Management Plan to Remediate the Coach’s Ejections
The purpose of sports coaches is to help players to achieve their full potential. Coaches may work in close collaboration with sports teams, professional sportspeople, and even school teams to help them improve the performance of the sports they are participating (Potrac, Gilbert & Denison, 2013).. In addition to showing the trainee the right strategy of engaging in the sports, the coach is expected to motivate the trainees. Coaching involves maintaining discipline, developing the trainees’ psychological and physical fitness, and introducing the best conditions that will ensure the trainees maximize their performance (Robinson, 2014). The roles played by coach Devine in Neshaminy High School located in Nebraska is to ensure the school’s team achieves the potential performance and coordinate while imparting discipline to the team. Therefore, the coach is the role model in such a setting hence Coach Devine is expected to be a role model to the team by portraying discipline.
Coach Devine had been previously ejected during the season as a result of his misconduct behavior. The first ejection was as a result of lack of the necessary discipline expected to be a part of all coaches. As such, he argued with the referees’ call which shows indiscipline hence a succinct reason for ejection by (Nebraska School Activities Association) NSAA. The coach ejections from the athletic contests due to the display of any unsportsmanlike conduct is deemed ineligible to coach in the next athletic contest at the level he or she was ejected during the interim. In addition to the ejection Coach Devine may also face other penalties from either the school of NSAA since it is the second ejection in one season. Among the principles that Coach Devine violated include minimizing coaching behaviors which might insight the fans and setting a good example for both the players and the fans to follow referees (Sportsmanship Bylaws & Ap, 2017). By ignoring the referees call, the coach portrayed ignorance and lack of disrespect to the referee. Similarly, he showed the lack of integrity and respect to the judgment of the game officials. As such, the coach failed in his task of serving as a role model to the players.
Potrac et al. (2013) opine that use of traditional professional development in coaching is not enough in giving the coaches collaboration, sufficient time, and the necessary reflection that is essential for ensuring a change in the coaching career. Appropriate education of the ejected coach should be embedded on interaction with other people involved in the sportsmanship such as the referees (Sportsmanship Bylaws & Ap, 2017). As such, the coach should realize that respect and discipline is necessary for the overall success of sportsmanship. The coach should review different educational manuals before being allowed to return to coaching. The NSAA 2016- 2017 Constitution and Bylaws is one of the education materials that he should review to guide him on the necessary requirements for a coach in the school team. Among other education materials that he should review include Foundation Coaches Manual, Award 1 Youth Coaches manual and Award 1 Coaches Logbook (GAA, 2017).
The school will monitor the coach through allowing the sports administrator to personally evaluate the performance of the coach. Similarly, the players and other workers such as the referees will be interviewed on the performance of the coach which will help in gauging the whether there is an improvement or not. If the coach violates the NSAA rules again, the school will sack the coach based on incompetence depicted through his indiscipline actions.
References
GAA. (2017). Resources for Coaches Learning.gaa.ie. Retrieved from http://learning.gaa.ie/CoachingManuals
Potrac, P., Gilbert, W., & Denison, J. (2013). Routledge handbook of sports coaching. New York, NY: Routledge.
Robinson, P. E. (2014). Foundations of sports coaching. New York, NY: Routledge.
Sportsmanship Bylaws & Ap. (2017). Boys’ tennis manual. Retrieved from https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/21974382/boys-tennis-manual-nebraska-school-activities-association/4
