Instruction
Leadership is certainly an important topic in the study of coaching. As you will read in the posted leadership materials, there are a number of leadership theories and models. This information is very standard across leadership specific books, coaching specific books, and endless websites. I chose our materials from the Changing Minds.org website. The information is concise while being very informative.
Part I
For the first part of this assignment, follow the link below and complete the Leadership Scale for Sports questionnaire. I know you are supposed to answer based on “My coach”, but just answer it about yourself to hopefully get an idea of the type of leader you are/will be.
Leadership Scale for Sports Questionnaire
1) Please present your scores and discuss what you think they mean for you. Are you surprised? Do you think you should change? Are you too “nice” as sometimes tough love is a good thing?
2) Then, discuss which style or combination of styles that you feel is/are best for coaching and tell us what level you’re basing this answer off of (junior high, college, pros, etc).
Part II
Next, I would like you to write on the following topics. Please outline your response with the topic headings.
Topic 1: Name a coach, it certainly may be one that you had, and describe that person within one of the leadership theories. You should choose the one that best describes the chosen person's leadership style, meaning that person fits that theory (whether a good coach or bad). I posted my example of my high school football coach who was a great coach, but certainly not the nicest guy in the world.
Topic 2: Please choose 3 of the leadership theories (from the reading!) and place them in order as to which one you feel is the best leadership theory to the third best. These are all very believable and thus viable theories to be included in your list. Please write why you believe the one you chose as the best is the best theory.