Coaching in Life

Let's all take a minute and think of all the different coaches we have had in our lives. They have all been different and unique in their own ways. Some of them may not even know that we consider them a coach in the first place.

To me a coach is someone who is there to help make you better in a certain situation. It could be a teacher at school who really cares about how well you are doing, a coach of a team or sporting event, or even just someone who is able to be there for you and help guide what you are doing.

To be a great coach one must have to care about the people they are coaching. Coaches that don't care, usually don't have great teams. When the coach cares enough the team will care too. If the coach doesn't believe that the team can win or achieve their goal, they most likely won't.

A coach is different from other helping positions because they can't always be there with the team. They can prepare them as much as they can and in the end they just have to step back and hope for the best. Granted, the coach can still give direction, but not as directly as before.

Lets take a look at a sports team for a minute. The biggest game of the year is coming up against their arch rivals. They want to win this game more than anything. The buzzer starts signaling the beginning of the game. Soon they have fallen behind, both in scores and determination. The coach begins to see the downfall of his team and immediately calls a time out. He begins to rally his players, encouraging them and inspiring them. In the end, they still end up losing, but the team is still proud of how they played because they know they did the best they could do.

The same goes in life. There is always someone there watching for when you start to get behind in life and discouraged in what is going on. They will be the one to call a time out and help you get back on your feet.

"A word of encouragement during a failure is worth mor than an hour of praise after success."