysis, and skill instruction. The project then outlines the necessary qualifications, such as educational requirements, experience, and essential skills like communication, motivation, and patience. The job setting section discusses the coach's role as a mentor and role model, the importance of sports management principles, and the principles of a sports coach. The project also explores the coach's role in research, self-motivation, and personal mission statements. The project includes a resume and details career goals. Finally, it provides references to support the information presented.

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Name of the Student
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Job Description
Job Title: Coaching
The main duty of sports coaches is to assist the athletes and to help them develop to their best
capacity as well as potential. The main duty of the job is to train the athletes in their
respective sport by keeping a track and analyzing their game and their performances. The
duty of the coach is to encourage the athletes and also help in instructing and helping to
develop relevant skills to ace in the sport. The duty of the coach is also to guide the athletes
in their life as well as the sport they have chosen for themselves.
A sports coach preferably needs to have a Bachelor’s degree in coaching of any sport and
should pass 10+2 with minimum 50% marks and should preferable have physical education
in their curriculum. The sports coach needs to have an experience of minimum 2 years before
joining a permanent job.
There are some basic skills a sports coach must have which are the following:
 Keen enthusiasm and interest in sports
 Efficient communication skills
 Motivate the performance of a person and inspire confidence
 Understand and analyze performance and problems
 Patience and perseverance
 Supportive and sensitive approach
 Skills for first aid
 Ability to handle and work in a team
 Articulate

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Job Setting
Coaches are mostly seen as mentors and role models for the players who work hard and help
athletes and sports teams to win, support them when they lose and share the happiness of
participation.
A good and efficient coach generally goes beyond physical training and helps in development
of resilience, confidence, social participation and life skills.
Marlene Matthews had won the bronze medal in the year 1956 in the Melbourne Olympic
Games in both the 100m and the 200m events and ad become popular for setting the world
record for the 100 yard sprint in 10.3 seconds. She had then come up with her own club and
then had been appointed as the athletics coach with Rothman Sports Foundation. She had
become the pioneer and had created a path for the future female sports administrators and
coaches. She had helped in motivating and enhancing the performance of the athletes and had
contributed to both their professional as well as personal development which helped her in
gaining awards and become the Member of the Order of Australia in the year 197 and also an
Officer of the Order of Australia in the year 1999 (The Conversation, 2016).
The job of a sports coach does not only resort to training athletes and motivating them but has
a huge role to play in sports management. The major functions of sports coach is to plan,
organize, often staff and select athletes, direct and control the management to some extent as
well which helps in sports management and helps in the functioning of various areas keeping
in mind the laws and the ethics that are laid down by the government and the committee
which ensures in building a positive team and athletes.
There are many principles of a sports coach like the coaching spirit where it can be seen that
how the coach has enthusiasm to ensure the positive growth and development of the athletes

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in terms of their performance as well as their outlook towards their future and life. The other
is building a positive trust and relationship where it is the responsibility of the coach to build
trust not only between them and the athletes but also among the teams to facilitate teamwork
which helps massively during the games. The other principle is intuition and listening where
the job of the coach is to listen to the issues of the athletes and help them in resolving their
issues and provide them with suitable solutions which will help them in overcoming the
issues and grow. The other principle of the coach is to provide feedback and awareness. This
is highly important as it is important for the athletes to know about their own performance
and get feedbacks so that they become aware of their own performance and can rectify and
work hard that will help them in improving their performance and work hard towards
achieving perfection which help in their game and make them more articulate and achieve a
sense of their own playing and work towards progress (Milistetd et al, 2017). The last and
one of the most important is to create an action plan where they need to set up a plan so that
the athletes can work on achieving the goals and mission that will help them in achieving
great results and develop skills necessary to play the game in a right manner.

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Research connection
The sports coach helps in assisting athletes and helps them develop to their potential. The
sports coaches not only analyze their performance and come up with efficient plans that help
in developing them in a fruitful manner so that they can win and achieve great thing in life
and for their country as well. They do not only focus on training the athletes for their games
but also help them in develop in their lives by helping them in growing and become more
confident and experienced with new skills which help them in the near future.
The sports coach serve as a role model for the athletes and help in creating enthusiasm and a
zeal to play efficiently in order to gain success (White et al, 2017). They create an excitement
in them and make sure that they are motivated enough to learn new techniques and skills
which will help them in improving them in their game. They act as an educator and not only
educate them with the skills required for the sports but also teach them the basic things like
fitness and discipline which play a huge role in the life of a sportsman. The sports coach
conduct the bets training activities that help athletes develop the skills that is essential for
playing the sport and acing the sport which helps in bringing huge rewards to both the sports
coach as well as the athletes.
The sports coach does not only act as a strict educator and training but also acts as a friend
which helps in building a positive relationship and trust and encourages the athletes to share
personal as well as professional problems (Resnick, 2018). This helps in releasing stress and
help the athletes in concentrating to the training activities efficiently which helps them in
developing the necessary and essential skills which is required to play the sport in an efficient
manner and being perfect in that sport as well.
The sports coach also plays the role of an innovator who ensures that he develops unique and
new strategies, practices that are personalized and also helps in coming up with different

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strategies and encouragement that help in building creativity among teams and athletes and
encourages the athletes to perform in a better manner and put additional efforts to develop
new skills and becoming perfect in the sport they are playing. Self-motivation has a huge role
to play in an athlete’s life as this helps them in working hard and putting additional efforts for
their growth and development.

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Personal missions statement
The first and foremost duty of the sports coach is to ensure that the athlete or the team is
mentally prepared and motivated to learn more and put in hard work so that they can acquire
the necessary skills and build positive relationships amongst the team so that they play
coherently and play towards achieving the primary goal which is winning.
The goals for the first five years is to scout for the efficient team players and athletes,
motivating them to work hard and providing proper training to enhance their skills.
The goals for the next five years is to analyze their performance, develop new training
methods to help them improve themselves and develop new skills for improving their
performance to become the best in the industry.
1-5 years goals
Objective Method Time Costing
Scouting teams  Analyze the
player
 Review the
performance
s of the
player
 Interview
2-3 months n/a
Motivating
teams
 Give them a
pep talk
 Tell me
about the
history of
the sports or
the game
 Build
positive
relationship
with the
athletes and
the team
members
6-8 months n/a
5-10 years goal

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Objective Method Time Costing
Analyze and
review
performances
 Analyze the player
 Review the performances
of the player
1-3 months n/a
Develop new
skills
 New learning
techniques
 Immense practice
8-10 months n/a

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Resume
Name: Luke Mathias
Address: Norfolk, VA 23503
Contact number: [phone]
Email id:[e-mail]
Professional Summary
Manage and improve troop and police operations with diplomatic and resourceful leadership. High-
energy problem-solver knowledgeable about competitor strategies and talented in adapting team
techniques to overcome challenging styles. Expert interpersonal skills that direct improve
teamwork, productivity, and success at every task or job field.
Skills
Scheduling
Policy Development
Repair
Public Health and Safety
Staff Management
Troubleshooting Technical Issues
Data collection and analysis
Staff management
Inventory Management
Operations management
Quality Assurance
Administrative support
Training
Operational improvement
Team building
Work History
Police Supervisor | United States Navy - Norfolk, Virginia 04/2016 - Current
Managed all aspects of administrative and personnel needs of over 38 active-duty sailors and 15 Department
of Defense Police Officers.
Supervised 53 security force personnel in all Anti-terrorism, Force Protection, and Law Enforcement
matters in protection of over 23,000 military and civilian personnel.
Maintained records and prepared reports associated with criminal investigations.
Weapons Technician | United States Navy - Yokosuka, Japan 07/2012 - 04/2020
Efficiently oriented, maintained, tested, and fired 4 different weapons systems and safety protected assets
and personnel on board a Guided Missile Destroyer operating in foreign waters in the South China sea and
throughout the Pacific Ocean.
EDUCATION
Liberty University - Lynchburg, VA 2022
Bachelor of Arts: Sports Management
River View High School - Warsaw, OH /2012
High School Diploma

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Personality profile
The name of the person is XYZand his background is that he has completed his education in
sports management. Sports coach does not only teach about training athletes and helping
them develop skills which will help them in win the sports but also has a major role to play in
the sports management.
He has achieved the current position because of the managerial skills and the team building
skills that he has acquired from the experience and also the qualifications that he has which
has helped him in getting this job and helping in developing and building athletes and sports
teams.

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Reference
Milistetd, M., Galatti, L. R., Collet, C., Tozetto, A. V. B., & Nascimento, J. V. D. (2017).
Sports coach education: Guidelines for the systematization of pedagogical practices in
Bachelor Program in Physical Education. Journal of Physical Education, 28.
Resnick, D. (2018). Sports Coach as Educator. In Representing Education in Film (pp. 45-
72). Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
The Conversation. (2016). Here's to coaches, unsung heroes and role models for social
change. Retrieved 24 February 2020, from https://theconversation.com/heres-to-coaches-
unsung-heroes-and-role-models-for-social-change-62958
White, J. S., Schempp, P. G., McCullick, B. A., Berger, B. S., & Elliott, J. M. (2017).
Mentoring relationships in sport from the protégé's perspective. International Journal
of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 15(1), 152.