Senior Project

Presentation
By Colin Parker
Sports
- Waterpolo - Basketball - Soccer

- Golf - Tennis - Volleyball

- Swim - Track - Wrestling

- Baseball - Lacrosse - Softball

 Project Question

How can a coach make or break an

athletes career?
Why I chose this question

● I’ve had a lot of coaches

○ Some better than others
● There is a massive difference between
coaches styles
○ Some thrive under differents styles
● How a coach could lead someone to
quitting the sport
Mentor - Jack Brown

Why him?
● He is one of my favorite coaches
○ 14’s C team
● Also my strength training coach
○ Owns a company
○ Aqua strength performance
● Was the USC strength coach
○ Offered a full time job

He has a variety of coaching experience at

different levels and different professions
The three types of coaches

Autocratic Democratic Holistic

Hard rules listen to Team first coach is Combination of both
the coach only. Coach more of a mentor styles
has the final say in than coach, athletes
everything. make decisions.
“I try to avoid things that I didn’t like as
an athlete myself. Then try to incorporate
my own and others coaching methods”

—Jack Brown
“I copy the things that made be a great
athlete, what pushed me to play at the
next level”

—Sean Thomas
My Project

Coach my own team to get a perspective as to

how hard it truly is.
 What Did I Learn?
Strengths Weaknesses
● Teaching fundamentals ● Progression allowing them to

● Allowing them to have fun get better

● Even play time ● Learning names

● Helping out the weaker kids ● Keeping them focused

● Teaching on the fly

● ETC
 What I Learned

● There is no perfect coach

● Each athlete reacts differently to every aspect of coaching

● Coaches get their style from their coaches before them

○ Takes their aspects

○ Avoid things that that they disliked

● Everyone loves the coach that they were able to be friends with